1st Chronicles Chapter 11 verse 9 Holy Bible
And David waxed greater and greater; for Jehovah of hosts was with him.
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And David became greater and greater in power, because the Lord of armies was with him.
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And David became continually greater; and Jehovah of hosts was with him.
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So David waxed greater and greater: for the LORD of hosts was with him.
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So David became greater and greater: for the LORD of hosts was with him.
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David grew greater and greater; for Yahweh of Hosts was with him.
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And David goeth, going on and becoming great, and Jehovah of Hosts `is' with him.
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(9) This verse corresponds word for word with Samuel, only omitting "God" after "Lord." Literally, and David walked on, a walking and growing great--a common Hebrew metaphor of gradual and progressive increase or decrease. (Comp. Genesis 8:5, and the use of the term andante, "walking," in music.)Lord of hosts was with him.--The Lord of Hosts is doubtless a contracted form of the fuller expression, Lord God of Hosts, as it appears in Samuel. The Lord (or God) of Hosts is a title derived from God's supremacy over the host of heaven, i.e., the stars, worshipped as deities by the races environing Israel, insomuch that the very word for God in the old Babylonian is represented by a star (*); and in the later Assyrian character star was represented by the symbol for God thrice repeated. Assur, the supreme deity of the Assyrian Pantheon, is called in the inscriptions "king of the legions of heaven and earth," or "of the great gods." Similar titles were given to the Babylonian Nebo and Merodach. The Hebrew phrase is therefore, in one sense, equivalent to a concise assertion of the statement, "Jehovah your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords" (Deuteronomy 10:17 : comp. also Psalm 95:3; Psalm 97:7). That the hosts in question are the stars appears from Psalm 33:6; Isaiah 40:26; Judges 5:20. . . . Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewAnd Davidדָּוִ֖יד (dā·wîḏ)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jessebecameוַיֵּ֥לֶךְ (way·yê·leḵ)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 1980: To go, come, walkgreaterהָל֣וֹךְ (hā·lō·wḵ)Verb - Qal - Infinitive absoluteStrong's 1980: To go, come, walkand greater,וְגָד֑וֹל (wə·ḡā·ḏō·wl)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Infinitive absoluteStrong's 1419: Great, older, insolentfor the LORDוַיהוָ֥ה (Yah·weh)Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israelof Hostsצְבָא֖וֹת (ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ)Noun - common pluralStrong's 6635: A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaignwas with him.עִמּֽוֹ׃ (‘im·mōw)Preposition | third person masculine singularStrong's 5973: With, equally withJump to PreviousAlmighty Armies Continually David Great Greater Grew Hosts Power Powerful Waxed
