2 Samuel 7:14
I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son: and if he commit any iniquity, I will correct him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
13He shall build a house to my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:5That thou mayst consider in thy heart, that as a man traineth up his son, so the Lord thy God hath trained thee up.
1 Chronicles 28:6And he said to me: Solomon thy son shall build my house, and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be a father to him.
Psalms 2:7The Lord hath said to me: Thou art my son, this day have I begotten thee.
Psalms 89:27He shall cry out to me: Thou art my father: my God, and the support of my salvation.
Psalms 94:12Blessed is the man whom thou shalt instruct, O Lord: and shalt teach him out of thy law.
Jeremiah 30:11For I am with thee, saith the Lord, to save thee: for I will utterly consume all the nations, among which I have scattered thee: but I will not utterly consume thee: but I will chastise thee in judgment, that thou mayst not seem to thyself innocent.
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 →