2 Samuel 7:24

24 For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be an everlasting people: and thou, O Lord God, 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 Therefore thou art magnified, O Lord God, because there is none like to thee, neither is there any God besides thee, in all the things that we have heard with our ears.
23 And what nation is there upon earth, as thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for them great and terrible things, upon the earth, before the face of thy people, whom thou redeemedst to thyself out of Egypt, from the nations and their gods.
24 For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be an everlasting people: and thou, O Lord God, art become their God.
25 And now, O Lord God, raise up for ever the word that thou hast spoken, concerning thy servant and concerning his house: and do as thou hast spoken,
26 That thy name may be magnified for ever, and it may be said: The Lord of hosts is God over Israel. And the house of thy servant David shall be established before the Lord.
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