2 Samuel 7:24

24 But you took and made strong for yourself your people Israel, to be your people for ever; and you, Lord, became their 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 Truly you are great, O Lord God: there is no one like you and no other God but you, as is clear from everything which has come to our ears.
23 And what other nation in the earth, like your people Israel, did a god go out to take for himself, to be his people, and to make a name for himself, and to do great and strange things for them, driving out a nation and its gods from before his people?
24 But you took and made strong for yourself your people Israel, to be your people for ever; and you, Lord, became their God.
25 And now, O Lord God, may the word which you have said about your servant and about his family, be made certain for ever, and may you do as you have said!
26 And let your name be made great for ever, and let men say, The Lord of armies is God over Israel: and let the family of David your servant be made strong before you!
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