2Sa 7:23 | NET2full | STEP | Who is like your people , Israel , a unique nation on the earth ? Their God went to claim a nation for himself and to make a name for himself! You did great and awesome acts for your land , before your people whom you delivered for yourself from the Egyptian empire and its gods .

‏ 2 Samuel 7:23

23 Who is like your people, Israel, a unique nation ^{▼▼tn Heb “a nation, one.”} on the earth? Their God ^{▼▼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.} went ^{▼▼tn The verb is plural in Hebrew, agreeing grammatically with the divine name, which is a plural of degree.} to claim ^{▼▼tn Heb “redeem.”} a nation for himself and to make a name for himself! You did great and awesome acts for your land, ^{▼▼tn Heb “and to do for you [plural form] the great [thing] and awesome [things] for your land.”} before your people whom you delivered for yourself from the Egyptian empire and its gods. ^{▼▼tn Heb “from Egypt, nations and their gods.” The LXX has “nations and tents,” which reflects a mistaken metathesis of letters in אֶלֹהָיו (ʾelohayv, “its gods”) and אֹהָלָיו (ʾohalayv, “its tents”).}