1 Chronicles 17:27
Now it has pleased you to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever before you; for you, LORD, have blessed, and it is blessed forever.”
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
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In Context
26Now, LORD, you are God, and have promised this good thing to your servant.
Cross References
Numbers 23:20Behold, I have received a command to bless. He has blessed, and I can’t reverse it.
1 Kings 2:33So their blood will return on the head of Joab and on the head of his offspring forever. But for David, for his offspring, for his house, and for his throne, there will be peace forever from the LORD.”
Psalms 72:17His name endures forever. His name continues as long as the sun. Men shall be blessed by him. All nations will call him blessed.
Ephesians 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,
Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 17:17-27
David's Grateful Acknowledgment. ( b. c. 1042.) 16 And David the king came and sat before the Lord , and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto? 17 And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast also spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O Lord God. 18 What can David speak more to thee for the honour of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant. 19 O Lord ,… Read the whole commentary →