1 Chronicles 17:13
I will be a father to him, and he will be my son. I will not take my covenant faithfulness away from him, as I took it from Saul, who ruled before you.
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12He will build me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.
Cross References
1 Samuel 15:28Samuel said to him, “Yahweh has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to a neighbor of yours, one who is better than you.
1 Kings 11:12However, for David your father's sake, I will not do it in your lifetime, but I will tear it out of the hand of your son.
1 Chronicles 10:14He did not seek guidance from Yahweh, so Yahweh killed him and turned over the kingdom to David son of Jesse.
Psalms 2:7I will announce a decree of Yahweh. 1 He said to me, “You are my son! 1 This day I have become your father. 1
Psalms 89:26He will call out to me, 'You are my Father, 1 my God, and the rock of my salvation.' 1
Isaiah 55:3Turn your ears and come to me! Listen, that you may live! 1 I will make an everlasting covenant with you—my reliable, faithful love that I promised to David. 1
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 →