1 Chronicles 17:14
But I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom forever, and his throne shall be established forever.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
15According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.
Cross References
Psalms 2:6Yet I have set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
Psalms 89:36His seed shall endure forever, and his throne as the sun before me.
Hebrews 3:6but Christ as a Son over his house, whose house we are, if only we keep in possession our confidence and pride of hope, firm until the end.
Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 17:2-16
God's Promise to David. ( b. c. 1042.) 1 Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in a house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord remaineth under curtains. 2 Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee. 3 And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying, 4 Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the Lord , Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in: 5 For I have not dwelt in… Read the whole commentary →