You established for yourself your people Israel to be your people forever; and you, Yahweh, became their God.
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You established for yourself your people Israel to be your people forever; and you, Yahweh, became their God.
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For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever: and thou, LORD, art become their God.
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And Thou didst establish to Thyself Thy people Israel to be a people unto Thee for ever; and Thou, LORD, becamest their God.
Cross-references (17)
Passages linked to 2 Samuel 7:24 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Deuteronomy 26:18 Yahweh has declared today that you are a people for his own possession, as he has promised you, and that you should keep all his commandments.
- 1 Peter 2:10 In the past, you were not a people, but now are God’s people, who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
- Genesis 17:7 I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you and to your offspring after you.
- Psalms 48:14 For this God is our God forever and ever. He will be our guide even to death.
- Isaiah 12:2 Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Yah, Yahweh, is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation.”
- Jeremiah 31:33 “But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” says Yahweh: “I will put my law in their inward parts, and I will write it in their heart. I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
- John 1:12 But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God’s children, to those who believe in his name:
- Exodus 6:7 I will take you to myself for a people. I will be your God; and you shall know that I am Yahweh your God, who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
- Exodus 15:2 Yah is my strength and song. He has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will praise him; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
- Deuteronomy 27:9 Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel, saying, “Be silent and listen, Israel! Today you have become the people of Yahweh your God.
- 2 Samuel 7:23 What one nation in the earth is like your people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem to himself for a people, and to make himself a name, and to do great things for you, and awesome things for your land, before your people, whom you redeemed to yourself out of Egypt, from the nations and their gods?
- 1 Chronicles 17:22 For you made your people Israel your own people forever; and you, Yahweh, became their God.
- Jeremiah 31:1 “At that time,” says Yahweh, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people.”
- Jeremiah 32:38 Then they will be my people, and I will be their God.
- Hosea 1:10 Yet the number of the children of Israel will be as the sand of the sea, which can’t be measured or counted; and it will come to pass that, in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’
- Zechariah 13:9 I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, ‘It is my people;’ and they will say, ‘Yahweh is my God.’ ”
- Romans 9:25-26 As he says also in Hosea, “I will call them ‘my people,’ which were not my people; and her ‘beloved,’ who was not beloved.” “It will be that in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ there they will be called ‘children of the living God.’ ”
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain He showeth that God’s free election is the only…
He showeth that God’s free election is the only cause, why the Israelites were chosen to be his people.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Sa 7:24 For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy…
2Sa 7:24 For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel [to be] a people unto thee for ever: and thou, LORD, art become their God.
Ver. 24. For thou hast confirmed to thyself,] i.e., All the Israel of God by a perpetual covenant: by thy benefits also thou hast gained them unto thee, and to thine obedience.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Thou hast confirmed to thyself; partly by thy promises,…
Thou hast confirmed to thyself; partly by thy promises, and that sure covenant which thou hast made with them; and partly by thy glorious works wrought on their behalf, as it appears this day.
Thou art become their God, in a peculiar manner, and by special relation and covenant; for otherwise he is the God and Father of all things, 1Co 8:6.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel…
For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever,.... So long as they were obedient to him, and observed his laws and statutes, and abode by his worship and ordinances, otherwise he would write a "loammi" on them, as he has, see Hos 1:9,
and thou, Lord, art become their God; their covenant God, they having avouched him to be their God, and he having avouched them to be his people, Deu 26:17.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Confirmed - Partly, by thy promises, and that sure…
Confirmed - Partly, by thy promises, and that sure covenant which thou hast made with them: and partly, by thy glorious works wrought on their behalf, as it appears this day. Their God - In a peculiar manner, and by special relation and covenant: for otherwise he is the God and father of all things.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 2Sa 7:24-26. For thou hast confirmed — Partly by…
2Sa 7:24-26. For thou hast confirmed — Partly by thy promises, and that solemn and sure covenant into which thou hast entered with them; and partly by thy glorious works wrought on their behalf, as it appears this day. Thou art become their God — In a peculiar manner, and by special relation and covenant; for otherwise he is the God and Father of all. The word concerning thy servant and his house, establish thou it — And yet he did not desire this great kindness merely for his own sake and the sake of his family, but that God might be glorified in what he did for him and them. Thus it follows, And let thy name be magnified for ever — Never cease to manifest thyself to be the God and governor of Israel, and let all men acknowledge that the God of Israel is the Lord of hosts, the Lord of heaven and earth, of angels and men, and faithful in his promises to the house of David.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 24. thou hast confirmed] Established, the same word as…
24. thou hast confirmed] Established, the same word as in 2Sa_7:13. Cp. Deu_32:6.
art become their God] Hast proved Thyself to be their God, in fulfilment of the promises in Gen_17:7-8; Exo_6:7.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain For thou hast confirmed. The word means "thou hast…
For thou hast confirmed. The word means "thou hast firmly and securely established Israel to "be thy people." This plainly refers to he settlement in Canaan, now at last completed by David"s victories, and not to the deliverance from Egypt. In the words that follow David recognizes the spiritual importance, not only of the permanent continuance of his house, but also of the empire given unto him. For Israel is now to be a people forever: and thou, Jehovah, art become their God. It is very necessary to retain here the personal name, Jehovah, as it is in the Hebrew, and not dilute it down to the Lord of the Septuagint. For now, to David"s mind, the covenant seemed complete, and ratified forever. Israel is to have an everlasting existence a promise belonging to it in its full sense only spiritually. For as long as the world lasts, it is against the spiritual Israel that the gates of hell shall never prevail. And next, first as the theocratic people, and then as the Church, it is to hold a unique relation to Jehovah, who is to be its God. For Israel, that is, the Jewish and the Christian Church, worships, not the God of nature, Elohim, but Jehovah, the God of grace; and they learn his attributes, not from philosophy, nor by metaphysical inquiry, but from his own revealed will, in which he teaches us what he is, what we are, and how we are to become one with him.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 General Information:
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David continues to talk to Yahweh.
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So now
Here "now" does not mean "at this moment," but is used to draw attention to the important point that follows.
may the promise that you made concerning your servant and his family be established forever
This can be stated in active form. AT: "may you do what you promised to me and my family, and may your promise never change" (See: Active or Passive)
your servant and his family
David is speaking about himself in the third person. This can be stated in the first person. AT: "me and my family" (See: First, Second, or Third Person)
May your name be forever great
Here "name" represents Yahweh's reputation. (See: Metonymy)
the house of me, David, your servant
Here "house" represents family. AT: "my family" (See: Metonymy)
is established before you
This can be stated in active form. AT: "is secure because of you" or "continues because of you" (See: Active or Passive)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 7:24 David praised God for his goodness in redeeming…
7:24 David praised God for his goodness in redeeming and establishing the nation of Israel (7:23-24), not just David and his royal line (7:18-21). His prayer is corporate rather than just personal.
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