1 Chronicles 29:18 KJV

O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:

Words Then and Now

What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.

Thou and Ye

  • thy, thee one person

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

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  • His thanksgiving and prayerWe cannot form a right idea of the magnificence of the temple, and the buildings around it, about which such quantities of gold and silver were employed. But...

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Cross References

  • Genesis 6:5 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
  • Exodus 3:6 Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.
  • Exodus 3:15 And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.
  • Exodus 4:5 That they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.
  • Deuteronomy 30:6 And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.

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Topics

  • David Delivers his charge to Solomon
  • Heart Graciously affected of God
  • Intercession Exemplified
  • Joy Of David, over the offerings of the princes and people for the house of God
  • Praise At the close of his reign

Kings of Israel & Judah

  • DavidKing of Israel · 1055–1015 BC

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Bible Dictionary

  • LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.
  • God(A.S. and Dutch God; Dan. Gud; Ger. Gott), the name of the Divine Being. It is the rendering (1) of the Hebrew ’El, from a word meaning...
  • AbrahamFather of a multitude, son of Terah, named (Gen 11:27) before his older brothers Nahor and Haran, because he was the heir of the...
  • IsaacLaughter. (1) Israel, or the kingdom of the ten tribes (Amos 7:9, Amos 7:16).
  • IsraelThe name conferred on Jacob after the great prayer-struggle at Peniel (Gen 32:28), because “as a prince he had power with God and...

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • O LORD יְהוָה yhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name
  • God אֱלֹהֵי ʾĕlōhê אֱלֹהִים Noun · masculine plural construct
  • of Abraham אַבְרָהָם ʾabrāhām אַבְרָהָם Proper name
  • Isaac יִצְחָק yiṣḥāq יִצְחָק Proper name
  • and of Israel וְיִשְׂרָאֵל wĕyiśrāʾēl יִשְׂרָאֵל Proper name · with and
  • our fathers אֲבֹתֵינוּ ʾăbōtênû אָב Noun · masculine plural construct · with suffix: first person common plural
  • keep שֳׁמְרָה šŏmrâ שָׁמַר Verb · qal imperative, second person masculine singular
  • this for ever זֹּאת zōʾt Pronoun לְעוֹלָם lĕʿôlām עוֹלָם Noun · masculine singular · with preposition
  • in the imagination לְיֵצֶר lĕyēṣer יֵצֶר Noun · masculine singular construct · with preposition
  • of the thoughts מַחְשְׁבוֹת maḥšĕbôt מַחֲשָׁבָה Noun · feminine plural construct
  • of the heart לְבַב lĕbab לֵבָב Noun · masculine singular construct
  • of thy people עַמֶּךָ ʿammekā עַם Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: second person masculine singular
  • and prepare וְהָכֵן wĕhākēn כּוּן Verb · hiphil imperative, second person masculine singular · with and
  • their heart לְבָבָם lĕbābām לֵבָב Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: third person masculine plural אֵלֶיךָ ʾēlêkā Preposition · with suffix: second person masculine singular

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