1-Chronicles - 17:22



22 For your people Israel you made your own people forever; and you, Yahweh, became their God.

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For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, LORD, becamest their God.
And thou hast made thy people Israel to be thy own people for ever, and thou, O Lord, art become their God.
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.
For your people Israel you made yours for ever; and you, Lord, became their God.
And you have set your people Israel to be your people, even unto eternity. And you, O Lord, have become their God.

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