1 Chronicles 29:20
18 O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:
19 And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for the which I have made provision.
And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the LORD your God. And all the congregation blessed the LORD God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped the LORD, and the king.
21 And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings unto the LORD, on the morrow after that day, even a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel:
22 And did eat and drink before the LORD on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed him unto the LORD to be the chief governor, and Zadok to be priest.
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- BSB
- Then David said to the whole assembly, “Blessed be the LORD your God.” So the whole assembly blessed the LORD, the God of their fathers. They bowed down and paid homage to the LORD and to the king.
- KJV
- And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the LORD your God. And all the congregation blessed the LORD God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped the LORD, and the king.
- WEB
- Then David said to all the assembly, “Now bless the LORD your God!” All the assembly blessed the LORD, the God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads and prostrated themselves before the LORD and the king.
- ASV
- And David said to all the assembly, Now bless Jehovah your God. And all the assembly blessed Jehovah, the God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped Jehovah, and the king.
- DARBY
- And David said to all the congregation, Bless now Jehovah your God. And all the congregation blessed Jehovah the God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and did homage to Jehovah and the king.
- BLB
- And David said to all the assembly, “Bless now YHWH your⁺ God.” And all the assembly blessed YHWH, the God of their fathers, and they bowed down, and paid homage to YHWH and to the king.
- ÅB
- Deretter sa David til hele forsamlingen: Lov Herren deres Gud! Og hele forsamlingen lovet Herren, sine fedres Gud, og bøyde seg og kastet seg ned for Herren og for kongen.
- OTB
- Så talte David til hele forsamlingen:
“Gi nå pris til Herren deres Gud.”
Og hele forsamlingen priste Herren, deres fedres Gud,
og bøyde seg ned og hyllet Herren og kongen. - B1930
- Derefter sa David til hele forsamlingen: Lov Herren eders Gud! Og hele forsamlingen lovet Herren, sine fedres Gud, og bøide sig og kastet sig ned for Herren og for kongen.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 95:6
O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.
Read in contextExodus 4:31
And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.
Read in context1 Chronicles 16:36
Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever. And all the people said, Amen, and praised the LORD.
Read in contextPsalms 135:19–21
Bless the LORD, O house of Israel: bless the LORD, O house of Aaron:
Read in contextPsalms 134:2
Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.
Read in context1 Samuel 12:18
So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.
Read in context1 Peter 2:17
Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
Read in contextGenesis 24:48
And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and blessed the LORD God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master’s brother’s daughter unto his son.
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