1 Chronicles 17:21-22

17:21 And who is like your people, Israel, a unique nation ¹  in the earth? Their God ²  went to claim ³  a nation for himself! You made a name for yourself by doing great and awesome deeds ⁴  when you drove out ⁵  nations before your people whom you had delivered from the Egyptian empire and its gods. ⁶  17:22 You made Israel your very own nation for all time. ⁷  You, O Lord, became their God.

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¹ tn Heb “a nation, one.”

² tn Heb “whose God,” or “because God.” In the Hebrew text this clause is subordinated to what precedes. The clauses are separated in the translation for stylistic reasons.

³ tn Heb “redeem” or “deliver.”

⁴ tn Heb “to make for yourself a name [with] great and awesome [deeds].”

⁵ tn Heb “to drive out.”

⁶ tn Heb “from Egypt, nations.” The parallel text in 2 Sam 7:23 reads “from Egypt, nations and its gods.”

⁷ tn Heb “and you made your people Israel your own for a people permanently.”