📖WEB · 1 Chronicles 16:19
What does 1 Chronicles 16:19 mean?
"when you were but a few men in number, yes, very few, and foreigners were in it."
— 1 Chronicles 16:19 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
the covenant which he made with Abraham, his oath to Isaac.
He confirmed the same to Jacob for a statute, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
saying, “I will give you the land of Canaan, The lot of your inheritance,”
when you were but a few men in number, yes, very few, and foreigners were in it.
They went about from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people.
He allowed no man to do them wrong. Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,
“Don’t touch my anointed ones! Do my prophets no harm!”
Explanation
First Chronicles 16:19 comes from a song of thanksgiving that David composed and gave to Asaph and his fellow Levites to sing when the Ark of
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