2 Samuel 7:28 - Printer Friendly

ESV: And now, O Lord God, you are God, and your words are true, and you have promised this good thing to your servant.

NIV: Sovereign Lord, you are God! Your covenant is trustworthy, and you have promised these good things to your servant.

NASB: Now then, Lord God, You are God, and Your words are truth; and You have promised this good thing to Your servant.

CSB: Lord God, you are God; your words are true, and you have promised this good thing to your servant.

NLT: For you are God, O Sovereign Lord. Your words are truth, and you have promised these good things to your servant.

KJV: And now, O Lord God, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:

NKJV: “And now, O Lord God, You are God, and Your words are true, and You have promised this goodness to Your servant.

Second Samuel continues the story of David, who will become king over Judah. The other tribes of Israel are resistant, eventually sparking a civil war. David wins and makes Jerusalem his capital. Early success is followed by moral failure and controversy in David's house. The book of 1 Kings will begin by detailing David's decline and death.

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