2 Samuel 7:16
So shall thy house and thy kingdom be made steadfast unto times age-abiding, before thee,—thy throne, shall be established unto times age-abiding.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
17According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so, spake Nathan unto David.
Cross References
Genesis 49:10The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, Nor the commander’s staff from between his feet,—Until that he come in as a Shiloh, And, his, be the obedience of the peoples:
2 Samuel 22:51Who hath made great the victories of his King,—and shown lovingkindness to his Anointed One, to David and to his Seed, unto times age-abiding.
2 Kings 8:19Yet was not Yahweh willing to destroy Judah, for the sake of David his servant,—even as he promised him to give him a lamp for his sons all the days.
1 Chronicles 17:13I, will become his father, and, he, shall become my son,—and, my lovingkindness, will I not cause to depart from him,—as I caused it to depart from him who was before thee;
Job 36:7He will not withdraw—from a righteous one—his eyes,—but, with kings on the throne, He hath seated men triumphantly, and they have been exalted.
Psalms 72:5Let men revere thee, With the sun, And in presence of the moon, Unto the remotest generation.
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 →