1 Chronicles 17:21
in 1 Chronicles 17And who is like Your people Israel—the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself? You made a name for Yourself through great and awesome wonders by driving out nations from before Your people, whom You redeemed from Egypt.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem unto himself for a people, to make thee a name by great and terrible things, in driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou redeemedst out of Egypt?
KJV
And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 17
Commentary
4 notes on this verseKingdom - In God's kingdom in a large and general sense. And this, as well as the former phrase, singularly belongs to the Messiah, who was not only to be the king of Israel, but also of all nations.
This site's exposition
there is none like You
on 1 Chronicles 17:20-22
Praise widens from David's house to God Himself: “O LORD, there is none like You, and there is no God but You”. The lines match 2 Sam 7:22-24 closely. The question “who is like Your people Israel” then binds the covenant just given to the redemption from Egypt.
This site's exposition
who is like Your people
David sets Israel beside God Himself: the LORD stands alone in verse 20, and Israel stands alone among the nations. God went out to redeem them from Egypt. John Wesley reads the kingdom language of this prayer as reaching past Israel to the Messiah, king of all nations.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
12 He shall build me a house, and I will stablish his throne for ever. 13 I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee: 14 But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.
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The words behind it
24 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּמִי֙ | umi | and who? | H4310 → | 423 times |
| כְּעַמְּךָ֣ | keamekha | [is] like people your | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| גּ֥וֹי | goy | a nation | H1471 → | 561 times |
| אֶחָ֖ד | ʾechad | one | H259 → | 971 times |
| בָּאָ֑רֶץ | baaretz | on the earth | H776 → | 2504 times |
| אֲשֶׁר֩ | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| הָלַ֨ךְ | halakh | he went | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| הָאֱלֹהִ֜ים | haelohim | <the> God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| לִפְדּ֧וֹת | lifdot | to redeem | H6299 → | |
| ל֣וֹ | lo | for himself | ||
| עָ֗ם | ʾam | a people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| לָשׂ֤וּם | lasum | to make | H7760 → | 584 times |
| לְךָ֙ | lekha | for yourself | ||
| שֵׁ֚ם | shem | a name | H8034 → | 864 times |
| גְּדֻלּ֣וֹת | gedulot | great things | H1420 → | 12 times |
| וְנֹרָא֔וֹת | venoraot | and awesome [deeds] | H3372 → | 315 times |
| לְגָרֵ֗שׁ | legaresh | by driving out | H1644 → | |
| מִפְּנֵ֧י | mipenei | from before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| עַמְּךָ֛ | ʾamekha | people your | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| פָּדִ֥יתָ | padita | you had redeemed | H6299 → | |
| מִמִּצְרַ֖יִם | mimitzrayim | from Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
| גּוֹיִֽם׃ | goyim | nations | H1471 → | 561 times |
וּמִי֙and who?
umiH4310 →423 times
כְּעַמְּךָ֣[is] like people your
keamekhaH5971 →1873 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
גּ֥וֹיa nation
goyH1471 →561 times
אֶחָ֖דone
ʾechadH259 →971 times
בָּאָ֑רֶץon the earth
baaretzH776 →2504 times
אֲשֶׁר֩which
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
הָלַ֨ךְhe went
halakhH1980 →1546 times
הָאֱלֹהִ֜ים<the> God
haelohimH430 →2601 times
לִפְדּ֧וֹתto redeem
lifdotH6299 →
ל֣וֹfor himself
lo
עָ֗םa people
ʾamH5971 →1873 times
לָשׂ֤וּםto make
lasumH7760 →584 times
לְךָ֙for yourself
lekha
שֵׁ֚םa name
shemH8034 →864 times
גְּדֻלּ֣וֹתgreat things
gedulotH1420 →12 times
וְנֹרָא֔וֹתand awesome [deeds]
venoraotH3372 →315 times
לְגָרֵ֗שׁby driving out
legareshH1644 →
מִפְּנֵ֧יfrom before
mipeneiH6440 →2123 times
עַמְּךָ֛people your
ʾamekhaH5971 →1873 times
אֲשֶׁר־which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
פָּדִ֥יתָyou had redeemed
paditaH6299 →
מִמִּצְרַ֖יִםfrom Egypt
mimitzrayimH4714 →641 times
גּוֹיִֽם׃nations
goyimH1471 →561 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Isaiah 63:12who sent His glorious arm to lead them by the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them to gain for Himself everlasting renown,
it leads to
- Exodus 15:16
and terror and dread will fall on them. By the power of Your arm they will be as still as a stone until Your people pass by, O LORD, until the people You have…
- Psalms 78:13
He split the sea and brought them through; He set the waters upright like a wall.
- Joshua 3:16
the flowing water stood still. It backed up as far upstream as Adam, a city in the area of Zarethan, while the water flowing toward the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) was…
- Exodus 14:21–22
Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were…
- Psalms 114:5–7
Why was it, O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that you turned back,
- Exodus 15:16
Through
Deuteronomy 15:15Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you; that is why I am giving you this command today.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 16:12
Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and carefully follow these statutes.
- 1 John 4:9–11
This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.
- Ephesians 4:32
Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.
- Deuteronomy 16:12
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
