1-chronicles 17:13
Translations
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 you:
American King James Version (AKJV)
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 you:
American Standard Version (ASV)
I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my lovingkindness away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee;
Basic English Translation (BBE)
I will be to him a father and he will be to me a son; and I will not take my mercy away from him as I took it from him who was before you;
Webster's Revision
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:
World English Bible
I will be his father, and he shall be my son. I will not take my loving kindness away from him, as I took it from him that was before you;
English Revised Version (ERV)
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:
Clarke's 1-chronicles 17:13 Bible Commentary
I 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.
Barnes's 1-chronicles 17:13 Bible Commentary
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 brought upon himself.
