13 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.
13 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:
13 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,
13 I'll be a father to him, and he'll be a son to me. I will never remove my gracious love from him as I did from the one who preceded you.
13 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.
13 I will be his father, and he will be my son. I will never take my favor from him as I took it from the one who ruled before you.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Chronicles 17:13
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David's purposes; God's gracious promises.
This chapter is the same as Isaiah 42:1; and it is for his sake, upon account of his mediation, that the promises are made good to all believers; it is in him, that they are yea and amen. For His sake it is done, for his sake it is made known; to him we owe all this greatness, from him we are to expect all these great things. They are the unsearchable riches of Christ, which, if by faith we see in themselves, and see in the Lord Jesus, we cannot but magnify as the only true greatness, and speak honourably of them. For this blessedness may we look amidst the trials of life, and when we feel the hand of death upon us; and seek it for our children after us.