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1 Chronicles 17:22

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

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ASV

For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, Jehovah, becamest their God.

KJV

For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, Lord, becamest their God.

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13 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַ֠תִּתֵּןVa.ti.tenand you madeH5414 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
עַמְּךָ֨'a.me.Khapeople yourH5971 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֧ל׀Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
לְךָ֛le.Khafor yourself
לְעָ֖םle.'Am<into> a peopleH5971 →
עַד־'ad-untilH5704 →
עוֹלָ֑םo.LamperpetuityH5769 →
וְאַתָּ֣הve.'a.Tahand youH859 →
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehO YahwehH3068 →
הָיִ֥יתָha.Yi.tayou becameH1961 →
לָהֶ֖םla.Hemfor them
לֵאלֹהִֽים׃le.lo.Him<into> GodH430 →

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Exodus 19:5–6Now 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.1 Peter 2:9But 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.1 Kings 10:9Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on the throne of Israel. Because of the LORD’s eternal love for Israel, He has made you king to carry out justice and righteousness.”Jeremiah 31:31–34Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.Zechariah 13:9This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’”1 Samuel 12:22Indeed, for the sake of His great name, the LORD will not abandon His people, because He was pleased to make you His own.Romans 9:4–6the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.Romans 11:1–12I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.Deuteronomy 7:6–8For 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.Romans 9:25–26As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My beloved,”Genesis 17:7I 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.Deuteronomy 26:18–19And today the LORD has proclaimed that you are His people and treasured possession as He promised, that you are to keep all His commandments,2 Chronicles 9:8Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on His throne to be king for the LORD your God. Because your God loved Israel enough to establish them forever, He has made you king over them to carry out justice and righteousness.”2 Samuel 7:24For You have established Your people Israel as Your very own forever, and You, O LORD, have become their God.

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