1 Chronicles 7:23

Is like thy people. David considered it the highest privilege to be numbered among the people of God. What nation could be greater or more highly honored than one chosen by the Lord as His (see Deut. 4:7, 32-34)?

A people to himself. The reference is to the Exodus. God manifested His great interest in Israel by redeeming them from their position as a race of slaves in Egypt.

To make him a name. The Exodus made God’s name great among the nations of earth, for it displayed His incomparable power over the greatest nations of earth.

Great things and terrible. Compare Deut. 10:21. The thoughts that were then going through David’s mind as he contemplated the Lord’s wonderful dealings with Israel at the time of the Exodus were similar to the thoughts of Moses as expressed in Deut. 4:7, 32-34.

Their gods. The gods of Egypt were many, famous, and supposedly powerful. The Exodus was recognized as a triumph not only over the land of Egypt but over the gods of Egypt. When Israel triumphantly left Egypt there was no need for further question among any of the Egyptians as to who was the true God. The Egyptian gods themselves had no might, but Satan manifested his power in their behalf, and the Exodus was thus another victory of God over Satan in the great controversy of the ages.