1 Chronicles 29:18 (YLT)

Passage

`O Jehovah, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, keep this to the age for the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of Thy people, and prepare their heart unto Thee;

Nearby Context

1 Chronicles 29:16 `O Jehovah our God, all this store that we have prepared to build to Thee a house, for Thy holy name, <FI>is<Fi> out of Thy hand, and of Thee <FI>is<Fi> the whole.

1 Chronicles 29:17 `And I have known, my God, that Thou art trying the heart, and uprightness dost desire; I, in the uprightness of my heart, have willingly offered all these: and now, Thy people who are found here I have seen with joy to offer willingly to Thee.

1 Chronicles 29:18 `O Jehovah, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, keep this to the age for the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of Thy people, and prepare their heart unto Thee;

1 Chronicles 29:19 and to Solomon my son give a perfect heart, to keep Thy commands, Thy testimonies, and Thy statutes, and to do the whole, even to build the palace <FI>for<Fi> which I have prepared.'

1 Chronicles 29:20 And David saith to all the assembly, `Bless, I pray you, Jehovah your God;' and all the assembly bless Jehovah, God of their fathers, and bow and do obeisance to Jehovah, and to the king.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "jehovah", "abraham", "isaac", "israel", "fathers", "keep", "imagination", and "thoughts". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "jehovah" 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 have known my God that..." into verse 19's "and to Solomon my son give a...", so "jehovah" 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 "jehovah" and "abraham" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.