I will be his Father, and he will be My son. And I will never remove My loving devotion from him as I removed it from your predecessor.
Let us observe here, I. How desirous and solicitous good people should be to serve the interests of God's kingdom in the world, to the utmost of their capacity. David could not be easy in a house of cedar while the ark was lodged within curtains, Ch1 17:1. The concerns of the public should always be near our hearts.
Commenting on 1 Chronicles 17:1-15
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.
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: (l) Which was Saul.