1 Chronicles 17:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee: ”

• 1 Chronicles 17:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  My son - The minatory clause which occurs after this in Samuel is here omitted, because the writer is not about to record the sins of Solomon, or the sufferings 1 Kings 11:9-40 which he thereby...

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• 1 Chronicles 17:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took [it] from [him] that was before (l) thee: (l) Which was Saul.

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• 1 Chronicles 17:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Davids Purpose to Build a Temple is Hindered by Nathan; God's Promise to him; his Prayer (see notes on 2 Samuel 7). 1 Chronicles 17:1 . in his house: the words in 2 Samuel 7:1 , and the Lord h...

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• 1 Chronicles 17:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  mercy . lovingkindness, or, grace.

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• 1 Chronicles 17:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee: I will not take my mercy away from him - I will not cut off h...

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• 1 Chronicles 17:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee: I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it. My...

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• 1 Chronicles 17:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  David's desire to build the Temple disallowed This chapter is almost identical with 2 Samuel 7:1-29 .

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• 1 Chronicles 17:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  I will be his father ... — Heb., I (on my part) will become a father unto him, and he (on his part) shall become a son to me. (Comp. Psalms 2:7 .) After these words, Samuel adds: “If he comm...

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• 1 Chronicles 17:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The presence of the Ark in the city seems to have created in David the desire to provide for it a permanent and more worthy resting place. He declared his desire to Nathan. The prophet, acting withou...

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• 1 Chronicles 17:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  But, Reader, if we pause to admire the conduct of Nathan, what a pause of admiration ought we to make here, in contemplating the goodness, the grace, the condescension, (what shall I call it) the ast...

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• 1 Chronicles 17:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  See Gill "1Ch 17:1".

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• 1 Chronicles 17:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  God's Promise to David. B. C. 1042.       1 Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, th...

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• 1 Chronicles 17:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  No text from Poole on this verse.

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• 1 Chronicles 17:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter coincides with 2 Samuel 7 —records David’s purpose to build a house for God ( 1 Chronicles 17:1-2 ), and Nathan’s approval. God refuses to permit this, promises a perpe...

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• 1 Chronicles 17:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  REFLECTIONS . In a temporal view the promise made to David, that his house should for ever fill the throne of Israel, must be regarded as a branch of the great national covenant, and consequently su...

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• 1 Chronicles 17:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION This chapter is paralleled by 2 Samuel 7:1-10 ; and the parallel is for the most part very close. The purport of the two accounts may be said to be identical, while the variations of...

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• 1 Chronicles 17:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  David Accepts God's Promises With Thankfulness

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• 1 Chronicles 17:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Chronicles 10:14 ; 1 Chronicles 17:12 ; 1 Kings 11:12 ; 1 Kings 11:13 ; 1 Kings 11:36 ; 1 Samuel 15:28 ; 2 Samuel 7:14 ; 2 Samuel 7:15 ; 2 Samuel 7:16 ; Hebrews 1:5 ; Isaiah 55:3 ; John...

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