2 Samuel 7:23
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 2 Samuel 7:23 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
2 Samuel 7:23 is a verse from the book of 2 Samuel in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, ..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
2 Samuel 7:23 — KJV
“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 7:23 (KJV)
2 Samuel 7:23 in Context — About the Book of 2 Samuel
2 Samuel covers David's reign — his triumphs, his devastating fall with Bathsheba, and his raw, honest walk back to God. It shows that even a man after God's own heart needs mercy, and that God's covenant love survives our worst chapters.
Cross-References for 2 Samuel 7:23
“And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?”
Shares key themes with 2 Samuel 7:23: one, nation, earth
“Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.”
Shares key themes with 2 Samuel 7:23: one, nation, people
“Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.”
Shares key themes with 2 Samuel 7:23: nation, like, even
“In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye be gone to dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off, and that ye might be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?”
Shares key themes with 2 Samuel 7:23: one, nation, earth
“(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were. before him: or, like unto him”
Shares key themes with 2 Samuel 7:23: nation, like, even
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