What Does 2 Chronicles 6:14 Mean in the King James?

And said, O LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and shewest mercy unto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts:

2 Chronicles 6:14 · KJV

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This verse in the Selah Decoded Version

THE KEY

God’s incomparability becomes visible in how he guards covenant and faithful love for those who walk before him whole-heartedly.

THE MEANING

The LORD is incomparable in heaven and earth, and his greatness reaches you as a keeper of covenant and faithful love. Your life before him is described as a whole-hearted walk, held in relationship with his constancy.

WHAT THIS UNDOES

This undoes the belief that God’s greatness means distance: the one without equal is encountered through guarded covenant and faithful love.

THE ROOT

חֶסֶד

chesed

GROWS FROM

חסד

faithful love, kindness, or loyalty expressed within a relationship

⁨חֶסֶד⁩ (chesed, faithful love) stands beside covenant in this verse, giving “mercy” the texture of enduring loyalty. Its related words describe both the act of showing kindness and the person marked by faithfulness.

ALSO GROWS

ḥasad: to show kindness or act faithfully

חָסַד

This verbal form makes faithful love an active expression within a relationship.

ḥasid: a faithful or devout person

חָסִיד

This related word describes a person marked by the loyalty that ⁨חֶסֶד⁩ (chesed, faithful love) expresses.

שֹׁמֵר

shomer

GROWS FROM

שמר

to guard, watch over, or keep

“keepest” in this verse is shomer. The Hebrew calls God a ⁨שֹׁמֵר⁩ (shomer, guardian or keeper): the one who watches over both covenant and ⁨חֶסֶד⁩ (chesed, faithful love). “Keep” carries the sense of ongoing attention, so divine faithfulness here has the shape of guarding a relationship.

ALSO GROWS

shamar: to guard, watch over, or keep

שָׁמַר

This verb names the active guarding expressed by ⁨שֹׁמֵר⁩ (shomer, keeper).

mishmeret: a charge, watch, or guard duty

מִשְׁמֶרֶת

It carries the same root into an entrusted watch, illuminating the attentive care implied by keeping covenant.

THE PATTERN

God’s incomparable character is made visible in covenant and faithful love that endure across generations.

Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;

Deuteronomy 7:9 · KJVThe same pairing of keeping covenant and mercy shows divine faithfulness enduring across generations.

My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.

Psalm 89:28 · KJVCovenant and mercy again appear as enduring commitments held fast.

To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;

Luke 1:72 · KJVFaithful love and covenant are joined as a promise remembered and made present.

THE THREAD

Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;

Deuteronomy 7:9 · KJV

Deuteronomy joins the same ideas found here: God keeps covenant and ⁨חֶסֶד⁩ (chesed, faithful love). Its reference to a thousand generations opens the verse’s image of guarded relationship into a promise that continues across time.

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