1 Chronicles 22:18

“Is not the LORD your God with you, and has He not granted you rest on every side? For He has given the inhabitants of the land into my hand, and the land has been subdued before the LORD and His people.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — David addresses the leaders of Israel, instructing them to assist Solomon with the temple project. He speaks this after detailing his own preparations and immediately before commanding Solomon to seek God.

The words — וְ/הֵנִ֥יחַ (ve./he.Ni.ach) literally means "and has he given rest," and מִ/סָּבִ֑יב (mi./sa.Viv) translates to "from round about." The text explicitly states God has already provided security before issuing the building command.

The thread — The motif of divinely granted rest from enemies runs through 1 Chronicles 22:9, 1 Chronicles 23:25, and 2 Samuel 7:1. These passages consistently pair Yahweh’s provision of peace with the establishment of His dwelling place.

Why it lands — The verse records God’s prior faithfulness as the factual basis for the leaders’ obedience. It requires the reader to act on established divine provision rather than waiting for it to appear later.

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The Hebrew words

הֲלֹ֨אha./Lo'¿/ not יְהוָ֤הYah.weh[is] Yahweh אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם֙'e.lo.hei./KhemGod/ your עִמָּכֶ֔ם'i.ma./Khemwith/ you וְהֵנִ֥יחַve./he.Ni.achand/ has he given rest?לָכֶ֖םla./Khemto/ youמִסָּבִ֑יבmi./sa.Vivfrom/ round about כִּ֣י׀kifor נָתַ֣ןna.Tanhe has given בְּיָדִ֗יbe./ya.D/iin/ hand/ my אֵ֚ת'et<obj.>יֹשְׁבֵ֣יyo.she.Vei[the] inhabitants of הָאָ֔רֶץha./'A.retzthe/ land וְנִכְבְּשָׁ֥הve./nikh.be.Shahand/ it has been subdued הָאָ֛רֶץha./'A.retzthe/ land לִפְנֵ֥יli/f.Nei<to>/ before יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahweh וְלִפְנֵ֥יve./li/f.Neiand/ <to>/ before עַמּֽוֹ׃a.M/opeople/ his

King James Version

Is not the Lord your God with you? and hath he not given you rest on every side? for he hath given the inhabitants of the land into mine hand; and the land is subdued before the Lord, and before his people.

Cross-references

1 Chronicles 22:9 But a son will be born to you who will be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side; for his name will be Solomon, and I will grant to Israel peace and quiet during his reign.
1 Chronicles 23:25 For David had said, “The LORD, the God of Israel, has given rest to His people and has come to dwell in Jerusalem forever.
2 Samuel 7:1 After the king had settled into his palace and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies around him,
2 Samuel 5:19 So David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?” “Go up,” replied the LORD, “for I will surely deliver the Philistines into your hand.”
Psalms 44:1 For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.
Acts 9:31 Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced a time of peace. It grew in strength and numbers, living in the fear of the Lord and the encouragement of the Holy Spirit.
Romans 8:31 What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
Deuteronomy 12:10 When you cross the Jordan and live in the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and He gives you rest from all the enemies around you and you dwell securely,
Joshua 22:4 And now that the LORD your God has given your brothers rest as He promised them, you may return to your homes in the land that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you across the Jordan.
Joshua 23:1 A long time after the LORD had given Israel rest from all the enemies around them, when Joshua was old and well along in years,