2 Samuel 7:14
I will be to him for a father, and he shall be to Me for a son; if he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men;
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
13He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
15but My mercy shall not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:5And thou shalt consider in thy heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.
1 Chronicles 28:6And He said unto me: Solomon thy son, he shall build My house and My courts; for I have chosen him to be to Me for a son, and I will be to him for a father.
Psalms 2:7I will tell of the decree: the LORD said unto me: 'Thou art My son, this day have I begotten thee.
Psalms 89:27(89-28) I also will appoint him first-born, the highest of the kings of the earth.
Psalms 94:12Happy is the man whom Thou instructest, O LORD, and teachest out of Thy law;
Jeremiah 30:11For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have scattered thee, but I will not make a full end of thee; for I will correct thee in measure, and will not utterly destroy thee.
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 →