2 Samuel 7:19
And this was only a small thing to you, O Lord God; but your words have even been about the far-off future of your servant's family, O Lord God!
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20What more may David say to you? for you have knowledge of your servant, O Lord God.
Cross References
Numbers 16:9Does it seem only a small thing to you that the God of Israel has made you separate from the rest of Israel, letting you come near himself to do the work of the House of the Lord, and to take your place before the people to do what has to be done for them;
Joshua 5:14And he said, No; but I have come as captain of the armies of the Lord. Then Joshua, falling down with his face to the earth in worship, said, What has my lord to say to his servant?
2 Samuel 12:8I gave you your master's daughter and your master's wives for yourself, and I gave you the daughters of Israel and Judah; and if that had not been enough, I would have given you such and such things.
1 Chronicles 17:17And this was only a small thing to you, O God; but your words have even been about the far-off future of your servant's family, looking on me as on one of high position, O Lord God.
Isaiah 55:8For my thoughts are not your thoughts, or your ways my ways, says the Lord.
Ephesians 3:19And to have knowledge of the love of Christ which is outside all knowledge, so that you may be made complete as God himself is complete.
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 7:19-29
David's Prayer for God's Blessing. ( b. c. 1042.) 18 Then went king David in, and sat before the Lord , and he said, Who am I, O Lord God ? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto? 19 And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord God ; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord God ? 20 And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord God , knowest thy servant. 21 For thy word's sake, and according to thine own… Read the whole commentary →