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and now it has pleased you to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever before you: for you, Yahweh, have blessed, and it is blessed forever.
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A Declaration of Faith
Scholars like Charles Ellicott point out a subtle shift from the parallel account in 2 Samuel. There, David asks God to bless his house. Here, David makes a statement of faith: 'You have willed to bless.' This isn't just a request; it's a confident declaration that because God has initiated the blessing, it is secure and permanent. It models a faith that rests on what God has already started to do.
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1 Chronicles
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The marginal reading is preferable.
19th Century
Anglican
Now therefore let it please you. —Rather, and now You have willed to bless. Samuel: “and now be willing, and bless.”
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 17:1).
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