2 Samuel 7:23

And what one nation on the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem to himself for a people, and to make him a name, and to do great things for you, and awesome things for thy land, before thy people whom

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In The King James Version

And 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?

In Context

22Therefore thou are great, O LORD God, for there is none like thee, neither is there any God besides thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

24And thou established to thyself thy people Israel to be a people to thee forever, and thou, LORD, became their God.

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Cross References

Exodus 3:7And LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.

Exodus 9:15For now I have put forth my hand, and smitten thee and thy people with pestilence, and thou have been cut off from the earth.

Exodus 12:12For I will go through the land of Egypt in that night, and will smite all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both man and beast, and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments. I am LORD.

Exodus 33:16For how shall it now be known that I have found favor in thy sight, I and thy people? Is it not in that thou go with us, so that we are separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth?

Deuteronomy 4:7For what great nation is there that has a god so near to them, as LORD our God is whenever we call upon him?

Deuteronomy 9:26And I prayed to LORD, and said, O lord LORD, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, that thou have redeemed through thy greatness, that thou have brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 7:19-29

David's Prayer for God's Blessing. ( b. c. 1042.) 18 Then went king David in, and sat before the Lord , and he said, Who am I, O Lord God ? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto? 19 And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord God ; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord God ? 20 And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord God , knowest thy servant. 21 For thy word's sake, and according to thine own… Read the whole commentary →

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