1 Chronicles 17:12
He will build me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever.
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Cross References
1 Kings 8:19Nevertheless, you shall not build the house; but your son who shall come out of your body, he shall build the house for my name.’
1 Chronicles 28:6He said to me, ‘Solomon, your son, shall build my house and my courts; for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.
Ezra 5:11Thus they returned us answer, saying, “We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth and are building the house that was built these many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and finished.
Psalms 89:4‘I will establish your offspring forever, and build up your throne to all generations.’” Selah.
Psalms 89:29I will also make his offspring endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
Isaiah 9:7Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, on David’s throne, and on his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from that time on, even forever. The zeal of the LORD of Armies will perform this.
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 →