Bible Strands
1 Chronicles 17:22
For You have made Your people Israel Your very own forever, and You, O LORD, have become their God.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — David addresses God in prayer, summarizing the nation’s redemption from Egypt immediately before asking for confirmation of God’s promise regarding his dynasty.
The words — The verb תִּתֵּן (ti.ten) literally means “you made,” paired with עוֹלָם (o.Lam), which denotes “perpetuity” or “forever.”
The thread — The pattern of God claiming a specific people as His own possession appears in Exodus 19:5, Genesis 17:7, and 1 Peter 2:9.
Why it lands — The verse states a completed covenantal arrangement rather than a conditional future, requiring the reader to recognize God’s permanent ownership and established identity as Israel’s God.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, Lord, becamest their God.
Cross-references
- Exodus 19:5 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.
- 1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
- Genesis 17:7 I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
- Deuteronomy 7:6 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.
- Deuteronomy 26:18 And today the LORD has proclaimed that you are His people and treasured possession as He promised, that you are to keep all His commandments,
- 1 Samuel 12:22 Indeed, for the sake of His great name, the LORD will not abandon His people, because He was pleased to make you His own.
- Jeremiah 31:31 Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
- Zechariah 13:9 This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’”
- Romans 9:4 the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.
- Romans 9:25 As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My beloved,”