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1 Chronicles 14:2 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 2. 2And David perceived that the LORD had confirmed him king over Israel, for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people Israel.
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Quick Meaning
This verse advances the thought unit through its next name, action, speech, or consequence: “And David perceived that the LORD had confirmed him king over Israel, for his kingdom was lifted up….” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “Tyrian builders and David's growing household.”
Tyre builds David's house while he reads his kingship
This verse is one part of that explanation in 1 Chronicles 14:1–7. The complete section carries the connected meaning and how it should shape life.
Read It With
- 1 Chronicles 14:1–7
Read 1 Chronicles 14:2 with 14:1–7. The selected wording supplies one step in the thought unit through its next name, action, speech, or consequence; the surrounding verses supply the relationships and outcome summarized here: Hiram sends cedar and craftspeople for David's house, David interprets his kingship as established for Israel, and more wives and children are listed.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Within “Tyrian builders and David's growing household,” 1 Chronicles 14:2 advances the thought unit through its next name, action, speech, or consequence through the wording “And David perceived that the LORD had confirmed him king over Israel, for his kingdom was lifted up….” Its placement is governed by this reviewed relationship: The chapter places international skill, royal consolidation, and family expansion before renewed Philistine threat. 1 Chronicles 13:9–14 has just established this prior movement: Uzza steadies the ark, is struck dead, David becomes angry and afraid, abandons the move, and Obed-edom's household is blessed for three months. Together those details explain why “Tyrian builders and David's growing household” belongs here rather than merely following a database record.
Read 1 Chronicles 14:1–7 together
Why these verses belong together: 1 Chronicles 14:1–7 forms the complete movement “Tyrian builders and David's growing household”: Hiram sends cedar and craftspeople for David's house, David interprets his kingship as established for Israel, and more wives and children are listed.
Verse 1. 1 Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house.
Verse 2. 2 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.
Verse 3. 3 And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat more sons and daughters.
Verse 4. 4 Now these are the names of his children which he had in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon,
Verse 5. 5 And Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpalet,
Verse 6. 6 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
Verse 7. 7 And Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphalet.
Follow the Context
- Hiram sends cedar and craftspeople for David's house, David interprets his kingship as established for Israel, and more wives and children are listed.
- The chapter places international skill, royal consolidation, and family expansion before renewed Philistine threat.
What This Verse Is Not Saying
1 Chronicles 14:2 does not permit the wording “And David perceived that the LORD had confirmed him king over Israel, for his kingdom was lifted up…” to be read apart from the selected verse's context. A fine house and many children do not prove moral innocence, justify polygamy, or make Tyrian workers secondary to the king.
What Remains True
Leadership is accountable for truth, justice, lives, land, and labor; remembered calling or success does not erase harm or remove correction. This unit tests that truth through the narrated movement: Hiram sends cedar and craftspeople for David's house, David interprets his kingship as established for Israel, and more wives and children are listed. In 1 Chronicles 14:2, the concrete line “And David perceived that the LORD had confirmed him king over Israel, for his kingdom was lifted up…” keeps that truth accountable to the narrated evidence.
Teach It Back
Explain why 1 Chronicles 14:2 records David's interpretation that his rule was established for Israel's sake. Use 14:1–7, paraphrase “And David perceived that the LORD had confirmed him king over Israel, for his kingdom was lifted up…,” state one source or reconstruction limit, identify one person or group power can obscure, and reject one conclusion this verse does not authorize.
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Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read 1 Chronicles 14:1–7 — Tyrian builders and David's growing householdSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? probable
Where care is needed
Chronicles omits Samuel's surrounding family conflict; names, sequence, and David's theological interpretation should not be expanded into a complete biography.
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Supports: Exact KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: 1 Chronicles 14:1–7, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 1 Chronicles
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, names, clauses, regnal formulas, temple vocabulary, older-English controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/1Chr.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 14:1–7
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible Full Notes: 1 Chronicles
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press; STEP Bible presentation, 2019 edition; current web presentation
Supports: Unit-bounded translation comparisons and only those lexical, textual, grammatical, numerical, historical, and parallel-passage notes attached to these verses.
Exact location: STEP Bible NET2full, 1 Chronicles 14:1–7, verse-attached translation and translator notes
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