1 Chronicles 17:14

I will cause him to rule over my people [MTY], and his kingdom will endure forever [DOU].’”

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.

In Context

13I will be like a father to him, and it will be as though he is a son to me. I stopped loving Saul, the one who was the king before you became king, but I will never stop loving your son.

15So Nathan reported to David everything that Yahweh had revealed to him.

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Cross References

Psalms 2:6Yahweh says, “I have installed my king on Zion, my sacred hill in Jerusalem.”

Psalms 89:36I promised that the line of kings descended from him will go on forever; it will last as long as the sun shines.

Hebrews 3:6But Christ faithfully serves God as he ◄ helps/cares for► his own people [MTY, MET], just like a son helps/cares for his own family. And we are God’s people [MTY] if we continue to confidently believe in Christ and if we continue to confidently wait for what God will do for us.

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 →

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