1 Chronicles 17:24

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Let your name be established and magnified forever, saying, Yahweh of Hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and the house of David your servant is established before you.
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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    Let your name be established and magnified forever, saying, Yahweh of Hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and the house of David your servant is established before you.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and let the house of David thy servant be established before thee.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    And may it be confirmed, and may your name be great to forever, saying, ‘Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, God to Israel,’ and may the house of David your servant be established to your face.

unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    Let your name be established and magnified forever, saying, Yahweh of Hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and the house of David your servant is established before you.
  • Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
    so that Your name will be established and magnified forever when it is said, ‘The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, is God over Israel.’ And may the house of Your servant David be established before You.
  • Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
    so that Your name will be established and magnified forever when it is said, ‘The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, is God over Israel.’ And may the house of Your servant David be established before You.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and let the house of David thy servant be established before thee.
  • American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
    And let thy name be established and magnified for ever, saying, Jehovah of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and the house of David thy servant is established before thee.
  • Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
    And let thy name be established and magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and the house of David thy servant is established before thee.
  • Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
    And let thy name be stable and magnified for euer, that it may be sayd, The Lord of hostes, God of Israel, is the God of Israel, and let the house of Dauid thy seruant bee stablished before thee.
  • Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
    And let thy name remain and be magnified for ever: and let it be said: The Lord of hosts is God of Israel, and the house of David his servant remaineth before him.
  • Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
    and let it be stedfast, and Thy name is great unto the age, saying, Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, is God to Israel, and the house of Thy servant David is established before Thee;
  • Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    and let it be steadfast, and Your Name is great for all time, saying, YHWH of Hosts, God of Israel, [is] God to Israel, and the house of Your servant David is established before You;
  • Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
    May your name be established forever and be great, so the people will say, 'Yahweh of hosts is the God of Israel,' while the house of me, David, your servant is established before you.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    And may it be confirmed, and may your name be great to forever, saying, ‘Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, God to Israel,’ and may the house of David your servant be established to your face.
  • Darby Bible Public Domain
    Let it even be established, and let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, is God to Israel; and let the house of David thy servant be established before thee.
  • World Messianic Bible Public Domain
    Let your name be established and magnified forever, saying, ‘The LORD of Hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel. The house of David your servant is established before you.’
  • Webster's Bible Public Domain
    Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and let the house of David thy servant be established before thee.
  • Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    and may your true nature be recognized and honored forever, with people declaring, ‘The Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, is Israel's God!’ May the house of your servant David continue to be there in your presence.
  • Bible in Basic English Public Domain
    So let your words be made certain and your name be made great, when men say, The Lord of armies is the God of Israel; and when the family of David your servant is made strong before you.
  • JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
    Yea, let it be established, and let Thy name be magnified for ever, that it may be said: The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel; and the house of David Thy servant shall be established before Thee.

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וְ֠יֵֽאָמֵן
ʼâman
H539
“and · to confirm”
Conjunction + Verb, Niphal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
Part of Speech
Conjunction + Verb
Stem
Niphal
Form
Imperfect
Person
3rd Person
Gender
Masculine
Number
Singular
Full BDB Definition

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT: 116

to support, confirm, be faithful - (Qal) - to support, confirm, be faithful, uphold, nourish - foster-father (substantive) - foster-mother, nurse - pillars, supporters of the door - (Niphal) - to be established, be faithful, be carried, make firm - to be carried by a nurse - made firm, sure, lasting - confirmed, established, sure - verified, confirmed - reliable, faithful, trusty - (Hiphil) - to stand firm, to trust, to be certain, to believe in - stand firm - trust, believe
  1. וְיִגְדַּ֨ל gâdal H1431 “and · to grow” Conjunction + Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  2. שִׁמְךָ֤ shêm H8034 “name · your” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular
  3. עַד ʻad H5704 “until” Preposition
  4. עוֹלָם֙ ʻôwlâm H5769 “forever” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  5. לֵאמֹ֔ר ʼâmar H559 “to say” Preposition + Verb, Qal, Infinitive Construct
  6. יְהוָ֤ה Yᵉhôvâh H3068 “LORD” Noun, Proper
  7. צְבָאוֹת֙ tsâbâʼ H6635 “armies” Noun, Common, Both, Plural, Absolute
  8. אֱלֹהֵ֣י ʼĕlôhîym H430 “God(s) of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct
  9. יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל Yisrâʼêl H3478 “Israel” Noun, Proper
  10. אֱלֹהִ֖ים ʼĕlôhîym H430 “God(s)” Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute
  11. לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל Yisrâʼêl H3478 “to/for · Israel” Preposition + Noun, Proper
  12. וּבֵית bayith H1004 “and · house of” Conjunction + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  13. דָּוִ֥יד Dâvid H1732 “David” Noun, Proper
  14. עַבְדְּךָ֖ ʻebed H5650 “servant · your” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular
  15. נָכ֥וֹן kûwn H3559 “being established” Verb, Niphal, Participle Active, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  16. לְפָנֶֽיךָ pânîym H6440 “to/for · face(s) · your” Preposition + Noun, Common, Both, Plural, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular

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17
words
15
distinct lemmas
Historical
section

Grammatical profile

  • 4 verbs
  • 12 nouns
  • 1 preposition

Verb forms

  • וְ֠יֵֽאָמֵן Niphal · Imperfect
  • וְיִגְדַּ֨ל Qal · Imperfect
  • לֵאמֹ֔ר Qal · Infinitive Construct
  • נָכ֥וֹן Niphal · Participle Active

Repetition

Words recur within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

  • אֱלֹהֵ֣י God H430 ×2
  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל Israel H3478 ×2

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 33 words from the Hebrew and 30 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 17 Hebrew tokens and 15 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

