1 Chronicles 17:9

and will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall inhabit their place, and be unsettled no more,—neither shall the sons of perversity again wear them out, as at the first;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning,

In Context

8and was with thee whithersoever thou didst go, and have cut off all thine enemies, from before thee,—and will make thee a name, like the name of the great ones, who are in the earth;

10even from the days when I put judges in charge over my people Israel, and have subdued all thine enemies,—that I might make thee great, yea, a house, will Yahweh build for thee.

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Cross References

Exodus 1:13And the Egyptians rigorously made the sons of Israel serve;

Psalms 44:2Thou thyself, with thine own hand—Didst dispossess, nations, and didst plant them, Didst break peoples in pieces, and didst spread them out:

Psalms 92:13They who are planted in the house of Yahweh, In the courts of our God, shall flourish;

Isaiah 60:18Violence, shall no more be heard, in thy land, Wasting nor destruction within thy boundaries,—But thou shalt call Thy walls, Victory, and Thy gates, Praise.

Jeremiah 24:6Therefore will I set mine eye upon them for good, and will bring them back upon this land,—and will build them up, and not pull them down, and will plant them and not root them up;

Jeremiah 32:41And I will rejoice over them, to do them good,—And will plant them in this land in truth, with all my heart and with all my soul.

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 17:2-16

God's Promise to David. ( b. c. 1042.) 1 Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in a house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord remaineth under curtains. 2 Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee. 3 And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying, 4 Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the Lord , Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in: 5 For I have not dwelt in… Read the whole commentary →

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