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1 Chronicles 17:25
For You, my God, have revealed to Your servant that You will build a house for him. Therefore Your servant has found the courage to pray before You.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — David speaks to the LORD within a recorded prayer concerning the establishment of God’s name and the future building of a house for his lineage. He notes that divine disclosure has directly prompted his bold petition.
The words — The Hebrew verb גָּלִ֙יתָ֙ (ga.Li.ta) carries the literal sense “you have uncovered,” denoting God’s act of revealing a future building project to His servant. The noun אֹ֣זֶן ('O.zen) means “ear,” supplied in the lexical data to mark the object of divine attention in the verse’s syntactic structure.
The thread — The link between prior divine disclosure and subsequent human response appears in 1 Samuel 9:15, where the LORD reveals a future event to Samuel. The other cited passages track God’s responsive hearing rather than prior revelation: Psalms 10:17 notes God hearing the desire of the humble, and Ezekiel 36:37 states God will hear the plea of Israel and multiply its people.
Why it lands — The text states that God’s disclosure of a future house gives the servant courage to pray. It asks the reader to recognize that bold petition arises from received revelation, not from independent initiative.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt build him an house: therefore thy servant hath found in his heart to pray before thee.
Cross-references
- 1 Samuel 9:15 Now on the day before Saul’s arrival, the LORD had revealed to Samuel,
- Psalms 10:17 You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts. You will incline Your ear,
- Ezekiel 36:37 This is what the Lord GOD says: Once again I will hear the plea of the house of Israel and do for them this: I will multiply their people like a flock.
- 1 John 5:14 And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.