1 Chronicles 16:15-22

David's Song of Thanks

15 Remember his covenant forever,
the word that he commanded, for a thousand generations,
 16 the covenant m that he made with Abraham,
his sworn promise to Isaac,
 17 which n he confirmed as a statute to Jacob,
as an everlasting covenant to Israel,
 18 saying, o "To you I will give the land of Canaan,
as your portion for an inheritance."

19 When you were p few in number,
and of little account, and q sojourners in it,
 20 wandering from nation to nation,
from one kingdom to another people,
 21 he allowed no one to oppress them;
he r rebuked kings on their account,
 22 saying, "Touch not my anointed ones,
do my s prophets no harm!"

  1. Cross References
    Genesis 17:2
    That I may make my covenant between me and you, and may multiply you greatly.
    Genesis 22:16
    And said, "By myself I have sworn, declares the Lord, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son.
    Genesis 26:3
    Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you and will bless you, for to you and to your offspring I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath that I swore to Abraham your father.
    Genesis 28:13
    And behold, the Lord stood above it and said, "I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac. The land on which you lie I will give to you and to your offspring.
    Luke 1:73
    The oath that he swore to our father Abraham, to grant us
  2. Cross References
    Genesis 35:11 - 12
    And God said to him, "I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall come from your own body.
  3. Cross References
    Genesis 13:15
    For all the land that you see I will give to you and to your offspring forever.
    Genesis 15:18 - 21
    On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your offspring I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates.
  4. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 7:7
    It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the Lord set his love on you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all peoples.
    Deuteronomy 26:5
    And you shall make response before the Lord your God, 'A wandering Aramean was my father. And he went down into Egypt and sojourned there, few in number, and there he became a nation, great, mighty, and populous.
  5. Cross References
    Hebrews 11:9
    By faith he went to live in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise.
  6. Cross References
    Genesis 12:17
    But the Lord afflicted Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife.
    Genesis 20:3
    But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night and said to him, "Behold, you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken, for she is a man's wife.
  7. Cross References
    Genesis 20:7
    Now then, return the man's wife, for he is a prophet, so that he will pray for you, and you shall live. But if you do not return her, know that you shall surely die, you and all who are yours.
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