2 Samuel 7:24

2 Samuel 7:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever: and thou, Lord, art become their God.
• New International Version (NIV)You have established your people Israel as your very own forever, and you, Lord, have become their God.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And you established for yourself your people Israel to be your people forever. And you, O Lord, became their God.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For You have made Your people Israel Your very own people forever; and You, Lord, have become their God.

Context of 2 Samuel 7:24

22Wherefore thou art great, O Yhwh God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. 23And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods? For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever: and thou, Yhwh, art become their God. 25And now, O Yhwh God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast said. 26And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, Yhwh of Armies is the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee.

2 Samuel 7:24 word by word

וַתְּכ֣וֹנֵֽן לְ֠ךָ אֶת־עַמְּךָ֨ יִשְׂרָאֵ֧ל׀ לְךָ֛ לְעָ֖ם עַד־עוֹלָ֑ם וְאַתָּ֣ה יְהוָ֔ה הָיִ֥יתָ לָהֶ֖ם לֵאלֹהִֽים׃ סRead the interlinear

• For thou hast confirmedכּוּןkûn · to establish: establishH3559
• to thyself thy peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• unto thee forעַד‛ad · tillH5704
• everעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: enduringH5769
• and thou, Yhwhיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• art becomeהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• their Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 7:24

• Genesis 17:7And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
• Deuteronomy 26:18And Yhwh hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments;
• 2 Samuel 7:23And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?
• Exodus 15:2Yah is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
• Deuteronomy 27:9And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel, saying, Take heed, and hearken, O Israel; this day thou art become the people of Yhwh thy God.
• 1 Chronicles 17:22For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, Yhwh, becamest their God.
• Psalms 48:14For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.
• Isaiah 12:2Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for Yah Yhwh is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
• Jeremiah 31:1At the same time, saith Yhwh, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.
• Jeremiah 32:38And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:
• Hosea 1:10Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.
• Zechariah 13:9And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, Yhwh is my God.
• John 1:12But as many as accepted him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
• Romans 9:25As he saith also in Hosea, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.
• 1 Peter 2:10Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 7:24

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-29Verses 18-29 David's prayer is full of the breathings of devout affection toward God. He had low thoughts of his own merits. All we have, must be looked upon as Divine gifts. He speaks very highly and honourably of the Lord's favours to him. Considering what the character and condition of man is, we may be amazed that God should deal with him as he does. The promise of Christ includes all; if the Lord God be ours, what more can we ask, or think of? Ep…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24David praised God for his goodness in redeeming and establishing the nation of Israel (2 Samuel 7:23–24), not only for blessing David and his royal family (2 Samuel 7:18–21). His prayer speaks for the whole people, not just for himself.Read the comment

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Commentaries on 2 Samuel 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings