God’s Covenant with David
2 Samuel 7:13
In 11 translations
- BSB
- He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
- KJV
- He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
- WEB
- He will build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
- ASV
- He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
- LSV
- he builds a house for My Name, and I have established the throne of his kingdom for all time.
- YLT
- He doth build a house for My Name, and I have established the throne of his kingdom unto the age.
- DBY
- It is he who shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
- DRC
- He shall build a house to my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
- GNV
- He shall buyld an house for my Name, and I will stablish ye throne of his kingdome for euer.
- JPS
- He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
- LXXE
- He shall build for me a house to my name, and I will set up his throne even for ever.
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- ה֥וּא יִבְנֶה־בַּ֖יִת לִשְׁמִ֑י וְכֹנַנְתִּ֛י אֶת־כִּסֵּ֥א מַמְלַכְתּ֖וֹ עַד־עוֹלָֽם׃
- LXX-Br
- Αὐτὸς οἰκοδομήσει μοι οἶκον τῷ ὀνόματί μου, καὶ ἀνορθώσω τὸν θρόνον αὐτοῦ ἕως εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα.
Who and where
◆ Reign of David
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
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Cross-references most cited first
- Luke 1:31–33Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David, and He…
- 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.’
- 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 Samuel 7:16Your house and kingdom will endure forever before Me, and your throne will be established forever.”
- Psalms 89:4‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’” Selah
- 1 Chronicles 22:9–10But 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. He is the one…
- 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.…
- 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.
- Psalms 89:36–37his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun, like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.” Selah
- Zechariah 6:13Yes, He will build the temple of the LORD; He will be clothed in splendor and will sit on His throne and rule. And He will be a priest on His throne, and there will be peaceful counsel between the two.’
- Psalms 89:29I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.
- 1 Chronicles 17:11–12And 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. He will build a house for Me, and I will establish…
- Hebrews 3:3For Jesus has been counted worthy of greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself.
- 1 Peter 2:5you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
- 1 Chronicles 28:6–7And 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. I will establish his kingdom forever, if he resolutely carries out My…
- 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…
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