2 Samuel 7:16
And thy house and thy kingdom shall be made firm for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.
Darby Translation
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In Context
17According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak to David.
Cross References
Genesis 49:10The scepter will not depart from Judah, Nor the lawgiver from between his feet, Until Shiloh come, And to him will be the obedience of peoples.
2 Samuel 22:51[It is he] who giveth great deliverances to his king, And sheweth loving-kindness to his anointed, To David, and to his seed for evermore.
2 Kings 8:19But Jehovah would not destroy Judah, for David his servant's sake, as he had promised him to give him always a lamp for his sons.
1 Chronicles 17:13I will be his father, and he shall be my son; and I will not take away my mercy from him, as I took it from him that was before thee;
Job 36:7He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne doth he even set them for ever; and they are exalted.
Psalms 72:5They shall fear thee as long as sun and moon endure, from generation to generation.
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 7:5-18
God's Covenant with David. ( b. c. 1042.) 4 And it came to pass that night, that the word of the Lord came unto Nathan, saying, 5 Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the Lord , Shalt thou build me a house for me to dwell in? 6 Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle. 7 In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of… Read the whole commentary →