1 Chronicles 17:13
I am to him for a father, and he is to Me for a son, and I do not turn aside My kindness from him as I turned it aside from him who was before you,
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In Context
12he builds a house for Me, and I have established his throne for all time;
Cross References
1 Samuel 15:28And Samuel says to him, “YHWH has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today, and given it to your neighbor who is better than you;
1 Kings 11:12Only, I do not do it in your days, for the sake of your father David; I tear it out of the hand of your son;
1 Chronicles 10:14and he did not inquire of YHWH, and He puts him to death, and turns around the kingdom to David son of Jesse.
Psalms 2:7I declare concerning a statute: YHWH said to me, “You [are] My Son, today I have brought You forth.
Psalms 89:26He proclaims to Me: “You [are] my Father, || My God, and the rock of my salvation.”
Isaiah 55:3Incline your ear, and come to Me, || Hear, and your soul lives, || And I make a perpetual covenant for you, || The kind blessings of David that are steadfast.
Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 17:2-16
God's Promise to David. ( b. c. 1042.) 1 Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in a house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord remaineth under curtains. 2 Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee. 3 And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying, 4 Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the Lord , Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in: 5 For I have not dwelt in… Read the whole commentary →