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First Book of Chronicles, chapter 17
1 Chronicles 17 1 Chronicles 16 chapter 16 1 Chronicles 18 chapter 18 Books of Chronicles Old Testament 13 Ketuvim Leningrad-codex-14-chronicles.pdf 250px The complete Hebrew text of the Books of Chronicles (1 and 2 Chronicles) in the Leningrad Codex (1008 CE).
1 Chronicles 17 is the seventeenth chapter of the Books of Chronicles in the Hebrew Bible or the First Book of Chronicles in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.Ackroyd 1993 113Mathys 2007 268 The book is compiled from older sources by an unknown person or group, designated by modern scholars as "the Chronicler", and had the final shape established in late fifth or fourth century BCE.Ackroyd 1993 113–114 This chapter contains God's covenant with David through the prophet Nathan and David's response in the form of thanksgiving prayer.Mathys 2007 277 The whole chapter belongs to the section focusing on the kingship of David (1 Chronicles 9:35 to 29:30).Ackroyd 1993 113
Text
This chapter was originally written in the Hebrew language. It is divided into 27 verses.
Textual witnesses
Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text tradition, which includes the Aleppo Codex (10th century), and Codex Leningradensis (1008).Würthwein 1995 35-37
There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus (B; B; 4th century), Codex Sinaiticus (S; BHK: S; 4th century), Codex Alexandrinus (A; A; 5th century) and Codex Marchalianus (Q; Q; 6th century).Würthwein 1995 73–74
Old Testament references
1 Chronicles 17:1–15 9: 2 Samuel 7:1–17 9.1 Chronicles 17 Berean Study Bible. Biblehub
1 Chronicles 17:16–27 9:2 Samuel 7:18–29 9.
God’s covenant with David (17:1–15)
This section closely follows 2 Samuel 7:1–16 9 with minor redaction to suit the context.Mathys 2007 277 Nathan's personal opinion (verse 2) was corrected by God in the subsequent prophecy, without mentioning David's lack of suitability for building the temple (explained later in 1 Chronicles 22:7–10 9).Coogan 2007 603 Hebrew Bible
Verse 1
Now when David lived in his house, David said to Nathan the prophet, “Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the is under a tent."1 Chronicles 17:1 ESV ESV
"Under a tent": literally "under tent curtains"Note [d] on 1 Chronicles 17:1 in NET Bible (cf. Exodus 26:1–2 9,7; Numbers 4:21–28 9).Coogan 2007 603 Hebrew Bible
The statement "and the Lord had given him rest from all his enemies around him" in 2 Samuel 7:1 is not copied by the Chronicler, because David's wars have yet to be described (1 Chronicles 18–20).Mathys 2007 277
Verse 14
"And I will establish him in My house and in My kingdom forever; and his throne shall be established forever."1 Chronicles 17:14 NKJV NKJV
"In My kingdom forever": The kingship of God is manifested through David's kingdom and his heirs (1 Chronicles 28:5; 29:11; 2 Chronicles 13:8; cf. 2 Samuel 7:16).Coogan 2007 603 Hebrew Bible
Here the Chronicler portrays 'the seed after David', arising from his sons, as the Messiah, whom the prophets announced as the "Son of David", a divergence from 2 Samuel 7:14-16, so it omits "If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men" (2 Samuel 7:14), because the chastisement would be important for the direct sons of David and the kings of Judah, but not for the Messiah, from whom God will never withdraw His grace.Keil, Carl Friedrich; Delitzsch, Franz. Commentary on the Old Testament (1857-1878).1 Chronicles 17August 2026 InternetArchiveBot . Accessed 24 Juni 2018.
David’s Prayer of Thanksgiving (17:16–27)
This passage contains David's prayer as a reply to the promise given by God through Nathan.Mathys 2007 277 Apart from a slight change in the name used for God, the section closely follows 2 Samuel 7:17–29.Mathys 2007 277
Coogan 2007 603 Hebrew Bible
See also
22em Ark of the Covenant
Jerusalem
Solomon
Tabernacle
Related Bible parts: Exodus 26, Numbers 4, 1 Kings 4, 1 Chronicles 22, 2 Chronicles 1
References
Sources
Ackroyd Peter R Chronicles, Books of Metzger Bruce M Bruce M. Metzger Coogan Michael D The Oxford Companion to the Bible Oxford University Press 1993 978-0195046458 113–116
Bennett William The Expositor's Bible: The Books of Chronicles Litres 2018 978-5040825196 https://books.google.com/books?id=SZo3DwAAQBAJ
Coogan Michael David Michael D. Coogan The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books: New Revised Standard Version, Issue 48 Coogan Michael David Marc Zvi Brettler Carol Ann Newsom Pheme Perkins Augmented 3rd Oxford University Press 2007 9780195288810 https://books.google.com/books?id=HmpMPgAACAAJ
Endres John C. First and Second Chronicles Liturgical Press 2012 https://books.google.com/books?id=mtL0BSEv7i4C 9780814628447
Gilbert Henry L The Forms of the Names in 1 Chronicles 1-7 Compared with Those in Parallel Passages of the Old Testament The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures 13 4 Liturgical Press 1897 279–298 10.1086/369250 527992
Hill Andrew E. First and Second Chronicles Zondervan 2003 https://books.google.com/books?id=Sv-LEqnF8Y4C 9780310206101
Mabie Frederick I. The Chronicler's Genealogical Survey of All Israel 1 and 2 Chronicles The Expositor's Bible Commentary Tremper Longman III David E Garland Zondervan 2017 267–308 978-0310531814 https://books.google.com/books?id=E8ESDgAAQBAJ December 6, 2019
Mathys H. P. 14. 1 and 2 Chronicles The Oxford Bible Commentary John Barton John Barton (theologian) John Muddiman John Muddiman Oxford University Press first (paperback) 2007 267–308 978-0199277186 https://books.google.com/books?id=ZJdVkgEACAAJ February 6, 2019
Tuell Steven S. First and Second Chronicles Westminster John Knox Press 2012 978-0664238650 https://books.google.com/books?id=8RKvdfWsmvEC December 30, 2020
Würthwein Ernst Ernst Würthwein The Text of the Old Testament William B. Eerdmans Grand Rapids, MI 1995 Erroll F. Rhodes 0-8028-0788-7 https://books.google.com/books?id=FSNKSBObCYwC January 26, 2019
External links
Jewish translations:
Divrei Hayamim I - I Chronicles - Chapter 17 (Judaica Press) translation [with Rashi's commentary] at Chabad.org
Christian translations:
Online Bible at GospelHall.org (ESV, KJV, Darby, American Standard Version, Bible in Basic English)
First Book of Chronicles Chapter 17. Bible Gateway
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