2 Samuel 7:15
But my mercy I will not take away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I removed from before my face.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.
In Context
Cross References
1 Samuel 15:23Because it is like the sin of witchcraft, to rebel: and like the crime of idolatry, to refuse to obey. Forasmuch therefore as thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, the Lord hath also rejected thee from being king.
1 Samuel 15:28And Samuel said to him: The Lord hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to thy neighbour who is better than thee.
1 Samuel 19:24And he stripped himself also of his garments, and prophesied with the rest before Samuel, and lay down naked all that day and night. This gave occasion to a proverb: What! is Saul too among the prophets?
2 Samuel 7:16And thy house shall be faithful, and thy kingdom for ever before thy face, and thy throne shall be firm for ever.
1 Kings 11:34Yet I will not take away all the kingdom out of his hand, but I will make him prince all the days of his life, for David my servant's sake, whom I chose, who kept my commandments and my precepts.
Psalms 89:31And if his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments:
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 →