2 Samuel 7:24

24 You have established your people Israel as your very own forever, and you, LORD, have become their God.

2 Samuel 7:24 in Other Translations

24 For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever: and thou, LORD, art become their God.

24 And you established for yourself your people Israel to be your people forever. And you, O LORD, became their God.

24 You made Israel your very own people forever, and you, O LORD, became their God.

24 You established for yourself a people - your very own Israel! - your people permanently. And you, God, became their God.

24 And thou didst establish to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever; and thou, Jehovah, becamest their God.

24 You created the people of Israel to be your people forever. And you, LORD, became their God.

24 You established Your people Israel Your own people forever, and You, Lord, have become their God.

24 You made Israel your very own people forever. Lord, you have become our God.

2 Samuel 7:24 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 7:24

For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel [to be] a
people unto thee for ever
So long as they were obedient to him, and observed his laws and statutes, and abode by his worship and ordinances, otherwise he would write a "loammi" on them, as he has, see ( Hosea 1:9 ) ;

and thou, Lord, art become their God;
their covenant God, they having avouched him to be their God, and he having avouched them to be his people, ( Deuteronomy 26:17 Deuteronomy 26:18 ) .

2 Samuel 7:24 In-Context

22 “How great you are, Sovereign LORD! There is no one like you, and there is no God but you, as we have heard with our own ears.

23 And who is like your people Israel—the one nation on earth that God went out to redeem as a people for himself, and to make a name for himself, and to perform great and awesome wonders by driving out nations and their gods from before your people, whom you redeemed from Egypt?

24 You have established your people Israel as your very own forever, and you, LORD, have become their God.

25 “And now, LORD God, keep forever the promise you have made concerning your servant and his house. Do as you promised,

26 so that your name will be great forever. Then people will say, ‘The LORD Almighty is God over Israel!’ And the house of your servant David will be established in your sight.

Cross References

• 1. Deuteronomy 26:18
• 2. Exodus 6:6-7; Psalms 48:14