1 Chronicles 22:18
“Isn't the Lord God with you? Hasn't he given you peace on all your borders?” he asked. “Why? Because he has placed the inhabitants of the land under my power, and they are now subject to the Lord and to his people.
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17David also ordered all the leaders in Israel to help his son Solomon.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 20:4For the Lord your God is going with you to fight for you against your enemies, and he will give you the victory.”
Joshua 22:4Now that the Lord your God has given peace to your brothers, as he promised, go back home to your land that Moses, the servant of the Lord, gave you on the other side of the Jordan.
Judges 6:12The angel of the Lord appeared to him and said, “The Lord is with you, great man of courage!”
2 Samuel 5:19David asked the Lord “Should I go and attack the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?” “Yes, go,” the Lord replied, “for I will definitely hand them over to you.”
1 Chronicles 22:9But you will have a son who will be a man of peace. I will give him peace from all his enemies in the nations around. Solomon will be his name, and I will grant peace and quiet to Israel during his reign.
Psalms 44:1God, we have heard with our own ears—our forefathers have told us—all you did in their times, long ago.
Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 22:18-19
The Charge to the Princes of Israel. ( b. c. 1015.) 17 David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying, 18 Is not the Lord your God with you? and hath he not given you rest on every side? for he hath given the inhabitants of the land into mine hand; and the land is subdued before the Lord , and before his people. 19 Now set your heart and your soul to seek the Lord your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the Lord God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord ,… Read the whole commentary →