2 Samuel 7:18

Easy To Read Version

Then King David went in and sat in front of the Lord. David said, “Lord, my Master, why am I so important to you? Why is my family important? Why have you made me so important?

Cross References

Genesis 32:10

You have been very kind to me. You did many good things for me. The first time I traveled across the Jordan River, I owned nothing—only my walking stick. But now I own enough things to have two full groups.

Genesis 32:11

I ask you to please save me from my brother. Save me from Esau. I am afraid of him. I am afraid that he will come and kill all of us, even the mothers with the children.

2 Samuel 23:5

God made my family strong and secure. [145] He made an agreement with me forever! God made sure this agreement was good and secure in every way. So surely he will give me every victory. He will give me everything I want!

2 Samuel 7:17

Nathan told David about that vision. [52] He told David everything God had said.

1 Chronicles 17:16

Then King David went \{to the Holy Tent\} and sat before the Lord. David said, “Lord God, you have done so much for me and my family. And I don’t understand why.

1 Chronicles 29:14

All these things didn’t come\par from me and my people!\par All these things come from you.\par We are only giving back to you\par things that came from you.\par

Psalm 8:4

Why are people so important to you?\par Why do you even remember them?\par Why are people {\cf2\super [42]} so important to you?\par Why do you even notice them?\par

Exodus 3:11

But Moses said to God, “I am not a great man! How can I be the person to go to Pharaoh and lead the people of Israel out of Egypt?”

Isaiah 37:14

Hezekiah took the letters from the messengers and read them. Then Hezekiah went to the Lord’s temple. {\cf2\super [352]} Hezekiah opened the letters and laid them out in front the Lord.

Ephesians 3:8

I am the least important of all of God’s people. But God gave me this gift—to tell the non-Jewish people the Good News about the riches Christ has. Those riches are too great to understand fully.

Judges 6:15

But Gideon answered and said, “Pardon me, sir. How can I save Israel? My family is the weakest in the family group of Manasseh. And I am the youngest one in my family.”

Ruth 2:10

Then Ruth bowed very low to the ground. She said to Boaz, “I am surprised you even noticed me! I am a stranger, {but you have been very kind to me}.”

1 Samuel 15:17

Samuel said, “In the past, you thought you were not important. But then you became the leader of the family groups of Israel. The Lord chose you to be king over Israel.

1 Samuel 18:18

But David said, “I am not from an important family! And I am not an important man! I can’t marry the king’s daughter.”

1 Samuel 9:21

Saul answered, “But I am a member of the family group of Benjamin. It is the smallest family group in Israel. And my family is the smallest in the family group of Benjamin. Why do you say Israel wants me?”