1 Chronicles 29:20 (YLT)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

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.

1 Chronicles 29:21 And they sacrifice to Jehovah sacrifices, and cause to ascend burnt-offerings to Jehovah on the morrow of that day, bullocks a thousand, rams a thousand, lambs a thousand, and their oblations, even sacrifices in abundance, for all Israel.

1 Chronicles 29:22 And they eat and drink before Jehovah on that day with great joy, and cause Solomon son of David to reign a second time, and anoint <FI>him<Fi> before Jehovah for leader, and Zadok for priest.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "david", "saith", "assembly", "bless", "pray", and "jehovah". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "david" and "saith", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 19's "and to Solomon my son give a..." into verse 21's "And they sacrifice to Jehovah sacrifices and...", so "david" and "saith" 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 "david" and "saith" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.