1 Chronicles 17:8

I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make for you a name like that of the greatest in the land.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — God speaks to David through Nathan, recounting His past presence and military deliverance while promising future establishment.

The words — The verb אֶהְיֶה ('eh.Yeh) translates literally as "I was" or "I have been," combined with עִמְּךָ ('im.mekha) "with you," while אַכְרִית ('akh.rît) means "I cut off" or "destroy" regarding the enemies.

The thread — The motif of divine accompaniment and victory appears in "1 Samuel 18:14" and "1 Chronicles 17:2," and the promise of exaltation aligns with "Psalm 113:7."

Why it lands — The passage requires acknowledgment of God’s historical presence and protection as the direct foundation for receiving a permanent, established reputation.

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The Hebrew words

וָֽאֶהְיֶ֣הva./'eh.Yehand/ I was עִמְּךָ֗'i.me./Khawith/ you בְּכֹל֙be./Kholin/ every אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.Sherwhere הָלַ֔כְתָּha.Lakh.tayou went וָאַכְרִ֥יתva./'akh.Ritand/ I cut off אֶת־'et-<obj.>כָּל־kol-all אוֹיְבֶ֖יךָ'oy.Vei./khaenemies/ your מִפָּנֶ֑יךָmi./pa.Nei./khafrom/ before/ you וְעָשִׂ֤יתִֽיve./'a.Si.tiand/ I will makeלְךָ֙le./Khafor/ youשֵׁ֔םShema name כְּשֵׁ֥םke./Shemlike/ [the] name of הַגְּדוֹלִ֖יםha./ge.do.Limthe/ great [people]אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.Sherwho בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ba./'A.retz[are] on the/ earth

King James Version

And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of the great men that are in the earth.

Cross-references

1 Samuel 18:14 and he continued to prosper in all his ways, because the LORD was with him.
1 Chronicles 17:2 And Nathan replied to David, “Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you.”
Psalms 113:7 He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the dump
Genesis 28:15 Look, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”
1 Samuel 18:28 When Saul realized that the LORD was with David and that his daughter Michal loved David,
2 Samuel 7:9 I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make for you a name like that of the greatest in the land.
Psalms 46:7 The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
Psalms 71:21 You will increase my honor and comfort me once again.
Psalms 75:7 but it is God who judges; He brings down one and exalts another.
1 Samuel 26:10 David added, “As surely as the LORD lives, the LORD Himself will strike him down; either his day will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish.