2 Samuel 7:13

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“He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.”

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BSBPD

“He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“He doth build a house for My Name, and I have established the throne of his kingdom unto the age.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 2 Samuel 7:13 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 49:10The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.
  2. 2 Samuel 7:16Your house and kingdom will endure forever before Me, and your throne will be established forever.”
  3. 2 Samuel 22:51Great salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.”
  4. 1 Kings 2:4and so that the LORD may fulfill His promise to me: ‘If your descendants take heed to walk faithfully before Me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’
  5. 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.’
  6. 1 Kings 6:12“As for this temple you are building, if you walk in My statutes, carry out My ordinances, and keep all My commandments by walking in them, I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David.
  7. 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.’
  8. 2 Kings 8:19Yet for the sake of His servant David, the LORD was unwilling to destroy Judah, since He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever.
  9. 2 Kings 21:4Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My Name.”
  10. 2 Kings 21:7Manasseh even took the carved Asherah pole he had made and set it up in the temple, of which the LORD had said to David and his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will establish My Name forever.
  11. 1 Chronicles 17:11And when your days are fulfilled and you go to be with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 1 Chronicles 28:10Consider now that the LORD has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary. Be strong and do it.”
  15. 2 Chronicles 6:16Therefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk in My law as you have walked before Me.’
  16. Job 36:7He does not take His eyes off the righteous, but He enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.
  17. 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.
  18. Psalms 89:4‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’” Selah
  19. Psalms 89:21My hand will sustain him; surely My arm will strengthen him.
  20. Psalms 89:29I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.
  21. Psalms 89:36his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,
  22. Isaiah 9:6For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
  23. 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.
  24. Isaiah 49:8This is what the LORD says: “In the time of favor I will answer You, and in the day of salvation I will help You; I will keep You and appoint You to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land, to apportion its desolate inheritances,

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