1 Tawarikh 16:15

16:15 Remember ¹  continually his covenantal decree,

the promise he made ²  to a thousand generations –

1 Tawarikh 16:36

16:36 May the Lord God of Israel be praised,

in the future and forevermore. ³ 

Then all the people said, “We agree! ⁴  Praise the Lord!”

1 Tawarikh 17:22

17:22 You made Israel your very own nation for all time. ⁵  You, O Lord, became their God.

1 Tawarikh 23:25

23:25 For David said, “The Lord God of Israel has given his people rest and has permanently settled in Jerusalem. ⁶ 

1 Tawarikh 28:7

28:7 I will establish his kingdom permanently, if he remains committed to obeying my commands and regulations, as you are doing this day.’ ⁷ 

[16:15]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text has a masculine plural imperative, addressed to the people. Some LXX mss harmonize the wording here to Ps 105:8, which has זָכַר (zakhar), the perfect third masculine singular form of the verb, “He (the Lord) remembers” (so NIV; NEB reads “He called to mind his covenant”).

[16:15]  ² tn Heb “[the] word he commanded.” The text refers here to God’s unconditional covenantal promise to Abraham and the patriarchs, as vv. 16-18 make clear.

[16:36]  ³ tn Heb “from everlasting to everlasting.”

[16:36]  ⁴ tn This is the Hebrew term אָמֵן (’amen, “surely”), traditionally transliterated “amen.”

[17:22]  ⁵ tn Heb “and you made your people Israel your own for a people permanently.”

[23:25]  ⁶ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[28:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “if he is strong to do my commands and my regulations like this day.”