1 Chronicles 11:9
And David waxed greater and greater; for the LORD of hosts was with him.
Revised Version 1895
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, and the LORD was with him.
Job 17:9Yet shall the righteous hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall wax stronger and stronger.
Psalms 46:11The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah
Isaiah 9:7Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with judgment and with righteousness from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts shall perform this.
Isaiah 41:14Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer is 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 →