2 Samuel 7:24 “For You have established Your people Israel as Your very own forever,…”

2 Samuel 7:24

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

You established for yourself your people Israel to be your people forever; and you, LORD, became their God.

American Standard Version

And thou didst establish to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever; and thou, Jehovah, becamest their God.

Geneva Bible 1599

For thou hast ordeyned to thy selfe thy people Israel to be thy people for euer: and thou Lord art become their God.

Darby Translation

And thou hast established to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever; and thou, Jehovah, art become their God.

Young's Literal Translation

Yea, Thou dost establish to Thee Thy people Israel, to Thee for a people unto the age, and Thou, Jehovah, hast been to them for God.

Bible in Basic English

But you took and made strong for yourself your people Israel, to be your people for ever; and you, Lord, became their God.

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Cross references

“confirmed”

Deuteronomy 26:18 Genesis 17:7

Deuteronomy 26:18 · BSB

And today the LORD has proclaimed that you are His people and treasured possession as He promised, that you are to keep all His commandments,

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.

“art become”

1 Peter 2:10 Psalm 48:14 Isaiah 12:2 Jeremiah 31:33 John 1:12 2 Samuel 7:23

1 Peter 2:10 · BSB

Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

Psalm 48:14 · BSB

For this God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even till death.

Isaiah 12:2 · BSB

Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”

Jeremiah 31:33 · BSB

“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.

John 1:12 · BSB

But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—

2 Samuel 7:23 · BSB

And who is like Your people Israel—the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself and to make a name for Himself? You performed great and awesome wonders by driving out nations and their gods…

Also

Exodus 6:7

Exodus 6:7 · BSB

I will take you as My own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.

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

In context

23And who is like Your people Israel—the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself and to make a name for Himself? You performed great and awesome wonders by driving out nations and their gods from before Your people, whom You redeemed for Yourself from Egypt.

25And now, O LORD God, confirm forever the word You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house. Do as You have promised,

Read 2 Samuel 7