Charles Ellicott Commentary 1 Chronicles 17:16

"Then David the king went in, and sat before Jehovah; and he said, Who am I, O Jehovah God, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me thus far?" — 1 Chronicles 17:16 (ASV)

Sat before the Lord. — In the tent of the Ark.

And said. — Compare the title of Psalm 18.

Who am I. — The longer form of the pronoun I is used in Samuel (’anokhî; here ’anî).

O Lord God. — Hebrew, Jehovah Elohim. Samuel has “Adonai Jehovah,” which is more original. David addresses God as “my Lord, Jehovah;” just as in 1 Chronicles 17:4 and 1 Chronicles 17:7, God speaks of David as “my servant.” (Compare the frequent style of the Assyrian kings, who speak of their wars as undertaken in the service of the gods their lords.)

My house. — My family.

To this point. — To this pitch of greatness. With this and the next verse, compare David’s last words (2 Samuel 23:5).