2 Samuel 7:16
Your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before you. Your throne shall be established forever."'"
New Heart English Bible
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In Context
17According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.
Cross References
Genesis 49:10The scepter will not depart from Judah,nor the ruler's staff from between his feet,until he comes to whom it belongs.To him will the obedience of the peoples be.
2 Samuel 22:51He gives great deliverance to his king,and shows loving kindness to his anointed,to David and to his seed, forevermore."
2 Kings 8:19However the Lord would not destroy Judah, for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give to him a lamp for his children always.
1 Chronicles 17:13I will be his father, and he shall be my son. I will not take my loving kindness away from him, as I took it from him that was before you;
Job 36:7He doesn't withdraw his eyes from the righteous,but with kings on the throne,he sets them forever, and they are exalted.
Psalms 72:5They shall fear you while the sun endures;and as long as the moon, throughout all generations.
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 →