1 Chronicles 14:2
New International Version
And David knew that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and that his kingdom had been highly exalted for the sake of his people Israel.

New Living Translation
And David realized that the LORD had confirmed him as king over Israel and had greatly blessed his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.

English Standard Version
And David knew that the LORD had established him as king over Israel, and that his kingdom was highly exalted for the sake of his people Israel.

Berean Standard Bible
And David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and had highly exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.

King James Bible
And David perceived that the LORD had confirmed him king over Israel, for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people Israel.

New King James Version
So David knew that the LORD had established him as king over Israel, for his kingdom was highly exalted for the sake of His people Israel.

New American Standard Bible
And David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel, and that his kingdom was highly exalted, for the sake of His people Israel.

NASB 1995
And David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel, and that his kingdom was highly exalted, for the sake of His people Israel.

NASB 1977
And David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel, and that his kingdom was highly exalted, for the sake of His people Israel.

Legacy Standard Bible
Thus David knew that Yahweh had established him as king over Israel, and that his kingdom was lifted up, for the sake of His people Israel.

Amplified Bible
And David understood that the LORD had established and confirmed him as king over Israel, for his kingdom was highly exalted for the sake of His people Israel.

Christian Standard Bible
Then David knew that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and that his kingdom had been exalted for the sake of his people Israel.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then David knew that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and that his kingdom had been exalted for the sake of His people Israel.

American Standard Version
And David perceived that Jehovah had established him king over Israel; for his kingdom was exalted on high, for his people Israel's sake.

Contemporary English Version
David now knew that the LORD had made him a powerful king of Israel for the good of his people.

English Revised Version
And David perceived that the LORD had established him king over Israel, for his kingdom was exalted on high, for his people Israel's sake.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So David realized that the LORD had established him as king of Israel and that his kingdom was made famous for the sake of Israel, the LORD's people.

Good News Translation
And so David realized that the LORD had established him as king of Israel and was making his kingdom prosperous for the sake of his people.

International Standard Version
David realized that the LORD was affirming him as king over Israel, and that his government was being exalted in order to benefit his people Israel.

Majority Standard Bible
And David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and had highly exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.

NET Bible
David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and that he had elevated his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.

New Heart English Bible
And David knew that the LORD had established him king over Israel; for his kingdom was exalted on high, for his people Israel's sake.

Webster's Bible Translation
And David perceived that the LORD had confirmed him king over Israel, for his kingdom was exalted on high, because of his people Israel.

World English Bible
David perceived that Yahweh had established him king over Israel, for his kingdom was highly exalted, for his people Israel’s sake.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And David knows that YHWH has established him for king over Israel, because of the lifting up on high of his kingdom, for the sake of His people Israel.

Young's Literal Translation
And David knoweth that Jehovah hath established him for king over Israel, because of the lifting up on high of his kingdom, for the sake of His people Israel.

Smith's Literal Translation
And David knew that Jehovah prepared him for king over Israel, for his kingdom was lifted up to above on account of his people Israel.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And David perceived that the Lord had confirmed him king over Israel, and that his kingdom was exalted over his people Israel.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And David realized that the Lord had confirmed him as king over Israel, and that his kingdom had been lifted up over his people Israel.

New American Bible
David now knew that the LORD had truly established him as king over Israel, for his kingdom was greatly exalted for the sake of his people Israel.

New Revised Standard Version
David then perceived that the LORD had established him as king over Israel, and that his kingdom was highly exalted for the sake of his people Israel.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And David perceived that the LORD had chosen him to be king over Israel, for his kingdom was exalted because of his people Israel.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Then David had known that LORD JEHOVAH had chosen him that he would be King over Israel, and his kingdom was exalted above, that he would be King over his people Israel.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And David perceived that the LORD had established him king over Israel, for his kingdom was exalted exceedingly, for His people Israel's sake.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And David knew that the Lord had designed him to be king over Israel; because his kingdom was highly exalted, on account of his people Israel.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
David's Family Grows
1Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, stonemasons, and carpenters, to build a palace for him. 2And David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and had highly exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel. 3And David took more wives in Jerusalem and became the father of more sons and daughters.…

Cross References
2 Samuel 5:12
And David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and had exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.

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.

1 Chronicles 17:11-14
And when your days are fulfilled and you go to be with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom. / He will build a house for Me, and I will establish his throne forever. / I will be his Father, and he will be My son. And I will never remove My loving devotion from him as I removed it from your predecessor. ...

2 Samuel 7:8-16
Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel. / 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. / And I will provide a place for My people Israel and will plant them so that they may dwell in a place of their own and be disturbed no more. No longer will the sons of wickedness oppress them as they did at the beginning ...

1 Kings 2:12
So Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was firmly established.

1 Kings 5:3-5
“As you are well aware, due to the wars waged on all sides against my father David, he could not build a house for the Name of the LORD his God until the LORD had put his enemies under his feet. / But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side, and there is no adversary or crisis. / So behold, I plan to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God, according to what the LORD said to my father David: ‘I will put your son on your throne in your place, and he will build the house for My Name.’

1 Kings 8:20
Now the LORD has fulfilled the word that He spoke. I have succeeded my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built the house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

1 Chronicles 28:4-5
Yet the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me out of all my father’s house to be king over Israel forever. For He chose Judah as leader, and from the house of Judah He chose my father’s household, and from my father’s sons He was pleased to make me king over all Israel. / And of all my sons—for the LORD has given me many sons—He has chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.

