2 Samuel 7 · Verse 24

2 Samuel 7:24

For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever: and thou, Lord, art become their God.
2 Samuel 7:24, King James Version

2 Samuel 7:24 in other translations

BSBFor You have established Your people Israel as Your very own forever, and You, O LORD, have become their God.
WEBYou established for yourself your people Israel to be your people forever; and you, LORD, became their God.
ASVAnd thou didst establish to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever; and thou, Jehovah, becamest their God.
YLTYea, Thou dost establish to Thee Thy people Israel, to Thee for a people unto the age, and Thou, Jehovah, hast been to them for God.
DARBYAnd thou hast established to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever; and thou, Jehovah, art become their God.
BBEBut you took and made strong for yourself your people Israel, to be your people for ever; and you, Lord, became their God.
WebsterFor thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people to thee for ever: and thou, LORD, art become their God.

What does 2 Samuel 7:24 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 7:18-29

David's prayer is full of the breathings of devout affection toward God. He had low thoughts of his own merits. All we have, must be looked upon as Divine gifts. He speaks very highly and honourably of the Lord's favours to him. Considering what the character and condition of man is, we may be amazed that God should deal with him as he does. The promise of Christ includes all; if the Lord God be ours, what more can…

Read the full comment on 2 Samuel 7:18-29 →

2 Samuel 7:24 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַתְּכ֣וֹנֵֽןva.te.Kho.nenand you establishedH3559
לְ֠ךָLe.khafor <the> yourself
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
עַמְּךָ֨'a.me.Khapeople yourH5971
יִשְׂרָאֵ֧ל\׀Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
לְךָ֛le.Khaof you
לְעָ֖םle.'Amto a peopleH5971
עַד\־'ad-untilH5704
עוֹלָ֑םo.LamperpetuityH5769
וְאַתָּ֣הve.'a.Tahand youH859
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehO YahwehH3068
הָיִ֥יתָha.Yi.tayou have becomeH1961
לָהֶ֖םla.Hemfor <the> them
לֵאלֹהִֽים\׃\ \סle.lo.Him<into> GodH430

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Samuel 7:24

  • Deuteronomy 26:18

    And the Lord hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments;

  • 1 Peter 2:10

    Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

  • Psalms 48:14

    For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.

  • Jeremiah 31:33

    But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

  • Isaiah 12:2

    Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.

  • John 1:12

    But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

  • Genesis 17:7

    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.

  • Hosea 1:10

    Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.

  • Jeremiah 31:1

    At the same time, saith the Lord, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.

  • Exodus 6:7

    And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.

  • Romans 9:25-26

    As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved. And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.

  • Zechariah 13:9

    And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.

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Ge 17:7; De 26:18
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23; Ex 15:2; De 27:9; 1Ch 17:22; Ps 48:14; Isa 12:2; Jer 31:1,33
Jer 32:38; Ho 1:10; Zec 13:9; Joh 1:12; Ro 9:25,26; 1Pe 2:10

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Context

  • 2 Samuel 7:23

    And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?

  • 2 Samuel 7:24

    For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever: and thou, Lord, art become their God.

  • 2 Samuel 7:25

    And now, O Lord God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast said.

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2 Samuel 7:24 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Porque tú te has confirmado á tu pueblo Israel por pueblo tuyo para siempre: y tú, oh Jehová, fuiste á ellos por Dios.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et tu t’es établi ton peuple Israël pour peuple, à toujours; et toi, Éternel, tu es devenu leur Dieu.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und du hast dir dein Volk Israel befestigt, dir zum Volke auf ewig; und du, Jehova, bist ihr Gott geworden.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Firmasti enim tibi populum tuum Israël in populum sempiternum: et tu, Domine Deus, factus es eis in Deum.