1 Chronicles 17:14
But I will make his place in my house and in my kingdom certain for ever; and the seat of his authority will never be overturned.
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15So Nathan gave David an account of all these words and this vision.
Cross References
Psalms 2:6But I have put my king on my holy hill of Zion.
Psalms 89:36\89:35\I have made an oath once by my holy name, that I will not be false to David.
Hebrews 3:6But Christ as a son, over his house; whose house are we, if we keep our hearts fixed in the glad and certain hope till 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 →