1 Chronicles 29:23
So Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king in place of his father David. He prospered, and all Israel obeyed him.

Psalm 89:3-4
You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant: / ‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’” Selah

Psalm 89:19-21
You once spoke in a vision; to Your godly ones You said, “I have bestowed help on a warrior; I have exalted one chosen from the people. / I have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him. / My hand will sustain him; surely My arm will strengthen him.

Psalm 89:27-29
I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth. / I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast. / I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.

Isaiah 9:6-7
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. / Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.

Isaiah 11:1-5
Then a shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse, and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit. / The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him—the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD. / And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what His eyes see, and He will not decide by what His ears hear, ...

Jeremiah 23:5-6
Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land. / In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is His name by which He will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.


Treasury of Scripture

And David perceived that the LORD had confirmed him king over Israel, for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people Israel.

the Lord

1 Chronicles 17:17
And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast also spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O LORD God.

2 Samuel 7:16
And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.

Psalm 89:20-37
I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him: …

his kingdom

Numbers 24:7
He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.

2 Samuel 7:8
Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:

because

1 Kings 10:9
Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.

2 Chronicles 2:11
Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the LORD hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them.

Esther 4:14
For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?

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And David realized
The Hebrew root for "realized" is יָדַע (yada), which means to know or perceive. This word indicates a deep, experiential understanding. David's realization is not merely intellectual but a profound acknowledgment of God's hand in his life. This awareness is crucial for any leader, as it underscores the importance of recognizing divine providence in one's position and responsibilities.

that the LORD had established him
The term "established" comes from the Hebrew כּוּן (kun), meaning to set up or make firm. This word conveys the idea of stability and permanence. David's kingship is not a result of his own efforts or political maneuvering but is firmly rooted in God's sovereign will. This assurance of divine establishment provides David with confidence and security in his role as king.

as king over Israel
The phrase "king over Israel" highlights David's divinely appointed role as the leader of God's chosen people. Historically, Israel was a theocracy, and the king was seen as God's representative on earth. David's kingship is a fulfillment of God's promise and a continuation of the covenantal relationship between God and Israel.

and had exalted his kingdom
The word "exalted" is derived from the Hebrew רוּם (rum), meaning to lift up or elevate. This elevation of David's kingdom signifies not only political success but also spiritual significance. It reflects God's blessing and favor upon David, which is intended to bring glory to God and benefit to His people.

for the sake of His people Israel
This phrase emphasizes the purpose behind God's actions. The Hebrew word for "sake" is לְמַעַן (lema'an), which means for the purpose of or on account of. God's establishment and exaltation of David's kingdom are not for David's personal gain but for the welfare and benefit of Israel. This underscores the biblical principle that leadership is a form of service, and those in authority are to prioritize the well-being of those they lead.

(2) And David perceived . . .--And David knew that Jehovah had appointed him. The willing alliance of the powerful sovereign of Phoenician Tyre was so understood by David. The favour of man is sometimes a sign of the approval of God--always, when it results from well-doing (Genesis 39:21; Luke 2:52).

For his kingdom was lifted up on high.--Samuel, "and (he knew) that he had lifted up his kingdom." Perhaps our text should be rendered, viz., that his kingdom was lifted up on high."

Lifted up.--Aramaic form (nisseth).

Because of.--For the sake of.

On high.--A favourite intensive expression with the chronicler (1Chronicles 20:5; 1Chronicles 21:17, &c.). . . .

Verse 2. - Was lifted up. The passage in Samuel reads נִשֵּׂא, the Piel conjugation. The present form is obscure, נִשֵׂאת. It may be considered either an irregular Niphal third pers. fem.; or Niphal infin, absolute (2 Samuel 19:43); or possibly even an irregular Piel form, in which case the pronoun "he" will need to be supplied as the subject. Supposing that any special connection subsists between this and the previous verse, it is not necessary to consider it remote. Then, as now, the building of a house for one's self, much more the building of a noble palace on the part of a king, is an indication of feeling settled and "confirmed." It was a partial indication of the "lifted-up kingdom" that the king should have a palace of unwonted magnificence. This must have weighed all the more in the case of a nation which, not for its sacred things, nor for its king, nor for its people, had ever had as yet any adequate and worthy housing,

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
And David
דָּוִ֔יד (dā·wîḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

realized
וַיֵּ֣דַע (way·yê·ḏa‘)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3045: To know

that
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

the LORD
יְהוָ֛ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

had established
הֱכִינ֧וֹ (hĕ·ḵî·nōw)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3559: To be erect

him as king
לְמֶ֖לֶךְ (lə·me·leḵ)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king

over
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

Israel
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

and
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

had highly
לְמַ֙עְלָה֙ (lə·ma‘·lāh)
Preposition-l | Adverb | third person feminine singular
Strong's 4605: The upper part, with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top

exalted
נִשֵּׂ֤את (niś·śêṯ)
Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take

his kingdom
מַלְכוּת֔וֹ (mal·ḵū·ṯōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 4438: Royalty, royal power, reign, kingdom

for the sake
בַּעֲב֖וּר (ba·‘ă·ḇūr)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5668: Crossed, transit, on account of, in order that

of His people
עַמּ֥וֹ (‘am·mōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

Israel.
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc


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