1 Chronicles 17:12

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“He will build a house for Me, and I will establish his throne forever.”

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BSBPD

“He will build a house for Me, and I will establish his throne forever.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“He shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne for ever.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“he doth build for Me a house, and I have established his throne unto the age;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Chronicles 17:12 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Kings 5:5So behold, I plan to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God, according to what the LORD said to my father David: ‘I will put your son on your throne in your place, and he will build the house for My Name.’
  2. 1 Kings 8:19Nevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.’
  3. 1 Chronicles 22:9But a son will be born to you who will be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side; for his name will be Solomon, and I will grant to Israel peace and quiet during his reign.
  4. 1 Chronicles 28:6And He said to me, ‘Solomon your son is the one who will build My house and My courts, for I have chosen him as My son, and I will be his Father.
  5. 2 Chronicles 3:1Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
  6. Ezra 5:11And this is the answer they returned: “We are servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the temple that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and completed.
  7. Psalms 72:17May his name endure forever; may his name continue as long as the sun shines. In him may all nations be blessed; may they call him blessed.
  8. Psalms 89:4‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’” Selah
  9. Psalms 89:5The heavens praise Your wonders, O LORD— Your faithfulness as well— in the assembly of the holy ones.
  10. Psalms 89:29I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.
  11. Psalms 89:36his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,
  12. Isaiah 9:7Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.
  13. Daniel 2:44In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will shatter all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, but will itself stand forever.
  14. Zechariah 6:12And you are to tell him that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Here is a man whose name is the Branch, and He will branch out from His place and build the temple of the LORD.
  15. John 2:19Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.”
  16. Acts 7:47But it was Solomon who built the house for Him.
  17. 1 Corinthians 15:25For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.
  18. Colossians 2:9For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity dwells in bodily form.
  19. Revelation 11:15Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.”

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