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1 Chronicles 17:22

Old Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does 1 Chronicles 17:22 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, Jehovah, becamest their God.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, Jehovah, becamest their God.
1 Chronicles 17:22 — American Standard Version

Context — 1 Chronicles 17

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
19O Jehovah, for thy servant`s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou wrought all this greatness, to make known all [these] great things.
20O Jehovah, there is none like thee, neither is there any God besides thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
21And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem unto himself for a people, to make thee a name by great and terrible things, in driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou redeemest out of Egypt?
22For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, Jehovah, becamest their God.
23And now, O Jehovah, let the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, be established for ever, and do as thou hast spoken.
24And let thy name be established and magnified for ever, saying, Jehovah of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and the house of David thy servant is established before thee.
25For thou, O my God, hast revealed to thy servant that thou wilt build him a house: therefore hath thy servant found [in his heart] to pray before thee.
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What do historical commentaries say?

Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“thy people: Gen 17:7; Exo 19:5, Exo 19:6; Deu 7:6-8, Deu 26:18, Deu 26:19; Sa1 12:22; Jer 31:31-34; Zac 13:9; Rom 9:4-6, Rom 9:25, Rom 9:26, Rom 11:1, Rom 11:2-12; Pe1 2:9 1 Chronicles 17:23”
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