With all his reign and his might, and the times that went over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries.

1 CHRONICLES 29:30KJV
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1 Chronicles 29:30 (KJV)

What does 1 Chronicles 29:30 mean?

1 Chronicles 29:30 closes the account of David’s life by pointing to records that covered more than his deeds as king. Those records also concerned the events that affected David, Israel, and the surrounding kingdoms during his reign.

The verse completes the sentence begun in verse 29, where those records are named. The phrase “the times that went over him” pictures events passing over David during his life. The same phrase reaches beyond David to Israel and other kingdoms.

The Hebrew behind 1 Chronicles 29:30

  • “times” — עֵת (ʿet): This word can mean a time or an occasion. Here, it points to the circumstances and events experienced during David’s reign.
  • “might” — גְּבוּרָה (gevurah): This word can mean strength or acts of strength. In a record of a king’s reign, it can include what David accomplished through his power.

Why 1 Chronicles 29:30 matters

  • David’s story belongs to a wider history. The verse joins what happened to him with what happened to “Israel” and “all the kingdoms of the countries.”
  • The closing words point readers toward written sources for the account. Verse 29 names records associated with Samuel, Nathan, and Gad, while verse 30 describes what those records covered.

Where else these words appear

“might” Hebrew H1369 · used in 61 verses

  • Exodus 32:18 And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise of them that sing do I hear.
  • Job 26:14 Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
  • Proverbs 8:14 Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.

“reign” Hebrew H4438 · used in 82 verses

  • Numbers 24:7 He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.
  • 2 Chronicles 35:19 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept.
  • Esther 6:8 Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head:

“kingdoms” Hebrew H4467 · used in 113 verses

  • Genesis 10:10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
  • 2 Kings 14:5 And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father.
  • Isaiah 14:16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;