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?
Context
This verse from 2 Samuel Chapter 7 connects to 10 cross-references. David proposes building a temple for the ark; Nathan initially approves but God speaks to him that night with a different message. God declares he has never asked for a house and that David's son, not David himself, will build …
Other Translations
And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem unto himself for a people, and to make him a name, and to do great things for you, and terrible things for thy land, before thy people, whom thou redeemedst to thee out of Egypt, from the nations and their gods?
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And what other nation in the earth, like your people Israel, did a god go out to take for himself, to be his people, and to make a name for himself, and to do great and strange things for them, driving out a nation and its gods from before his people?
Cross References
And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard …
And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up …
And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and …
For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land …
Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure …
And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou …
And Moses said unto the Lord, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy …
And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou Lord art among …
For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the Lord our God is …
And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I …