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1 Chronicles 29:17

1 Chronicles 29:17
I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.

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Trusted original commentary from respected historical Bible scholars and theologians.

Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, The ancestors of the Jewish nation, whose covenant God the Lord was, and who had ever been mindful of his promise to them, with respect to…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

1 Chronicles 29:10-22

We have here,

I. The solemn address which David made to God upon occasion of the noble subscriptions of the princes towards the building of the temple (Ch1 29:10): Wherefore David blessed the Lord,…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

1 Chronicles 29:11-19

The Blessing of David

11. thineis the kingdom, O LORD, andthou art exalted as head above all Render, Thine, is the kingdom, O LORD, and thine it is to be exalted as head over all.