King James Version (KJV)

1 Chronicles 16:19

“When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it.”

Verse in context — 1 Chronicles 16

And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, [and] to Israel [for] an everlasting covenant,

Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance;

When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it.

And [when] they went from nation to nation, and from [one] kingdom to another people;

He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,

Genealogies and David’s reign, emphasizing temple worship.