1 Chronicles 16:19 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it.

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

When you were just a small group of people, very few in number, and foreigners living in the land.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

This verse reminds us that God's people started as just a tiny group of outsiders in a foreign land.

📚 Historical Context

This is part of a psalm of thanksgiving that David composed when the Ark of the Covenant was brought to Jerusalem. The verse refers to the time when Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob were nomads with small families, living as foreigners in the Promised Land before their descendants became the great nation of Israel.

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