Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 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?
21. what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel ] Better as R.V. mg., who is like thy people Israel, a nation that is alone in the earth. Cp. Targ. a people unique and chosen in the earth.
of greatness and terribleness ] R.V. by great and terrible things.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
See Gill “1Ch 17:1”.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
The combining of with as one sentence, “to make Thee a name with great and fearful deeds,” is made clearer in 2nd Samuel by the interpolation of , “and for you doing great and fearful things.” This explanation, however, does not justify us in supposing that has been dropped out of the Chronicle. The words are either to be subordinated in a loose connection to the clause, to define the way in which God has made Himself a name (cf. Ew. 283), or connected with in a pregnant sense: “to make Thee a name, (doing) great and fearful things.” But, on the other hand, the converse expression in Samuel, “fearful things for Thy land, before Thy people which Thou redeemedst to Thee from Egypt (from) the nations and their gods,” is explained in Chronicles by the interpolation of : “fearful things, to drive out before Thy people, which … nations.” The divergences cannot be explained by the hypothesis that both texts are mutilated, as is sufficiently shown by the contradictions into which Thenius and Bertheau have fallen in their attempts so to explain them.
All the remaining divergences of one text from the other are only variations of the expression, such as involuntarily arise in the endeavour to give a clear and intelligible narrative, without making a literal copy of the authority made use of. Among these we include even , “Thy servant hath found to pray” (1 Chr. 1725), as compared with , “Thy servant hath found his heart,” i.e., found courage, to pray (2Sa 7:28); where it is impossible to decide whether the author of the books of Samuel has added as an explanation, or the author of the Chronicle has omitted it because the phrase “to find his heart” occurs only in this single passage of the Old Testament. signifies, Thy servant has reached the point of directing this prayer to Thee.
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
(21) And what one nation in the earth.Rather, And who is like Thy people Israel, a single (isolated) race on the earth? (Comp. Num. 23:9.)
Nation (gy)i.e., race; a people considered as united by common blood, speech, country.
People (m)i.e., a political community, social union, or state, owning one sovereign.
Whom God went . . .Literally, which God went (marched) to redeem to Himself as a people. Samuel has which gods went.
To make thee a name.That is, for Thyself, God. Samuel has for him, in the same sense.
A name of greatness and terribleness.Both nouns are plural, and imply renown for great and terrible deeds.
By driving.To drive; parallel with to redeem and to make.
Nations.Samuel adds, and his gods. The text of this verse in Samuel is corrupt (comp. the LXX.), and perhaps the added phrase is spurious. But, on the other hand, the chronicler may have omitted it because, like Isaiah, he regarded the heathen deities as non-entities. In earlier times, foreign gods were spoken of as real beings, subordinate to Jehovah. (Comp. the LXX. rendering of Deu. 32:8.)
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
God. Hebrew. ha-‘Elohim, the [great] God. App-6.
redeem . . . redeemed. See notes on Exo 6:6; Exo 13:13.
Thee = for Thyself.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
what one: Deu 4:7, Deu 4:32-34, Deu 33:26-29, Psa 147:20
redeem: Exo 3:7, Exo 3:8, Exo 19:4-6, Deu 15:15, Psa 77:15, Psa 107:2, Psa 111:9, Isa 63:9, Tit 2:14
make thee: Neh 9:10, Isa 48:9, Isa 63:12, Eze 20:9, Eze 20:10
greatness: Deu 4:34, Psa 65:5, Psa 66:3-7, Psa 114:3-8, Isa 64:3
by driving: Deu 7:1, Deu 7:2, Jos 10:42, Jos 21:43-45, Jos 24:11, Jos 24:12, Psa 44:2, Psa 44:3
Reciprocal: Exo 6:6 – redeem 2Sa 7:23 – make him 2Ch 20:7 – our God Neh 1:5 – the great Jer 32:20 – and hast