Cross-references

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Topical passages linked to 1 Chronicles 17:24 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

  • 2 Chronicles 6:33 then hear from heaven, even from your dwelling-place, and do according to all that the foreigner calls to you for; that all the peoples of the earth may know your name, and fear you, as does your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by your name.
  • Psalms 21:13 Be exalted, Yahweh, in your strength, So we will sing and praise your power.
  • Psalms 72:19 Blessed be his glorious name forever! Let the whole earth be filled with his glory! Amen and amen.
  • Psalms 90:17 Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us; Establish the work of our hands for us; Yes, establish the work of our hands.
  • Jeremiah 31:1 At that time, says Yahweh, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.
  • Matthew 6:9 Pray like this: 'Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.
  • Matthew 6:13 Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.'
  • John 12:28 Father, glorify your name!" Then there came a voice out of the sky, saying, "I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again."
  • John 17:1 Jesus said these things, and lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said, "Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may also glorify you;
  • Philippians 2:11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
  • Hebrews 8:10 "For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel. After those days," says the Lord; "I will put my laws into their mind, I will also write them on their heart. I will be to them a God, And they will be to me a people.
  • Hebrews 11:16 But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.
  • 1 Peter 4:11 If any man speaks, let it be as it were oracles of God. If any man serves, let it be as of the strength which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
  • Revelation 21:3 I heard a loud voice out of heaven saying, "Behold, God's dwelling is with people, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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These are two independent witnesses, not word-aligned to each other, and the Septuagint is shown in lemma (dictionary) form.

Hebrew 1 Chronicles 17:24 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וְ֠יֵֽאָמֵן וְיִגְדַּ֨ל שִׁמְךָ֤ עַד עוֹלָם֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר יְהוָ֤ה צְבָאוֹת֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֱלֹהִ֖ים לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וּבֵית דָּוִ֥יד עַבְדְּךָ֖ נָכ֥וֹן לְפָנֶֽיךָ

Let your name be established and magnified forever, saying, Yahweh of Hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and the house of David your servant is established before you.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX 1 Chronicles 17:24 Septuagint · lemma form

λέγω κύριος κύριος παντοκράτωρ θεός ἰσραήλ καί ὁ οἶκος δαυίδ παῖς σύ ἀναὀρθόω ἐναντίον σύ

And let your name be established and magnified for ever, men saying, Lord, Lord, Almighty God of Israel: and let the house of your servant David be established before you.

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Commentary

Notes on 1 Chronicles 17:24 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Joseph Benson's Commentary

1Ch 17:24. A God to Israel — He is really to his people that which he hath styled himself, their God, having taken such care of them, and showed such mercy and truth to them, as fully answered that title.

Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Geneva Bible (1599)

Geneva Bible translators

That is, he showeth himself in deed to be their God, by delivering them from dangers, and preserving them.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(24) Let it even be established.—“Yea, let it be assured.” This repetition is wanting in Samuel.

The Lord of hosts is the God of Israel . . .—“Jehovah Sabaoth, God of Israel, is God to Israel.” “God of Israel” is not read here in Samuel, but in the next verse.

And let the house of David . . . be established.—“Let be” is wanting in the Hebrew, and the sentence might be taken as part of what men are to say hereafter in praise of God: “The house of David thy servant is established before thee.” Samuel, however, inserts the verb “let it become,” or “shall become.”

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

24. Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified] Render with R.V. mg. Yea, let it be established, and let thy name be magnified.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Some prefer, “And let Thy name be established and magnified forever:” i. e., “Let not only Thy promise stand firm, but let Thy Name also stand firm (continue to be held in honor) and be magnified,” etc.

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations

Or, The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, is a God to Israel, i.e. he is really to his people that which he hath styled himself, their God, having taken such care of them, and showed such mercy and truth to them, as did fully answer that title.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

The Pulpit Commentary

The Hebrew text reads here naturally enough, And let be established and magnified for ever thy Name. The "established" in the last clause of the verse is not the same word with that used here.

God"s relation to his people. I The relation which God bears to his people.

1. He has chosen them out of the world, which lieth in wickedness.

2. He has given himself to them in a peculiar way.

3. He avows that relation to them before the whole universe.

II Inquire what, under that relation, we may expect at his hands.

1. The care of his providence.

2. The communication of his grace.

3. The manifestations of his love.

4. The possession of his glory.

III What, under that relation, he is entitled to expect from us.

1. That we "be a people to him.

2. That we give ourselves to him, as he has given himself to us.

Conclude with two proposals:

1. That we, at this very hour, accept Jehovah as our God.

2. That we now consecrate ourselves to him as his people( Revelation C. Simeon, M.A.). R.T.

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

A God - He is really to his people that which he hath styled himself, their God, having taken such care of them, and shewed such mercy and truth to them, as fully answered that title.

John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.

Rashi

Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)

And may Your name be confirmed and magnified forever, saying that they should say, “The Lord of Hosts, etc.,” and also His word endures.

and the house of David Your servant shall be established before You that You spoke, (v. 14): “... and his throne shall be established forever.”

Rashi on the Tanakh — English translations: “The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg” (CC BY 4.0); “Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934” (public domain); “The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J” (CC BY 4.0); and “The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.

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1 Chronicles, in the Historical, opens this verse with 17 words (15 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is ʼâman (“to confirm”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

  1. The word ʼâman carries the sense “to confirm.” How does it shape the verse?
  2. How does 2 Chronicles 6:33, which shares this passage’s theme, read alongside this verse?
  3. What does the repetition of “God” (2× in this one verse) do in this verse?
  4. These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
  5. «וְ֠יֵֽאָמֵן» is a Niphal Imperfect verb. How does that grammatical form shape the action described?
  6. Compare how Joseph Benson's Commentary and Geneva Bible (1599) read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?

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