2 Samuel 7:22-24

7:22 Therefore you are great, O Lord God, for there is none like you! There is no God besides you! What we have heard is true! ¹  7:23 Who is like your people, Israel, a unique nation ²  on the earth? Their God ³  went ⁴  to claim ⁵  a nation for himself and to make a name for himself! You did great and awesome acts for your land, ⁶  before your people whom you delivered for yourself from the Egyptian empire and its gods. ⁷  7:24 You made Israel your very own people for all time. ⁸  You, O Lord, became their God.

¹ tn Heb “in all which we heard with our ears.” The phrase translated “in all” בְּכֹל (bÿkhol) should probably be emended to “according to all” כְּכֹל (kÿkhol).

² tn Heb “a nation, one.”

³ 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.

⁴ tn The verb is plural in Hebrew, agreeing grammatically with the divine name, which is a plural of degree.

⁵ tn Heb “redeem.”

⁶ tn Heb “and to do for you [plural form] the great [thing] and awesome [things] for your land.”

⁷ tn Heb “from Egypt, nations and their gods.” The LXX has “nations and tents,” which reflects a mistaken metathesis of letters in אֶלֹהָיו (e’lohav, “its gods”) and אֹהָלָיו (’ohalav, “its tents”).

³ tn Heb “and you established for yourself your people Israel for yourself for a people permanently.”