2 Samuel 7:24

24 ¹And you established for yourself your people Israel to be your people forever. And you, O 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 Therefore you are great, O Lord God. For there is none like you, and there is no God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

23 And who is like your people Israel, the one nation on earth whom God went to redeem to be his people, making himself a name and doing for them great and awesome things by driving out before your people, whom you redeemed for yourself from Egypt, a nation and its gods?

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

25 And now, O Lord God, confirm forever the word that you have spoken concerning your servant and concerning his house, and do as you have spoken.

26 And your name will be magnified forever, saying, ‘The Lord of hosts is God over Israel, ’ and the house of your servant David will be established before you.

Cross References

• 1. 7:24 ver. 13, 16, 26; Deut. 26:18