1 Chronicles 29:20

And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the LORD your God. And all the congregation blessed the LORD God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped the LORD, and the king.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
David	דָּוִיד֙ da.Vid	H1732	David · proper noun, a man's name
said	וַיֹּ֤אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
congregation	הַקָּהָ֔ל ha.ka.Hal	H6951	assemblage (usually concretely) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
bless	בָּֽרְכוּ ba.re.khu-	H1288	to kneel · verb, piel imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
LORD	יְהוָ֣ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
God	אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם 'e.lo.hei.Khem	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
congregation	הַקָּהָ֗ל ha.ka.Hal	H6951	assemblage (usually concretely) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
blessed	וַיְבָרֲכ֣וּ vay.va.ra.Khu	H1288	to kneel · conjunction + verb, piel sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
LORD	לַיהוָה֙ la.Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · preposition + proper noun, a title
God	אֱלֹהֵ֣י 'e.lo.Hei	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct
fathers	אֲבֹֽתֵיהֶ֔ם 'a.vo.tei.Hem	H1	father · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
heads	וַיִּקְּד֧וּ vai.yi.ke.Du	H6915	to shrivel up · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
worshipped	וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲו֛וּ vai.yish.ta.cha.Vu	H7812	to depress · conjunction + verb, sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
LORD	לַיהוָ֖ה la.Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · preposition + proper noun, a title
king	וְלַמֶּֽלֶךְ ve.la.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · conjunction + preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Exodus 4:31 And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction,…
Psalms 95:6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.
Genesis 24:26 And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the LORD.
Genesis 24:48 And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and blessed the LORD God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take…
1 Samuel 12:18 So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.
1 Chronicles 16:36 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever. And all the people said, Amen, and praised the LORD.
2 Chronicles 20:21 And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went o…
Psalms 134:2 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 29:10-22

We have here, I. The solemn address which David made to God upon occasion of the noble subscriptions of the princes towards the building of the temple (Ch1 29:10): Wherefore David blessed the Lord, not only alone in his closet, but before all the congregation. This I expected when we read (Ch1 29:9) that David rejoiced with great joy; for such a devout man as he would no doubt make that the matter of his thanksgiving which was so much the matter of his rejoicing. He that looked round with comfort would certainly look up with praise. David was now old and looked upon himself as near his end; and it well becomes aged saints, and dying saints, to have their hearts much enlarged in praise and th…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Chronicles 29:20

all the congregation . . . worshipped the Lord, and the king--Though the external attitude might be the same, the sentiments of which it was expressive were very different in the two cases--of divine worship in the one, of civil homage in the other.

Adam Clarke on 1 Chronicles 29:20

Worshipped the Lord, and the king - They did reverence to God as the supreme Ruler, and to the king as his deputy.

John Gill on 1 Chronicles 29:20

And David said to all the congregation,.... Consisting of princes, captains, and officers, 1 Chronicles 28:1. now bless the Lord your God; as he had done, for putting it into the power of their hands, and into their hearts, to do what they had: and all the congregation blessed the Lord God of their fathers; some one as the mouth of the rest put up a thanksgiving to God, as David directed, to which they all assented, and in which they all joined: and bowed down their heads, and worshipped the Lord and the king; the one with religious worship, the other with civil; the Syriac and Arabic versions more plainly distinguish, "they worshipped the Lord, and blessed David the king"; though some th…

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Dictionary and topics

David — Beloved, the eighth and youngest son of Jesse, a citizen of Bethlehem. His father seems to have been a man in humble life. His mother’s name is not recorded. Some think she was the Nahash of 2 Sam.…

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

1 Chronicles 29:20

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 29:10-22

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Chronicles 29:20

Adam Clarke on 1 Chronicles 29:20

John Gill on 1 Chronicles 29:20

Dictionary and topics

1 Chronicles 29:20

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 29:10-22

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Chronicles 29:20

Adam Clarke on 1 Chronicles 29:20

John Gill on 1 Chronicles 29:20

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Chronicles 29:20

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Chronicles 29:18-19

Rashi on 1 Chronicles 29:20