2 Samuel 7:24

24 And thou hast established to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever; and thou, Jehovah, art become 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 Wherefore thou art great, Jehovah Elohim; for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

23 And who is like thy people, like Israel, the one nation in the earth that God went to redeem to be a people to himself, and to make himself a name, and to do for them great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thyself from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?

24 And thou hast established to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever; and thou, Jehovah, art become their God.

25 And now, Jehovah Elohim, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house, fulfil it for ever, and do as thou hast said.

26 And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, Jehovah of hosts is God over Israel; and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee.