2 Samuel 5:12
And David saw that the Lord had made his position safe as king over Israel, and that he had made his kingdom great because of his people Israel.
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2 Samuel 7:16And your family and your kingdom will keep their place before me for ever: the seat of your authority will never be overturned.
1 Chronicles 14:2And David saw that the Lord had made his position safe as king over Israel, lifting up his kingdom on high because of his people Israel.
Esther 4:14If at this time you say nothing, then help and salvation will come to the Jews from some other place, but you and your father's family will come to destruction: and who is to say that you have not come to the kingdom even for such a time as this?
Daniel 2:30As for me, this secret is not made clear to me because of any wisdom which I have more than any living man, but in order that the sense of the dream may be made clear to the king, and that you may have knowledge of the thoughts of your heart.
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 5:12-17
David's Children. ( b. c. 1046.) 11 And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David a house. 12 And David perceived that the Lord had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake. 13 And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David. 14 And these be the names of those that were born unto him in… Read the whole commentary →