Tree of Life Version
1 Chronicles 17:13
13I will be a father to him and he will be a son to Me, I will not withdraw My lovingkindness from him, as I withdrew it from the one who ruled before you.
1 Chronicles 17:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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:
- New International Version (NIV)I will be his father, and he will be my son. I will never take my love away from him, as I took it away from your predecessor.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son. I will not take my steadfast love from him, as I took it from him who was before you,
- New King James Version (NKJV)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 who was before you.
Context of 1 Chronicles 17:13
11It will be that when your days are fulfilled to go with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom. 12He will build a house for Me and I will establish his throne forever. I will be a father to him and he will be a son to Me, I will not withdraw My lovingkindness from him, as I withdrew it from the one who ruled before you. 14I will appoint him over My House and My kingdom forever, and his throne will be established forever.’” 15According to all these words and according to all this vision, Nathan spoke to David.
Read all of 1 Chronicles 171 Chronicles 17:13 word by word
אֲנִי֙ אֶֽהְיֶה־לּ֣וֹ לְאָ֔ב וְה֖וּא יִֽהְיֶה־לִּ֣י לְבֵ֑ן וְחַסְדִּי֙ לֹא־אָסִ֣יר מֵֽעִמּ֔וֹ כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר הֲסִיר֔וֹתִי מֵאֲשֶׁ֥ר הָיָ֖ה לְפָנֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 17:13
- 2 Samuel 7:14I will be a father to him, and he will be a son to Me. If he commits iniquity, I will correct him with the rod of men and with the strokes from sons of men.
- Psalms 89:26I will also set his hand over the sea, his right hand over the rivers.
- Isaiah 55:3Incline your ear and come to Me. Listen, so that your soul may live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, the trustworthy loyalty to David.
- Hebrews 1:5For to which of the angels did God ever say, “You are My Son. Today I have become Your Father”? And again, “I will be to Him a Father, and He will be to Me a Son”?
- Psalms 2:7I will declare the decree of Adonai. He said to me: “You are My Son— today I have become Your Father.
- Luke 9:35Then a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is My Son, the One I have chosen. Listen to Him!”
- John 3:35The Father loves the Son and has given everything into His hand.
- 2 Samuel 7:15Yet My lovingkindness will not be withdrawn from him as I withdrew it from Saul, whom I removed from before you.
- 1 Kings 11:12Nevertheless, I will not do it in your days for David your father’s sake; but I will tear it away from the hand of your son.
- 1 Chronicles 17:12He will build a house for Me and I will establish his throne forever.
- 1 Chronicles 10:14rather than inquire of Adonai. So He put him to death and transferred the kingdom to David the son of Jesse.
- 1 Samuel 15:28Then Samuel said to him, “Adonai has torn the kingship over Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor who is better than you.
Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 17:13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13I will not take my mercy away from him - I will not cut off his family from the throne, as I did that of his predecessor Saul.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13My 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 brought upon himself.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13The Chronicler specifically made this statement about Solomon (see 1 Chronicles 22:9; 28:5–6; compare 2 Samuel 7:14).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee--My procedure in dealing with him will be different from My disposal of Saul. Should his misconduct call for personal chastisement, I shall spare his family. If I see it necessary to withdraw My favor and help for a time, it will be a corrective discipline only to reform and restore, not to destroy. (On this passage some have founded an argument for Solomon's repentance…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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