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English Standard Version

1 Chronicles 16:19

When you were few in number, of little account, and sojourners in it,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Isaac;   Music;   Praise;   Psalms;  

Dictionaries:

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

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
He said this when you were few in number, a tiny group of strangers in Canaan.
English Revised Version
When ye were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and sojourners in it;
Update Bible Version
When you were but a few men in number, Yes, very few, and sojourners in it;
New Century Version
Then God's people were few in number, and they were strangers in the land.
New English Translation
When they were few in number, just a very few, and foreign residents within it,
Webster's Bible Translation
When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it.
World English Bible
When you were but a few men in number, Yes, very few, and sojourners in it;
Amplified Bible
When you were few in number, Even a very few, and strangers in it,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Whanne thei weren fewe in noumbre; litle, and pilgrims therof.
Berean Standard Bible
When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land,
Contemporary English Version
At the time there were only a few of us, and we were homeless.
American Standard Version
When ye were but a few men in number, Yea, very few, and sojourners in it;
Bible in Basic English
When you were still small in number, and strange in the land;
Complete Jewish Bible
When you were but few in number, and not only few, but aliens there too,
Darby Translation
When ye were a few men in number, Of small account, and strangers in it.
Easy-to-Read Version
At the time God said this, there were only a few of his people, and they were strangers there.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
When ye were but a few men in number, yea, very few, and sojourners in it,
King James Version (1611)
When ye were but few, euen a few, and strangers in it:
New Life Bible
when they were few in number. They were very few, and strangers in the land.
New Revised Standard
When they were few in number, of little account, and strangers in the land,
Geneva Bible (1587)
When ye were fewe in number, yea, a very fewe, and strangers therein,
George Lamsa Translation
When you were but few, even a few in numbers and strangers in it.
Good News Translation
God's people were few in number, strangers in the land of Canaan.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
While, as yet, ye were men who could be counted, a very few, and sojourners therein:
Douay-Rheims Bible
When they were but a small number: very few and sojourners in it.
Revised Standard Version
When they were few in number, and of little account, and sojourners in it,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
When they were a fewe men in number, and had ben straungers but a litle while in it:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
when they were few in number, when they were but little, and dwelt as strangers in it;
Christian Standard Bible®
When they were few in number,very few indeed, and resident aliens in Canaan
Hebrew Names Version
When you were but a few men in number, Yes, very few, and sojourners in it;
King James Version
When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it.
Lexham English Bible
When you were few in number, little, and sojourners were in it,
Literal Translation
when you were few in number, even very few, and sojourners in it,
Young's Literal Translation
When ye are few of number, As a little thing, and sojourners in it.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Wha they were yet but small & fewe in nobre, and straungers in the same londe.
New American Standard Bible
When they were only a few in number, Very few, and strangers in it,
New King James Version
When you were few in number, Indeed very few, and strangers in it.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
When they were only a few in number, Very few, and strangers in it,
Legacy Standard Bible
When you were only a few men in number,Of little account, and sojourners in it,

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

but few: Heb. but men of number

a few: Genesis 34:30, Acts 7:5, Hebrews 11:13

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 35:6 - Ye shall

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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