1 Chronicles 29:18 (LSB)

Passage

O Yahweh, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, keep this forever in the intentions of the heart of Your people, and prepare their heart to You;

Nearby Context

1 Chronicles 29:16 O Yahweh our God, all this abundance that we have prepared to build You a house for Your holy name, it is from Your hand, and all is Yours.

1 Chronicles 29:17 And I know, O my God, that You try the heart and delight in uprightness. I, in the uprightness of my heart, have willingly offered all these things. So now with gladness I have seen Your people, who are present here, make their offerings willingly to You.

1 Chronicles 29:18 O Yahweh, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, keep this forever in the intentions of the heart of Your people, and prepare their heart to You;

1 Chronicles 29:19 and give to my son Solomon a whole heart to keep Your commandments, Your testimonies and Your statutes, and to do them all, and to build the temple, for which I have made preparation.”

1 Chronicles 29:20 Then David said to all the assembly, “Now bless Yahweh your God.” And all the assembly blessed Yahweh, the God of their fathers, and bowed low and prostrated themselves to Yahweh and to the king.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "yahweh", "abraham", "isaac", "israel", "fathers", "keep", "forever", and "intentions". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "yahweh" and "abraham", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 17's "And I know O my God that..." into verse 19's "and give to my son Solomon a...", so "yahweh" and "abraham" 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 "yahweh" and "abraham" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.