1 Chronicles 17:8I have been with you wherever you have gone, and have cut off all your enemies from before you. I will make you a name, like the name of the great ones who are in the earth.
The setting
Jerusalem, ~1000 BC. David sits in his cedar palace, overwhelmed that God chose a shepherd boy. The prophet Nathan delivers God's response to David's desire to build a temple...
The emotion here: overwhelmed by divine favor toward an unlikely choice
The original word
karath (כָּרַת) — to cut, make covenant by cutting sacrifice in half
Why it matters
David defeated 18 different enemy nations, from Philistines to Arameans to Edomites
Read with care
What most readers miss in 1 Chronicles 17:8
God uses past tense 'I HAVE been' - this isn't future promise but present reality
Common misconceptionPeople think this is about worldly fame or success, but God is promising legacy and lasting impact through faithfulness, not celebrity status.
The thread continues
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Bible Genome reading
1 Chronicles 17:8 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
1 Chronicles 17:8 comes from the book of 1 Chronicles, written during the United Kingdom period. These words are attributed to Yahweh. The dominant emotion in this verse is grateful, with a comfort power of 80% and a tone that is celebratory. It belongs to the dialogue genre of biblical literature. Key themes include divine faithfulness, divine protection, divine promise. Notable phrases: I have been with you; cut off all your enemies; make you a name. This verse contains a promise of God. This verse contains prophecy.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same grateful
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.”
— John 3:16
“I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.”
— 2 Timothy 4:7
“It will be, that whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.'”
— Acts 2:21
“for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,”
— Ephesians 2:8
“So now it wasn't you who sent me here, but God, and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land o…”
— Genesis 45:8
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