2 Samuel 7:12-17

God's Covenant with David

¹² _m When your days are fulfilled and _n you lie down with your fathers, _o I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. ¹³ _p He shall build a house for my name, and _q I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. ¹⁴ _r I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son. When he commits iniquity, _s I will discipline him with the rod of men, with the stripes of the sons of men, ¹⁵ _s but my steadfast love will not depart from him, _t as I took it from Saul, whom I put away from before you. ¹⁶ _u And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me. _{1 u} Your throne shall be established forever.'" ¹⁷ In accordance with all these words, and in accordance with all this vision, Nathan spoke to David.

1. Cross References
   1 Kings 2:1
   When David's time to die drew near, he commanded Solomon his son, saying.
   
2. Cross References
   1 Kings 1:21
   Otherwise it will come to pass, when my lord the king sleeps with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be counted offenders.
   1 Kings 2:10
   Then David slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David.
   Acts 13:36
   For David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep and was laid with his fathers and saw corruption.
   Deuteronomy 31:16
   And the Lord said to Moses, "Behold, you are about to lie down with your fathers. Then this people will rise and whore after the foreign gods among them in the land that they are entering, and they will forsake me and break my covenant that I have made with them.
   
3. Cross References
   1 Kings 8:20
   Now the Lord has fulfilled his promise that he made. For I have risen in the place of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and I have built the house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
   Psalms 132:11
   The Lord swore to David a sure oath from which he will not turn back: "One of the sons of your body I will set on your throne.
   
4. Cross References
   1 Kings 5:5
   And so I intend to build a house for the name of the Lord my God, as the Lord said to David my father, 'Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, shall build the house for my name.
   1 Kings 6:12
   Concerning this house that you are building, if you will walk in my statutes and obey my rules and keep all my commandments and walk in them, then I will establish my word with you, which I spoke to David your father.
   1 Kings 8:19
   Nevertheless, you shall not build the house, but your son who shall be born to you shall build the house for my name.
   1 Chronicles 22:10
   He shall build a house for my name. He shall be my son, and I will be his father, and I will establish his royal throne in Israel forever.
   1 Chronicles 28:6
   He said to me, 'It is Solomon your son who shall build my house and my courts, for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.
   
5. Cross References
   2 Samuel 7:16
   And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me. Your throne shall be established forever.'
   Psalms 89:4
   I will establish your offspring forever, and build your throne for all generations.'" Selah
   Psalms 89:29
   I will establish his offspring forever and his throne as the days of the heavens.
   Psalms 89:36 - 37
   His offspring shall endure forever, his throne as long as the sun before me.
   
6. Cross References
   Psalms 89:26 - 27
   He shall cry to me, 'You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.
   Hebrews 1:5
   For to which of the angels did God ever say, "You are my Son, today I have begotten you"? Or again, "I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son"?
   
7. Cross References
   Psalms 89:32 - 33
   Then I will punish their transgression with the rod and their iniquity with stripes.
   
8. Cross References
   2 Samuel 7:14
   I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son. When he commits iniquity, I will discipline him with the rod of men, with the stripes of the sons of men.
   
9. Cross References
   1 Samuel 15:23
   For rebellion is as the sin of divination, and presumption is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, he has also rejected you from being king.
   1 Samuel 15:28
   And Samuel said to him, "The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day and has given it to a neighbor of yours, who is better than you.
   1 Kings 11:13
   However, I will not tear away all the kingdom, but I will give one tribe to your son, for the sake of David my servant and for the sake of Jerusalem that I have chosen.
   1 Kings 11:34
   Nevertheless, I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand, but I will make him ruler all the days of his life, for the sake of David my servant whom I chose, who kept my commandments and my statutes.
   
10. Cross References
    2 Samuel 7:13
    He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
    Psalms 89:36 - 37
    His offspring shall endure forever, his throne as long as the sun before me.
    Luke 1:33
    And he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.
    
11. Cross References
    2 Samuel 7:13
    He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
    Psalms 89:36 - 37
    His offspring shall endure forever, his throne as long as the sun before me.
    Luke 1:33
    And he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.