2 Samuel 7:12-16

God's Covenant with David

12 r "When your days are fulfilled and you s rest with your fathers, t I will set up your seed after you, who will come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 u "He shall build a house for My name, and I will v establish the throne of his kingdom forever. 14 w "I will be his Father, and he shall be x My son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the 1 blows of the sons of men. 15 "But My mercy shall not depart from him, y as I took it from Saul, whom I removed from before you. 16 "And z your house and your kingdom shall be established forever before 2 you. Your throne shall be established forever." ' "

  1. Cross References
    Exodus 1:21
    And so it was, because the midwives feared God, that He provided households for them.
    1 Samuel 25:28
    Please forgive the trespass of your maidservant. For the LORD will certainly make for my lord an enduring house, because my lord fights the battles of the LORD, and evil is not found in you throughout your days.
    2 Samuel 7:27
    For You, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, have revealed this to Your servant, saying, 'I will build you a house.' Therefore Your servant has found it in his heart to pray this prayer to You.
  2. Cross References
    1 Kings 2:1
    Now the days of David drew near that he should die, and he charged Solomon his son, saying:
  3. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 31:16
    And the LORD said to Moses: "Behold, you will rest with your fathers; and this people will rise and play the harlot with the gods of the foreigners of the land, where they go to be among them, and they will forsake Me and break My covenant which I have made with them.
    Acts 13:36
    For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell asleep, was buried with his fathers, and saw corruption.
  4. Cross References
    1 Kings 8:20
    So the LORD has fulfilled His word which He spoke; and I have filled the position of my father David, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised; and I have built a temple for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
    Psalms 132:11
    The LORD has sworn in truth to David; He will not turn from it: "I will set upon your throne the fruit of your body.
    Matthew 1:6
    And Jesse begot David the king. David the king begot Solomon by her who had been the wife of Uriah.
    Luke 3:31
    The son of Melea, the son of Menan, the son of Mattathah, the son of Nathan, the son of David.
  5. Cross References
    1 Kings 5:5
    And behold, I propose to build a house for the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spoke to my father David, saying, "Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, he shall build the house for My name.
    1 Kings 8:19
    'Nevertheless you shall not build the temple, but your son who will come from your body, he shall build the temple for My name.'
    2 Chronicles 6:2
    I have surely built You an exalted house, And a place for You to dwell in forever.
  6. Cross References
    2 Samuel 7:16
    "And your house and your kingdom shall be established forever before you. Your throne shall be established forever." '"
    Isaiah 9:7
    Of the increase of His government and peace There will be no end, Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, To order it and establish it with judgment and justice From that time forward, even forever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
    Isaiah 49:8
    Thus says the LORD: "In an acceptable time I have heard You, And in the day of salvation I have helped You; I will preserve You and give You As a covenant to the people, To restore the earth, To cause them to inherit the desolate heritages.
  7. Cross References
    Hebrews 1:5
    For to which of the angels did He ever say: "You are My Son, Today I have begotten You"? And again: "I will be to Him a Father, And He shall be to Me a Son"?
  8. Cross References
    Psalms 2:7
    I will declare the decree: The LORD has said to Me, 'You are My Son, Today I have begotten You.
    Psalms 89:26
    He shall cry to Me, 'You are my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.
    Psalms 89:27
    Also I will make him My firstborn, The highest of the kings of the earth.
    Psalms 89:30
    If his sons forsake My law And do not walk in My judgments.
    Matthew 3:17
    And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
  9. Cross References
    1 Samuel 15:23
    For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, And stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He also has rejected you from being king.
    1 Samuel 15:28
    So Samuel said to him, "The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today, and has given it to a neighbor of yours, who is better than you.
    1 Samuel 16:14
    But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and a distressing spirit from the LORD troubled him.
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