1 Chronicles 17:7 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | NASB

Now, therefore, this is what you shall say to My servant David: ‘This is what the Lord of armies says: “I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be leader over My people Israel.

Commentaries

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

I took you from the sheep pen ... — Compare to Psalms 78:70-72. The pronoun is emphatic: “It was I who took you from the pasture.”

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John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 17:1).

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

This chapter is the same as 2 Samuel 7. See what is said about it there. It is very observable that what in Samuel is said to be, for thy word'…