2 Chronicles 7:18

I will make sure that your descendants will always be kings, which is what I promised to David your father, saying, ‘Some of your descendants will always be the kings of Israel.’

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel.

In Context

17“And as for you, if you obey me as David your father did, and if you do all that I command you to do, and obey all my laws and decrees,

19“But if you Israelis turn away from me and disobey the decrees and commands that I have given to you, and you start to worship other gods,

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Cross References

1 Kings 9:5I will do what I promised your father that I would do: I promised him that Israel would always be ruled by his descendants.

Psalms 89:28I will always be loyal to him, and my agreement to bless him will last forever.

Psalms 132:12If they keep my agreement with them and obey all the commands that I will give them, the line of kings descended from you will never end.”

Jeremiah 33:25But this is what I say: ‘I will not change my laws that control the day and the night, the sky and the earth.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 7:13-22

God's Promises to Solomon. ( b. c. 1004.) 12 And the Lord appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for a house of sacrifice. 13 If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; 14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin,… Read the whole commentary →

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