What Does 1 Chronicles 29:26 Mean in the King James?
Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The name David carries belovedness, and here the beloved’s reign reaches the whole people.
THE MEANING
This line holds belovedness and authority in one image: David reigns over all Israel. No part of the people lies outside the stated reach of the reign. For you now, the verse joins belovedness with a rule whose scope is whole.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The assumption that belovedness and authority cannot inhabit the same figure loosens here: David’s name carries belovedness while his reign extends over all Israel.
THE ROOT
דָּוִד
Dāwīd
GROWS FROM
דוד
D-W-D
Beloved; loved one.
“David” in this verse is Dāwīd. The name is traditionally linked with the Hebrew word for beloved. That connection places belovedness inside the name of the one whose reign reaches all Israel, joining affection and authority in a single image.
ALSO GROWS
dōd: Beloved; loved one.
דּוֹד
This related word makes the beloved sense carried by David’s name audible in Hebrew.
dōdîm: Loves; caresses.
דּוֹדִים
This form shows the same word family extending from the beloved to the affection shared between people.
מָלַךְ
mālak
GROWS FROM
מלך
M-L-K
To be king; to rule.
“reigned” in this verse is mālak. The root joins the act of reigning to the words for king and kingdom. Here that rule is not abstract: its stated reach is all Israel.
ALSO GROWS
melekh: King.
מֶלֶךְ
The ruler and the act of reigning share the same root, keeping David’s person and authority linguistically connected.
mamlākāh: Kingdom; realm.
מַמְלָכָה
The kingdom is another branch of the same root, linking the act of rule to the people and territory within its reach.
THE PATTERN
A people stands within one reign when authority reaches the whole rather than a part.
So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the LORD: and they anointed David king over Israel.And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.THE THREAD
So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the LORD: and they anointed David king over Israel.This scene makes the shared recognition behind “reigned over all Israel” visible: the elders come together, covenant with David, and anoint him king. It repeats the name linked with belovedness beside a rule embraced by all Israel.
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