1 Chronicles 17:24

²² For You have made Your people Israel Your very own forever, and You, O LORD, have become their God.

²³ And now, O LORD, let the word You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house be established forever. Do as You have promised,

so that Your name will be established and magnified forever when it is said, ‘The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, is God over Israel.’ And may the house of Your servant David be established before You.

²⁵ For You, my God, have revealed to Your servant that You will build a house for him. Therefore Your servant has found the courage to pray before You.

²⁶ And now, O LORD, You are God! And You have promised this goodness to Your servant.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: so that Your name will be established and magnified forever when it is said, ‘The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, is God over Israel.’ And may the house of Your servant David be established before You.
KJV: Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and let the house of David thy servant be established before thee.
WEB: Let your name be established and magnified forever, saying, ‘The LORD of Armies is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel. The house of David your servant is established before you.’
ASV: And let thy name be established and magnified for ever, saying, Jehovah of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and the house of David thy servant is established before thee.
DARBY: Let it even be established, and let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, is God to Israel; and let the house of David thy servant be established before thee.
BLB: And may Your name be confirmed, even magnified, forever, saying, ‘YHWH of Hosts, the God of Israel, [is] God to Israel.’ And may the house of Your servant David be established before You.

ÅB: Ja, la det stå fast! Da skal ditt navn bli stort til evig tid, så folk skal si: Herren, hærskarenes Gud, Israels Gud, er Gud for Israel! Og din tjener Davids hus skal være grunnfestet for ditt åsyn.
OTB: La ditt navn bli bekreftet og bli stort for alltid,
og si, “Hærskarenes Herre er Israels Gud, til og med en Gud for Israel;
og din tjener Davids hus er grunnfestet foran deg.”
B1930: Ja, la det stå fast! Da skal ditt navn bli stort til evig tid, så folk skal si: Herren, hærskarenes Gud, Israels Gud, er Gud for Israel! Og din tjener Davids hus skal være grunnfestet for ditt åsyn.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Psalms 90:17
May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish for us the work of our hands— yes, establish the work of our hands!
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Jeremiah 31:1
“At that time,” declares the LORD, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be My people.”
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Matthew 6:9
So then, this is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name.
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Revelation 21:3
And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them as their God.
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2 Chronicles 6:33
then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You. Then all the peoples of the earth will know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and they will know that this house I have built is called by Your Name.
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1 Peter 4:11
If anyone speaks, he should speak as one conveying the words of God. If anyone serves, he should serve with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.
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Psalms 72:19
And blessed be His glorious name forever; may all the earth be filled with His glory. Amen and amen.
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Hebrews 8:10
For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
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