1 Chronicles 17:22
And thou hast instituted thy people Israel unto thyself as a people for ever; and thou, Lord, art indeed become their God.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, LORD, becamest their God.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 17:7And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and between thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant: to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
Deuteronomy 7:6For thou art a holy people unto the Lord thy God; of thee the Lord thy God hath made choice to be unto himself a special people, above all the nations that are upon the face of the earth.
1 Samuel 12:22For the Lord will not forsake his people for the sake of his great name; because it hath pleased the Lord to make you a people unto himself.
Jeremiah 31:31(31:30) Behold, days are coming, saith the Lord, when I will make with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah, a new covenant;
Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 17:17-27
David's Grateful Acknowledgment. ( b. c. 1042.) 16 And David the king came and sat before the Lord , and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto? 17 And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast also spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O Lord God. 18 What can David speak more to thee for the honour of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant. 19 O Lord ,… Read the whole commentary →