2 Samuel 7:14
I will be his father, and he will be my son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the stripes of the children of men;
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
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In Context
13He will build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
15but my loving kindness will not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before you.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:5You shall consider in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.
1 Chronicles 28:6He said to me, ‘Solomon, your son, shall build my house and my courts; for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.
Psalms 2:7I will tell of the decree: The LORD said to me, “You are my son. Today I have become your father.
Psalms 89:27I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
Psalms 94:12Blessed is the man whom you discipline, LORD, and teach out of your law,
Jeremiah 30:11For I am with you, says the LORD, to save you; for I will make a full end of all the nations where I have scattered you, but I will not make a full end of you; but I will correct you in measure, and will in no way leave you unpunished.”
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 →