1 Chronicles 17:7-9
1599 Geneva Bible
7 Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote [a]and from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be a prince over my people Israel.
8 And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have destroyed all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have [b]made thee a name, like the name of the great men that are in the earth.
9 (Also I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will [c]plant it, that they may dwell in their place, and move no more: neither shall the [d]wicked people [e]vex them anymore, as at the beginning,
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- 1 Chronicles 17:7 Of a shepherd of sheep I made thee a shepherd of men: so that thou camest not to this dignity through thine own merits, but by my pure grace.
- 1 Chronicles 17:8 Or, gotten thee fame.
- 1 Chronicles 17:9 Make them sure that they shall not remove.
- 1 Chronicles 17:9 Hebrew, sons of iniquity.
- 1 Chronicles 17:9 Or, consume.
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