Context 22For Your people Israel You made Your own people forever, and You, O LORD, became their God. 23Now, O LORD, let the word that You have spoken concerning Your servant and concerning his house be established forever, and do as You have spoken. 24Let Your name be established and magnified forever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel; and the house of David Your servant is established before You. 25For You, O my God, have revealed to Your servant that You will build for him a house; therefore Your servant has found courage to pray before You. 26Now, O LORD, You are God, and have promised this good thing to Your servant. 27And now it has pleased You to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You; for You, O LORD, have blessed, and it is blessed forever. Parallel Verses American Standard VersionFor thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, Jehovah, becamest their God. Douay-Rheims Bible And thou hast made thy people Israel to be thy own people for ever, and thou, O Lord, art become their God. Darby Bible Translation And thy people Israel hast thou made thine own people for ever; and thou, Jehovah, art become their God. English Revised Version For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, LORD, becamest their God. Webster's Bible Translation For thy people Israel didst thou make thy own people for ever; and thou, LORD, becamest their God. World English Bible For your people Israel you made your own people forever; and you, Yahweh, became their God. Young's Literal Translation 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. Library Amasiah'Amasiah, the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself unto the Lord.'--1 CHRON. xvii, 16. This is a scrap from the catalogue of Jehoshaphat's 'mighty men of valour'; and is Amasiah's sole record. We see him for a moment and hear his eulogium and then oblivion swallows him up. We do not know what it was that he did to earn it. But what a fate, to live to all generations by that one sentence! I. Cheerful self-surrender the secret of all religion. The words of our text contain a metaphor naturally … Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture The Promise in 2 Samuel, Chap. vii. The Cavils of the Pharisees Concerning Purification, and the Teaching of the Lord Concerning Purity - the Traditions Concerning Hand-Washing' and Vows. ' The Divine Jesus. Chronicles Links 1 Chronicles 17:22 NIV • 1 Chronicles 17:22 NLT • 1 Chronicles 17:22 ESV • 1 Chronicles 17:22 NASB • 1 Chronicles 17:22 KJV • 1 Chronicles 17:22 Bible Apps • 1 Chronicles 17:22 Parallel • Bible Hub |