Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.
You made their children as numerous as the stars in the sky, and you brought them into the land that you had promised to their ancestors—the land you said they would enter and make their own.
God is being praised for keeping His promise by making the Israelites into a great nation and bringing them into the Promised Land as He had sworn to their forefathers.
📚 Historical Context
This verse is part of a long prayer of confession and praise during Nehemiah's time, around 445 BC, when the Jewish people had returned from Babylonian exile. The Levites are recounting God's faithfulness throughout Israel's history, specifically remembering how God fulfilled His covenant promises to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob by multiplying their descendants and giving them the land of Canaan.
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