1 Chronicles 17:24

²² For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, LORD, becamest their God.

²³ Therefore now, LORD, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and do as thou hast said.

Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and let the house of David thy servant be established before thee.

²⁵ For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt build him an house: therefore thy servant hath found in his heart to pray before thee.

²⁶ And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: 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.
KJV: Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and let the house of David thy servant be established before thee.
WEB: Let your name be established and magnified forever, saying, ‘The LORD of Armies is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel. The house of David your servant is established before you.’
ASV: And let thy name be established and magnified for ever, saying, Jehovah of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and the house of David thy servant is established before thee.
DARBY: Let it even be established, and let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, is God to Israel; and let the house of David thy servant be established before thee.
BLB: And may Your name be confirmed, even magnified, forever, saying, ‘YHWH of Hosts, the God of Israel, [is] God to Israel.’ And may the house of Your servant David be established before You.

ÅB: Ja, la det stå fast! Da skal ditt navn bli stort til evig tid, så folk skal si: Herren, hærskarenes Gud, Israels Gud, er Gud for Israel! Og din tjener Davids hus skal være grunnfestet for ditt åsyn.
OTB: La ditt navn bli bekreftet og bli stort for alltid,
og si, “Hærskarenes Herre er Israels Gud, til og med en Gud for Israel;
og din tjener Davids hus er grunnfestet foran deg.”
B1930: Ja, la det stå fast! Da skal ditt navn bli stort til evig tid, så folk skal si: Herren, hærskarenes Gud, Israels Gud, er Gud for Israel! Og din tjener Davids hus skal være grunnfestet for ditt åsyn.

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Original text and word study

Cross references

Psalms 90:17
And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
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Jeremiah 31:1
At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.
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Matthew 6:9
After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
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Revelation 21:3
And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
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2 Chronicles 6:33
Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.
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1 Peter 4:11
If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
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Psalms 72:19
And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.
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Hebrews 8:10
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
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