“Isn’t Yahweh your God with you? Hasn’t he given you rest on every side? For he has delivered the inhabitants of the land into my hand; and the land is subdued before Yahweh, and before his people.
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- KJV Is not the LORD your God with you? and hath he not given you rest on every side? for he hath given the inhabitants of the land into mine hand; and the land is subdued before the LORD, and before his people.
- BSB “Is not the LORD your God with you, and has He not granted you rest on every side? For He has given the inhabitants of the land into my hand, and the land has been subdued before the LORD and His people.
- NKJV “Is not the Lord your God with you? And has He not given you rest on every side? For He has given the inhabitants of the land into my hand, and the land is subdued before the Lord and before His people.
- NASB “Is the Lord your God not with you? And has He not given you rest on every side? For He has handed over to me the inhabitants of the land, and the land is subdued before the Lord and before His people.
- NLT “The Lord your God is with you,” he declared. “He has given you peace with the surrounding nations. He has handed them over to me, and they are now subject to the Lord and his people.
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Quick answer
David reminded the leaders that the LORD was with them, had given them rest, and had subdued the land before His people. God's past faithfulness was the basis for present obedience.
Overview
David rooted the call to build on God's proven faithfulness: His presence, the rest He had granted, and the victories He had won. Remembering what God has already done fuels confidence to undertake new tasks for Him. This pattern of looking back at grace to move forward in obedience runs throughout Scripture and strengthens believers today.
Cross-references & the web
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- 1 Chr 23:25For David said, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, has given rest to his people; and he dwells in Jerusalem forever.
- 1 Chr 22:9Behold, a son shall be born to you, who shall be a man of peace. I will give him rest from all his enemies all around; for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness to Israel in his days.
- 2 Sam 7:1When the king lived in his house, and Yahweh had given him rest from all his enemies all around,
- 2 Sam 5:19–20David inquired of Yahweh, saying, “Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will you deliver them into my hand?” Yahweh said to David, “Go up; for I will certainly deliver the Philistines into your hand.”
- Rom 8:31What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
- Ps 44:1–5For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. A contemplative psalm. We have heard with our ears, God; our fathers have told us, what work you did in their days, in the days of old.
- Acts 9:31So the assemblies throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, and were built up. They were multiplied, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.
- Deut 12:10–11But when you go over the Jordan, and dwell in the land which Yahweh your God causes you to inherit, and he gives you rest from all your enemies around you, so that you dwell in safety;
- Judg 6:12–14Yahweh’s angel appeared to him, and said to him, “Yahweh is with you, you mighty man of valor!”
- Josh 22:4Now Yahweh your God has given rest to your brothers, as he spoke to them. Therefore now return and go to your tents, to the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of Yahweh gave you beyond the Jordan.
- 1 Sam 25:28Please forgive the trespass of your servant. For Yahweh will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fights Yahweh’s battles. Evil will not be found in you all your days.
- Josh 23:1After many days, when Yahweh had given rest to Israel from their enemies all around, and Joshua was old and well advanced in years,
- Deut 20:4for Yahweh your God is he who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.”
- Josh 10:42Joshua took all these kings and their land at one time, because Yahweh, the God of Israel, fought for Israel.
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