2 Samuel 7:15
and My kindness doth not turn aside from him, as I turned it aside from Saul, whom I turned aside from before thee,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.
In Context
Cross References
1 Samuel 15:23for a sin of divination [is] rebellion, and iniquity and teraphim [is] stubbornness; because thou hast rejected the word of Jehovah, He also doth reject thee from [being] king.'
1 Samuel 15:28And Samuel saith unto him, 'Jehovah hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee to-day, and given it to thy neighbour who is better than thou;
1 Samuel 19:24and he strippeth off — he also — his garments, and prophesieth — he also — before Samuel, and falleth down naked all that day and all the night; therefore they say, 'Is Saul also among the prophets?'
2 Samuel 7:16and stedfast [is] thy house and thy kingdom unto the age before thee, thy throne is established unto the age.'
1 Kings 11:34'And I do not take the whole of the kingdom out of his hand, for prince I make him all days of his life, for the sake of David My servant whom I chose, who kept My commands and My statutes;
Psalms 89:31If My statutes they pollute, And My commands do not keep,
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 →