2 Samuel 7:16
Your house and kingdom will endure forever before Me, and your throne will be established forever.”
Berean Standard Bible
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In Context
17So Nathan relayed to David all the words of this entire vision.
Cross References
Genesis 49:10The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.
2 Samuel 22:51Great salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.”
2 Kings 8:19Yet for the sake of His servant David, the LORD was unwilling to destroy Judah, since He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever.
1 Chronicles 17:13I will be his Father, and he will be My son. And I will never remove My loving devotion from him as I removed it from your predecessor.
Job 36:7He does not take His eyes off the righteous, but He enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.
Psalms 72:5May they fear him as long as the sun shines, as long as the moon remains, through all generations.
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 →