1 Chronicles 17:27
Now therfore, it hath pleased thee to blesse the house of thy seruant, that it may bee before thee for euer: for thou, O Lord, hast blessed it, and it shalbe blessed for euer.
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In Context
26Therefore nowe Lord (for thou art God, and hast spoken this goodnesse vnto thy seruant)
Cross References
Numbers 23:20Behold, I haue receiued commandement to blesse: for he hath blessed, and I cannot alter it.
1 Kings 2:33Their blood shall therefore returne vpon the head of Ioab, and on the head of his seede for euer: but vpon Dauid, and vpon his seede, and vpon his house, and vpon his throne shall there be peace for euer from the Lord.
Psalms 72:17His name shall be for euer: his name shall indure as long as the sunne: all nations shall blesse him, and be blessed in him.
Ephesians 1:3Blessed be God, and the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ, which hath blessed vs with all spirituall blessing in heauenly thinges 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 →