2 Samuel 7:24

Covenant and promises

²² Wherefore thou art great, O LORD God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

²³ And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?

For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever: and thou, LORD, art become their God.

²⁵ And now, O LORD God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast said.

²⁶ And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee.

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: For You have established Your people Israel as Your very own forever, and You, O LORD, have become their God.
KJV: For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever: and thou, LORD, art become their God.
WEB: You established for yourself your people Israel to be your people forever; and you, LORD, became their God.
ASV: And thou didst establish to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever; and thou, Jehovah, becamest their God.
DARBY: And thou hast established to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever; and thou, Jehovah, art become their God.
BLB: For You have established for Yourself Your people Israel—Your very own people even to forever. And You, O YHWH, have become their God.

ÅB: Og du dannet deg ditt folk Israel, så det skulle være ditt folk til evig tid, og du, Herre, er blitt deres Gud.
OTB: For du har grunnfestet ditt folk Israel som ditt eget folk for alltid, og du, Herre, har blitt deres Gud.
B1930: Og du dannet dig ditt folk Israel, så det skulde være ditt folk til evig tid, og du, Herre, er blitt deres Gud.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Deuteronomy 26:18
And the LORD hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments;
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1 Peter 2:10
Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
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Psalms 48:14
For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.
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Jeremiah 31:33
But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
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Isaiah 12:2
Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
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John 1:12
But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
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Genesis 17:7
And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
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Hosea 1:10
Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.
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