1 Chronicles 16:18 (LSB)

Passage

Saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan, As the portion of your inheritance,”

Nearby Context

1 Chronicles 16:16 Which He cut with Abraham, And His oath to Isaac.

1 Chronicles 16:17 Then He also confirmed it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel as an everlasting covenant,

1 Chronicles 16:18 Saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan, As the portion of your inheritance,”

1 Chronicles 16:19 When you were only a few men in number, Of little account, and sojourners in it,

1 Chronicles 16:20 And they wandered about from nation to nation, And from one kingdom to another people,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "saying", "give", "land", "canaan", "portion", and "inheritance". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "saying" and "give", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 17's "Then He also confirmed it to Jacob..." into verse 19's "When you were only a few men...", so "saying" and "give" belong inside that flow. In 1 Chronicles context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "saying" and "give" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.