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and thou, LORD, becamest their God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_chronicles/17.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For You have made Your people Israel Your very own people forever; and You, LORD, have become their God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_chronicles/17.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For You have made Your people Israel Your own people forever, and You, LORD, became their God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_chronicles/17.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220For Your people Israel You made Your own people forever, and You, O LORD, became their God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_chronicles/17.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“For Thy people Israel Thou didst make Thine own people forever, and Thou, O LORD, didst become their God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_chronicles/17.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Yet You gave Your people Israel <i>to be</i> Your own people forever, and You, O Yahweh, have become their God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_chronicles/17.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />You made Your people Israel Your own people forever, and You, LORD, became their God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_chronicles/17.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You made your people Israel your own people forever, and you, LORD, have become their God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_chronicles/17.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You made Your people Israel Your own people forever, and You, LORD, have become their God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_chronicles/17.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, Jehovah, becamest their God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_chronicles/17.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You have chosen Israel to be your people forever, and you have become their God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_chronicles/17.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, LORD, becamest their God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_chronicles/17.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />You made the people of Israel to be your people forever. And you, LORD, became their God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_chronicles/17.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You have made Israel your own people forever, and you, LORD, have become their God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_chronicles/17.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />You took your people Israel to be your very own people forever, and you, LORD, have become their God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_chronicles/17.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />For You have made Your people Israel Your very own forever, and You, O LORD, have become their God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_chronicles/17.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />You made Israel your very own nation for all time. You, O LORD, became their God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_chronicles/17.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />And you made your people Israel for yourself to be your people forever; and you, LORD, became their God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_chronicles/17.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For thy people Israel didst thou make thy own people for ever; and thou, LORD, becamest their God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_chronicles/17.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />For you made your people Israel your own people forever; and you, Yahweh, became their God. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_chronicles/17.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Indeed, You appoint Your people Israel to Yourself for a people for all time, and You, O YHWH, have been to them for God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_chronicles/17.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Yea, Thou dost appoint Thy people Israel to Thee for a people unto the age, and Thou, O Jehovah, hast been to them for God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_chronicles/17.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And thou wilt give thy people Israel to thee for a people even to forever; and thou, O Jehovah, wert to them for God.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_chronicles/17.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And thou hast made thy people Israel to be thy own people for ever, and thou, O Lord, art become their God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_chronicles/17.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And you have set your people Israel to be your people, even unto eternity. And you, O Lord, have become their God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_chronicles/17.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />You made your people Israel your own forever, and you, LORD, became their God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_chronicles/17.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />And you made your people Israel to be your people forever; and you, O LORD, became their God.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_chronicles/17.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For thy people Israel thou didst make thine own people for ever; and thou, O LORD, didst become their God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_chronicles/17.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And you prepared for yourself your people Israel to be for you a people until the eternity of eternities, and you, LORD JEHOVAH, have been to them God.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_chronicles/17.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For Thy people Israel didst Thou make Thine own people for ever; and Thou, LORD, becamest their God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/1_chronicles/17.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And thou hast appointed thy people Israel as a people to thyself for ever; and thou, Lord, didst become a God to them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_chronicles/17-22.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wtNNY-qpWWI?start=5176" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_chronicles/17.htm">David's Prayer of Thanksgiving</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">21</span>And who is like Your people Israel—the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself? You made a name for Yourself through great and awesome wonders by driving out nations from before Your people, whom You redeemed from Egypt. <span class="reftext">22</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: wat·tit·tên (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-2ms) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">For You have made</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: ‘am·mə·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">Your people</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">Israel</a> <a href="/hebrew/lə·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- ">Your very own</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: lə·‘ām (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ- (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">forever,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5769.htm" title="5769: ‘ō·w·lām (N-ms) -- Long duration, antiquity, futurity. