1 Chronicles 17:12

He shall build me a house, and I will set up his throne forever.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

11And it shall come to pass when thy days shall be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.

13I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son: and my mercy will I not withdraw from him, as I withdrew it from them that were before thee.

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Cross References

1 Kings 8:19Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house, but thy son that has proceeded out of thy bowels, he shall build the house to my name.

1 Chronicles 28:6And God said to me, Solomon thy son shall build my house and my court: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be to him a father.

Ezra 5:11And they answered us thus, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are building the house which had been built many years before this, and a great king of Israel built it, and established it for them.

Psalms 89:4For a thousand years in thy sight are 1 As the yesterday which is past, 1 And as a watch in the night. 1

Isaiah 9:7The Lord has sent death upon Jacob, and it has come upon Israel.

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 17:2-16

God's Promise to David. ( b. c. 1042.) 1 Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in a house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord remaineth under curtains. 2 Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee. 3 And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying, 4 Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the Lord , Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in: 5 For I have not dwelt in… Read the whole commentary →

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