| Verse | Translation | Text |
| 1Ch 17:13 | Strong Concordance | I will be his father [01], and he shall be my son [01121]: and I will not take [05493] my mercy [02617] away [05493] from him, as I took [05493] it from him that was before [06440] thee: |
| King James | 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: |
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| 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 and return to God). |