1 Chronicles 16:13 “O offspring of His servant Israel, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.”

1 Chronicles 16:13

O offspring of His servant Israel, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

World English Bible

you offspring of Israel his servant, you children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

American Standard Version

O ye seed of Israel his servant, Ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

Geneva Bible 1599

O seede of Israel his seruant, O the children of Iaakob his chosen.

Darby Translation

Ye seed of Israel his servant, Ye sons of Jacob, his chosen ones.

Young's Literal Translation

O seed of Israel, His servant, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones!

Bible in Basic English

O you seed of Israel his servant, you children of Jacob, his loved ones.

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Cross references

“ye seed”

Genesis 17:7 Genesis 35:10–12 Genesis 28:13 Genesis 28:14

Genesis 17:7 · BSB

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.

Genesis 35:10–12 · BSB

And God said to him, “Though your name is Jacob, you will no longer be called Jacob. Instead, your name will be Israel. ” So God named him Israel.

Genesis 28:13 · BSB

And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie.

Genesis 28:14 · BSB

Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.

“his chosen”

Psalm 135:4 1 Peter 2:9 Deuteronomy 7:6 Exodus 19:5 Exodus 19:6

Psalm 135:4 · BSB

For the LORD has chosen Jacob as His own, Israel as His treasured possession.

1 Peter 2:9 · BSB

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.

Deuteronomy 7:6 · BSB

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.

Exodus 19:5 · BSB

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.

Exodus 19:6 · BSB

And unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you are to speak to the Israelites.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

12Remember the wonders He has done, His marvels, and the judgments He has pronounced,

14He is the LORD our God; His judgments carry throughout the earth.

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