What Does 1 Chronicles 28:8 Mean?

at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive

“Now therefore in the sight”

an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“of all Israel”

he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

“the congregation”

assemblage (usually concretely)

“of the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

“and in the audience”

broadness. i.e., (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)

“of our God”

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of

“keep”

properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc

“and seek”

properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“for all the commandments”

a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the law)

“of the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

“of our God”

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of

properly, heed, i.e., purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that

“that ye may possess”

to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“land”

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

“this good”

good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good

“and leave it for an inheritance”

to inherit (as a (figurative) mode of descent), or (generally) to occupy; causatively, to bequeath, or (generally) distribute, instate

“for your children”

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or

“after”

properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)

“you for”

as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)

“ever”

properly, concealed, i.e., the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e., (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial