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Tuesday, November 26th, 2024
the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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English Standard Version

1 Chronicles 16:15

Remember his covenant forever, the word that he commanded, for a thousand generations,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Decision;   Isaac;   Jacob;   Music;   Obedience;   Praise;   Psalms;   Word of God;   The Topic Concordance - Covenant;   Obedience;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Covenant, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Zerubbabel;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Poetry;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Remember;  

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
Remember his covenant forever— the commitment he made to a thousand generations.
English Revised Version
Remember his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations;
Update Bible Version
Remember his covenant forever, The word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
New Century Version
He will keep his agreement forever; he will keep his promises always.
New English Translation
Remember continually his covenantal decree, the promise he made to a thousand generations—
Webster's Bible Translation
Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word [which] he commanded to a thousand generations;
World English Bible
Remember his covenant forever, The word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
Amplified Bible
Be mindful of His covenant forever, The promise which He commanded and established to a thousand generations,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Haue ye mynde with outen ende of his couenaunt; of the word whiche he couenauntide `in to a thousynde generaciouns.
Berean Standard Bible
Remember His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations-
Contemporary English Version
We must never forget his agreement and his promises, not in thousands of years.
American Standard Version
Remember his covenant for ever, The word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
Bible in Basic English
He has kept his agreement in mind for ever, the word which he gave for a thousand generations;
Complete Jewish Bible
Remember his covenant forever, the word he commanded to a thousand generations,
Darby Translation
Be ye ever mindful of his covenant, The word which he commanded to a thousand generations,—
Easy-to-Read Version
Remember his agreement forever, the promise he gave that will never end.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Remember His covenant for ever, the word which He commanded to a thousand generations;
King James Version (1611)
Be ye mindfull alwayes of his Couenant: the worde which hee commanded to a thousand generations:
New Life Bible
Remember His agreement forever, the Word which He gave to families and a thousand of their family groups to come.
New Revised Standard
Remember his covenant forever, the word that he commanded, for a thousand generations,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Remember his couenant for euer, and the worde, which hee commaunded to a thousand generations:
George Lamsa Translation
Be mindful of his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
Good News Translation
Never forget God's covenant, which he made to last forever,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Remember yea to times age-abiding, his covenant, the word he hath commanded, to a thousand generations;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Remember for ever his covenant: the word, which he commanded to a thousand generations.
Revised Standard Version
He is mindful of his covenant for ever, of the word that he commanded, for a thousand generations,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
He hath ben mindfull alwayes of his couenaunt (for he promysed a word to a thousande generations:)
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Let us remember his covenant for ever, his word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
Christian Standard Bible®
Remember his covenant forever—the promise he ordained for a thousand generations,
Hebrew Names Version
Remember his covenant forever, The word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
King James Version
Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word which he commanded to a thousand generations;
Lexham English Bible
Remember his covenant forever, the word he commanded for a thousand generations,
Literal Translation
Remember His covenant forever, the Word He gave to a thousand generations,
Young's Literal Translation
Remember ye to the age His covenant, The word He commanded -- To a thousand generations,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Be myndefull euer of his couenaut what he hath commaunded in to a thousande generacions.
New American Standard Bible
Remember His covenant forever, The word which He commanded to a thousand generations,
New King James Version
Remember His covenant forever, The word which He commanded, for a thousand generations,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Remember His covenant forever, The word which He commanded to a thousand generations,
Legacy Standard Bible
Remember His covenant forever,The word which He commanded for a thousand generations,

Contextual Overview

7 Then on that day David first appointed that thanksgiving be sung to the Lord by Asaph and his brothers. 8 Oh give thanks to the Lord ; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples! 9 Sing to him, sing praises to him; tell of all his wondrous works! 10 Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice! 11 Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually! 12 Remember the wondrous works that he has done, his miracles and the judgments he uttered, 13 O offspring of Israel his servant, children of Jacob, his chosen ones! 14 He is the Lord our God; his judgments are in all the earth. 15 Remember his covenant forever, the word that he commanded, for a thousand generations, 16 the covenant that he made with Abraham, his sworn promise to Isaac,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

ye mindful: Psalms 25:10, Psalms 44:17, Psalms 105:8, Malachi 4:4

a thousand: Deuteronomy 7:9

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 4:23 - lest ye forget Psalms 111:9 - he hath

Cross-References

Genesis 16:9
The angel of the Lord said to her, "Return to your mistress and submit to her."
Genesis 16:11
And the angel of the Lord said to her, "Behold, you are pregnant and shall bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael, because the Lord has listened to your affliction.
Genesis 17:18
And Abraham said to God, "Oh that Ishmael might live before you!"
Genesis 17:20
As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I have blessed him and will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He shall father twelve princes, and I will make him into a great nation.
Genesis 25:9
Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, east of Mamre,
Genesis 25:12
These are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's servant, bore to Abraham.
Genesis 28:9
Esau went to Ishmael and took as his wife, besides the wives he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, the sister of Nebaioth.
Genesis 37:27
Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother, our own flesh." And his brothers listened to him.
1 Chronicles 1:28
The sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ishmael.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This passage is interposed by the writer of Chronicles between two sentences of the parallel passage in Samuel. It contains a detailed account of the service which David instituted at this time, a service out of which grew the more elaborate service of the temple. The language of much of the passage is remarkably archaic, and there can be no reasonable doubt that it is in the main an extract from a record of the time of David.

1 Chronicles 16:5

The occurrence of the name “Jeiel” twice in this list is considered suspicious. Hence, the first “Jeiel” is thought to be a corrupt reading for “Aziel” 1 Chronicles 15:20, or “Jaaziel” 1 Chronicles 15:18.

1 Chronicles 16:8

The Psalm here put before us by the Chronicler, as sung liturgically by Asaph and his brethren on the day of the ark’s entrance into Jerusalem, accords closely with the passages in the present Book of Psalms noted in the marg reff.

It is, apparently, a thanksgiving service composed for the occasion out of Psalms previously existing.

1 Chronicles 16:39

This is the first mention that we have of Gibeon as the place at which the tabernacle of the congregation now rested. Previously it had been at Nob 1 Samuel 21:1-6, from where it was removed probably at the time of the slaughter of the priests by Doeg 1 Samuel 22:18-19. It is uncertain whether Gibeon was regarded as a “high place” before the transfer to it of the tabernacle: hut thenceforth, until the completion of Solomon’s Temple, it was the “great high place” 1 Kings 3:4 - a second center of the national worship which for above 50 years was divided between Gibeon and Jerusalem.

1 Chronicles 16:40

Upon the altar of the burnt offering - The original altar of burnt-offering Exodus 27:1-8 continued at Gibeon with the tabernacle 2 Chronicles 1:3, 2 Chronicles 1:5. David must have erected a new altar for sacrifice at Jerusalem 1 Chronicles 16:1. The sacrifices commanded by the Law were, it appears, offered at the former place; at the latter were offered voluntary additional sacrifices.

1 Chronicles 16:41

The rest ... - Rather, “the rest of the chosen ones, who were mentioned by name.” The “chosen ones” were “mentioned by name” in 1 Chronicles 15:17-24. A portion of them, namely, those named in 1 Chronicles 16:5-6, conducted the service in Jerusalem; the remainder were employed in the worship at Gibeon.


 
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