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: wə·’at·tāh (Conj-w:: Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). ">and You,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">O LORD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: hā·yî·ṯā (V-Qal-Perf-2ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">have become</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- ">their</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: lê·lō·hîm (Prep-l:: N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">God.</a> </span><span class="reftext">23</span>And now, O LORD, let the word You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house be established forever. Do as You have promised,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/19-5.htm">Exodus 19:5-6</a></span><br />Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine. / And unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you are to speak to the Israelites.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/7-6.htm">Deuteronomy 7:6</a></span><br />For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-2.htm">Deuteronomy 14:2</a></span><br />for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/7-23.htm">2 Samuel 7:23-24</a></span><br />And who is like Your people Israel—the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself and to make a name for Himself? You performed great and awesome wonders by driving out nations and their gods from before Your people, whom You redeemed for Yourself from Egypt. / For You have established Your people Israel as Your very own forever, and You, O LORD, have become their God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/33-12.htm">Psalm 33:12</a></span><br />Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He has chosen as His inheritance!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/135-4.htm">Psalm 135:4</a></span><br />For the LORD has chosen Jacob as His own, Israel as His treasured possession.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/43-1.htm">Isaiah 43:1</a></span><br />But now, this is what the LORD says—He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/43-21.htm">Isaiah 43:21</a></span><br />The people I formed for Myself will declare My praise.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/44-1.htm">Isaiah 44:1-2</a></span><br />But now listen, O Jacob My servant, Israel, whom I have chosen. / This is the word of the LORD, your Maker, who formed you from the womb and who will help you: “Do not be afraid, O Jacob My servant, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/45-4.htm">Isaiah 45:4</a></span><br />For the sake of Jacob My servant and Israel My chosen one, I call you by name; I have given you a title of honor, though you have not known Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-1.htm">Jeremiah 31:1</a></span><br />“At that time,” declares the LORD, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be My people.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-33.htm">Jeremiah 31:33</a></span><br />“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/37-23.htm">Ezekiel 37:23</a></span><br />They will no longer defile themselves with their idols or detestable images, or with any of their transgressions. I will save them from all their apostasies by which they sinned, and I will cleanse them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/1-21.htm">Matthew 1:21</a></span><br />She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/21-43.htm">Matthew 21:43</a></span><br />Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For your people Israel did you make your own people for ever; and you, LORD, became their God.</p><p class="hdg">thy people</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/17-7.htm">Genesis 17:7</a></b></br> And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/19-5.htm">Exodus 19:5,6</a></b></br> Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth <i>is</i> mine: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/7-6.htm">Deuteronomy 7:6-8</a></b></br> For thou <i>art</i> an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that <i>are</i> upon the face of the earth… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_chronicles/17-14.htm">Age</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/17-9.htm">Appoint</a> <a href="/2_samuel/7-24.htm">Becamest</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/17-14.htm">Forever</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/17-21.htm">Israel</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_chronicles/17-23.htm">Age</a> <a href="/ezra/7-25.htm">Appoint</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-8.htm">Becamest</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/17-23.htm">Forever</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/17-24.htm">Israel</a><div class="vheading2">1 Chronicles 17</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/17-1.htm">Nathan first approving the purpose of David, to build God a house</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/17-3.htm">after by the word of God forbids him</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/17-11.htm">He promises him blessings and benefits in his seed</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/17-16.htm">David's prayer and thanksgiving</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_chronicles/17.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_chronicles/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_chronicles/17.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>For You have made Your people Israel Your very own forever</b><br>This phrase emphasizes God's covenant relationship with Israel, highlighting the divine choice and election of Israel as His people. This covenant is rooted in the promises made to Abraham (<a href="/genesis/12.htm">Genesis 12:1-3</a>), reaffirmed to Isaac and Jacob, and further established through Moses at Sinai (<a href="/exodus/19-5.htm">Exodus 19:5-6</a>). The use of "forever" underscores the eternal nature of this covenant, which is not based on Israel's merit but on God's steadfast love and faithfulness. This eternal promise is echoed in the New Testament, where believers in Christ are seen as spiritual descendants of Abraham (<a href="/galatians/3-29.htm">Galatians 3:29</a>), indicating the continuity and fulfillment of God's promises through Jesus.<p><b>and You, O LORD, have become their God</b><br>This phrase reflects the reciprocal relationship established in the covenant, where God commits to being the God of Israel, providing guidance, protection, and blessing. This relationship is central to Israel's identity and is a recurring theme throughout the Old Testament (<a href="/exodus/6-7.htm">Exodus 6:7</a>, <a href="/leviticus/26-12.htm">Leviticus 26:12</a>). The acknowledgment of God as their God implies exclusive worship and obedience, setting Israel apart from surrounding nations with their polytheistic practices. In the New Testament, this relationship is expanded to include all who believe in Christ, as seen in <a href="/1_peter/2-9.htm">1 Peter 2:9-10</a>, where believers are described as a chosen people and a royal priesthood, echoing the language of Israel's covenant identity.