1 Chronicles 11:9
And David waxed greater and greater; for the LORD of hosts was with him.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
So David waxed greater and greater: for the LORD of hosts was with him.
In Context
Cross References
2 Samuel 3:1Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David; and David waxed stronger and stronger, but the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker.
1 Chronicles 9:20and Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler over them in time past, the LORD being with him.
Job 17:9Yet the righteous holdeth on his way, and he that hath clean hands waxeth stronger and stronger.
Psalms 46:11(46-12) The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our high tower. Selah
Isaiah 9:7(9-6) That the government may be increased, and of peace there be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it through justice and through righteousness from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts doth perform this.
Isaiah 41:14Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I help thee, saith the LORD, and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 11:2-10
David's Accession to the Throne. ( b. c. 1055.) 1 Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. 2 And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the Lord thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel. 3 Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the Lord ; and… Read the whole commentary →