1 Kings 9:5

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

and I will keep my promise to David that someone from your family will always be king of Israel.

Cross References

2 Samuel 7:12

I'll choose one of your sons to be king when you reach the end of your life and are buried in the tomb of your ancestors. I'll make him a strong ruler,

2 Samuel 7:16

I will make sure that one of your descendants will always be king.

1 Kings 2:4

You and your descendants must always faithfully obey the LORD. If you do, he will keep the solemn promise he made to me that someone from our family will always be king of Israel.

1 Kings 6:12

If you obey my commands and do what I say, I will keep the promise I made to your father David. I will live among my people Israel in this temple you are building, and I will not desert them.

1 Kings 8:15

and said: Praise the LORD God of Israel! Long ago he brought his people out of Egypt. He later kept his promise to make my father David the king of Israel. The Lord also said that he had not chosen the city where his temple would be built.

1 Kings 8:20

The LORD has done what he promised. I am the king of Israel like my father, and I've built a temple for the LORD our God.