1 Chronicles 22:18"Isn't Yahweh your God with you? Hasn't he given you rest on every side? For he has delivered the inhabitants of the land into my hand; and the land is subdued before Yahweh, and before his people.
The setting
Jerusalem, ~970 BC. King David, now elderly, addresses his son Solomon and the leaders about building the temple. Modern-day Jerusalem, Israel.
The emotion here: aging king desperate to secure his legacy through his son
The original word
natan (נָתַן) — given as an irrevocable gift, permanently placed in your possession
Why it matters
David conquered Jerusalem 40 years earlier when it was still a Jebusite stronghold
Read with care
What most readers miss in 1 Chronicles 22:18
David is convincing Solomon that God's presence guarantees success, not human ability
Common misconceptionPeople think this means God will make everything easy. David is actually saying God's presence doesn't eliminate struggle—it guarantees victory through the struggle.
The thread continues
Verses that echo 1 Chronicles 22:18
Bible Genome reading
1 Chronicles 22:18 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
1 Chronicles 22:18 comes from the book of 1 Chronicles, written during the United Kingdom period. These words are attributed to David. The dominant emotion in this verse is grateful, with a comfort power of 60% and a tone that is reverent. It belongs to the teaching genre of biblical literature. Key themes include divine presence, peace, victory. Notable phrases: Isn't Yahweh your God with you; given you rest.
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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