1 Chronicles 17:13
I will be his father, and he shall be my son. And I will not take my loving kindness away from him as I took it from him who was before thee.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
12He shall build for me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.
Cross References
1 Samuel 15:28And Samuel said to him, LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and has given it to a neighbor of thine, who is better than thou.
1 Kings 11:12Notwithstanding I will not do it in thy days, for David thy father's sake, but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.
1 Chronicles 10:14and did not inquire of LORD. Therefore he killed him, and turned the kingdom to David the son of Jesse.
Psalms 2:7I will tell of the decree. LORD said to me, Thou are my son, this day I have begotten thee.
Psalms 89:26He shall cry to me, Thou are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
Isaiah 55:3Incline your ear, and come to me. Hear, and your soul shall live. And I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the faithful holy things (LXX/NT) of David.
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 →