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1 Chronicles 17:22

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

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

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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This verse in 1 Chronicles 17

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Kingdom - 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

Your very own forever

Israel is the LORD's own people forever. He has become their God, and the two halves form the covenant pair, His people and their God. John Wesley reads the kingdom in David's prayer as God's kingdom in the wide sense, reaching all nations through the Messiah.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

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

13 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וַ֠תִּתֵּןand you made

    vatitenH5414 →2011 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • עַמְּךָ֨people your

    ʾamekhaH5971 →1873 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֧ל׀Israel

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • לְךָ֛for yourself

    lekha

  • לְעָ֖ם<into> a people

    leamH5971 →1873 times

  • עַד־until

    ʾad-H5704 →1261 times

  • עוֹלָ֑םperpetuity

    olamH5769 →438 times

  • וְאַתָּ֣הand you

    veatahH859 →1094 times

  • יְהוָ֔הO Yahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • הָיִ֥יתָyou became

    hayitaH1961 →3559 times

  • לָהֶ֖םfor them

    lahem

  • לֵאלֹהִֽים׃<into> God

    lelohimH430 →2601 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

14 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

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.4 works1 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.3 works1 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.”3 worksJeremiah 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.2 worksZechariah 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.’”2 works1 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.2 works
The other 8 cross-references, with their words ▾
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.2 worksRomans 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.2 worksDeuteronomy 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.2 worksRomans 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,”2 worksGenesis 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.2 worksDeuteronomy 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 works2 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 works2 Samuel 7:24For You have established Your people Israel as Your very own forever, and You, O LORD, have become their God.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    1 Peter 2:9

    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.

    it leads to

    • Exodus 19:5–6

      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.

    • Deuteronomy 7:6

      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…

    • Revelation 1:6

      who has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and power forever and ever! Amen.

    • Revelation 5:10

      You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign upon the earth.”

    • Isaiah 61:6

      But you will be called the priests of the LORD; they will speak of you as ministers of our God; you will feed on the wealth of nations, and you will boast in their…

  • Through

    Zechariah 13:9

    This 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…

    it leads to

    • Psalms 50:15

      Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”

    • Jeremiah 29:11–12

      For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.

    • Acts 2:21

      And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’

Where this verse is studied

About 1 Chronicles

King David Playing the Harp, Gerard van Honthorst, 1622. Public domain.
King David Playing the Harp, Gerard van Honthorst, 1622. Public domain.
1 Chronicles: the study guide →Read 1 Chronicles 17 →

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.

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