1 Chronicles 17:22

Thine own people. Compare 2 Samuel 7:24. It was a thought of constant comfort and cheer to the true Israelite to know that he belonged to God’s people — a people chosen, protected, and redeemed by Him. However, the same knowledge lulled many into a false security by causing them to ignore two facts: (1) that this status of “chosen people” was also conditional on obedience (Exodus 19:5, 6); and (2) that true Israel included not merely the Hebrews, but people gathered from the ends of the earth, “every one that is called by my name” (Isaiah 43:1-7, 21; cf. Genesis 12:3; 18:18; 22:18; 26:4).