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1 Chronicles 17:22

Covenant and promises

20 O LORD, there is none like You, and there is no God but You, according to everything we have heard with our own ears.

21 And who is like Your people Israel—the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself? You made a name for Yourself through great and awesome wonders by driving out nations from before Your people, whom You redeemed from Egypt.

For You have made Your people Israel Your very own forever, and You, O LORD, have become their God.

23 And now, O LORD, let the word You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house be established forever. Do as You have promised,

24 so that Your name will be established and magnified forever when it is said, ‘The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, is God over Israel.’ And may the house of Your servant David be established before You.

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BSB
For You have made Your people Israel Your very own forever, and You, O LORD, have become their God.
KJV
For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, LORD, becamest their God.
WEB
For you made your people Israel your own people forever; and you, LORD, became their God.
ASV
For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, Jehovah, becamest their God.
DARBY
And thy people Israel hast thou made thine own people for ever; and thou, Jehovah, art become their God.
BLB
For You have made Your people Israel Your very own people even to forever, and You, O YHWH, have become to them God.
ÅB
Og du satte ditt folk Israel til å være ditt folk til evig tid, og du, Herre, er blitt deres Gud.
OTB
For du har gjort ditt folk Israel til ditt eget folk for alltid,
og du, Herre, har blitt deres Gud.
B1930
Og du satte ditt folk Israel til å være ditt folk til evig tid, og du, Herre, er blitt deres Gud.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Exodus 19:5–6

    Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.

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  • 1 Peter 2:9

    But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

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  • Zechariah 13:9

    This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’”

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  • 1 Samuel 12:22

    Indeed, for the sake of His great name, the LORD will not abandon His people, because He was pleased to make you His own.

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  • Genesis 17:7

    I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

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  • Romans 9:4–6

    the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.

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  • Romans 11:1–12

    I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.

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  • Deuteronomy 7:6–8

    For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth.

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