A moment in scripture
1 Chronicles 17:21
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?
The surrounding passage
- 1 Chronicles 17:19
O Lord, for thy servant’s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all these great things.
- 1 Chronicles 17:20
O Lord, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
- 1 Chronicles 17:22
For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, Lord, becamest their God.
- 1 Chronicles 17:23
Therefore now, Lord, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and do as thou hast said.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.