1 Chronicles 16:17 · KJV
“And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, {and} to Israel {for} an everlasting covenant,”
— 1 Chronicles 16:17
{Even of the covenant} which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac;
Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance; {the lot: Heb. the cord}
1 Chronicles 16 — Context
Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word {which} he commanded to a thousand generations;
16{Even of the covenant} which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac;
17And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, {and} to Israel {for} an everlasting covenant,
18Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance; {the lot: Heb. the cord}
19When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it. {few, even: Heb. men of number, etc}
Cross References
Genesis 17:7-8
And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
Genesis 35:11-12
And God said unto him, I {am} God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;
Isaiah 55:3
Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, {even} the sure mercies of David.
Exodus 3:17
And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.
2 Samuel 23:5
Although my house {be} not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all {things}, and sure: for {this is} all my salvation, and all {my} desire, although he make {it} not to grow.
Jeremiah 11:2
Hear ye the words of this covenant, and speak unto the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem;
Psalms 78:10
They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;
Hebrews 13:20
Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, {covenant: or, testament}