1 Chronicles 17:21

21 What other nation on earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his people, making for thyself a name for great and terrible things, in driving out nations before thy people whom thou didst redeem from Egypt?

1 Chronicles 17:21 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 17:21

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 17:1).

1 Chronicles 17:21 In-Context

19 For thy servant's sake, O LORD, and according to thy own heart, thou hast wrought all this greatness, in making known all these great things.
20 There is none like thee, O LORD, and there is no God besides thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
21 What other nation on earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his people, making for thyself a name for great and terrible things, in driving out nations before thy people whom thou didst redeem from Egypt?
22 And thou didst make thy people Israel to be thy people for ever; and thou, O LORD, didst become their God.
23 And now, O LORD, let the word which thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and do as thou hast spoken;
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