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The nation chosen by God as His own people, set apart to fulfill His purposes and to be a light to the nations.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>The king of Israel at the time, who is receiving God's covenant promise through the prophet Nathan.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/n/nathan.htm">Nathan</a></b><br>The prophet who delivers God's message to David, including the promise of an everlasting kingdom.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant-keeping God who establishes His relationship with Israel and promises to be their God forever.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_davidic_covenant.htm">The Davidic Covenant</a></b><br>The divine promise made to David, ensuring that his lineage would endure and that his kingdom would be established forever.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness.htm">God's Faithfulness</a></b><br>God's promises are eternal and unchanging. Just as He was faithful to Israel, He remains faithful to His people today.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/covenant_relationship.htm">Covenant Relationship</a></b><br>Believers are invited into a covenant relationship with God through Jesus Christ, the fulfillment of the Davidic Covenant.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/identity_in_god.htm">Identity in God</a></b><br>Understanding our identity as God's people shapes our purpose and mission in the world.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Recognizing God's sovereignty in choosing and preserving His people encourages trust and obedience in His plans.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/eternal_perspective.htm">Eternal Perspective</a></b><br>The promise of an everlasting relationship with God provides hope and assurance for the future, motivating us to live faithfully in the present.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_chronicles_17.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Chronicles 17</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/contradictions_in_jehoshaphat's_reign.htm">Are there any contradictions between 2 Chronicles 19 and parallel accounts in Kings regarding Jehoshaphat's reign and reforms?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_jehoshaphat_follow_david's_ways.htm">(2 Chronicles 17:3-4) How can Jehoshaphat be said to walk in David's ways without referencing David's well-documented moral failures in earlier narratives?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_god_forbid_david_from_building.htm">In 1 Chronicles 28:3, why would a God of peace forbid David from building the temple simply because he had shed blood, yet historically use wars and conquests to establish Israel?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_for_labor_resources_in_1_chronicles.htm">Is there any archaeological evidence that supports the massive labor force and vast resources described in 1 Chronicles 22:2 and verses 15-16?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_chronicles/17.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(22) <span class= "bld">For thy people Israel</span> <span class= "bld">. . .</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">And Thou gavest</span> (Samuel, <span class= "ital">confirmedst it</span>)<span class= "ital"> Thy people Israel unto Thyself for a people.</span> Our reading is probably a result of partial obliteration.<p><span class= "bld">And thou, Lord</span> <span class= "bld">. . .</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">and Thou, Jehovah, becamest unto them for a God.</span> (See <a href="/context/genesis/17-7.htm" title="And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your seed after you in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you, and to your seed after you.">Genesis 17:7-8</a>; <a href="/genesis/28-21.htm" title="So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God:">Genesis 28:21</a>; <a href="/exodus/6-3.htm" title="And I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.">Exodus 6:3</a>; <a href="/exodus/6-7.htm" title="And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and you shall know that I am the LORD your God, which brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.">Exodus 6:7</a>.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_chronicles/17.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 22.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Didst thou make</span>. This appears in Samuel, "Thou didst confirm." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_chronicles/17-22.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">For You have made</span><br /><span class="heb">וַ֠תִּתֵּן</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tit·tên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Your people</span><br /><span class="heb">עַמְּךָ֨</span> <span class="translit">(‘am·mə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Israel</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵ֧ל ׀</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Your very own</span><br /><span class="heb">לְךָ֛</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">forever,</span><br /><span class="heb">עַד־</span> <span class="translit">(‘aḏ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> </span><span class="str2">As far as, even to, up to, until, while</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and You,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאַתָּ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’at·tāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> </span><span class="str2">Thou and thee, ye and you</span><br /><br /><span class="word">O LORD,</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">have become</span><br /><span class="heb">הָיִ֥יתָ</span> <span class="translit">(hā·yî·ṯā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their God.</span><br /><span class="heb">לֵאלֹהִֽים׃</span> <span class="translit">(lê·lō·hîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_chronicles/17-22.htm">1 Chronicles 17:22 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_chronicles/17-22.htm">1 Chronicles 17:22 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_chronicles/17-22.htm">1 Chronicles 17:22 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_chronicles/17-22.htm">1 Chronicles 17:22 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_chronicles/17-22.htm">1 Chronicles 17:22 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_chronicles/17-22.htm">1 Chronicles 17:22 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_chronicles/17-22.htm">1 Chronicles 17:22 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_chronicles/17-22.htm">1 Chronicles 17:22 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_chronicles/17-22.htm">1 Chronicles 17:22 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_chronicles/17-22.htm">1 Chronicles 17:22 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_chronicles/17-22.htm">OT History: 1 Chronicles 17:22 For your people Israel did you make (1 Chron. 1Ch iCh i Ch 1 chr 1chr)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_chronicles/17-21.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Chronicles 17:21"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Chronicles 17:21" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_chronicles/17-23.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Chronicles 17:23"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Chronicles 17:23" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>