2 Samuel 7:12

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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,

Cross References

Genesis 15:4

The LORD replied, “No, he won't! You will have a son of your own, and everything you have will be his.”

2 Samuel 22:51

You give glorious victories to your chosen king. Your faithful love for David and for his descendants will never end.

1 Kings 1:21

If you don't, they will say that Solomon and I have rebelled. They will treat us like criminals and kill us as soon as you die.

1 Kings 1:48

and prayed, “I praise you, LORD God of Israel. You have made my son Solomon king and have let me live to see it.”

1 Kings 2:1

Not long before David died, he told Solomon:

1 Kings 2:10

David was king of Israel forty years. He ruled seven years from Hebron and thirty-three years from Jerusalem. Then he died and was buried in Jerusalem.

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 5:5

The LORD God promised my father that when his son became king, he would build a temple for worshipping the LORD. So I've decided to do that.

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 8:19

But you're not the one to do it. Your son will build a temple to honour me.”

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.

1 Kings 9:5

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

2 Kings 8:19

But the LORD refused to destroy Judah, because he had promised his servant David that someone from his family would always rule in Judah.

1 Chronicles 17:11

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

2 Chronicles 1:9

I am supposed to rule these people, but there are as many of them as there are specks of dust on the ground. So keep the promise you made to my father

2 Chronicles 13:5

The LORD God of Israel has made a solemn promise that every king of Israel will be from David's family.

2 Chronicles 21:7

but because the LORD had made a solemn promise to King David that someone from his family would always rule in Judah, he refused to wipe out David's descendants.

2 Chronicles 23:3

and gathered at the temple, where they agreed to help Joash. Jehoiada said to them: Joash will be our next king, because long ago the LORD promised that one of David's descendants would always be king.

2 Chronicles 6:15

My father David was your servant, and today you have kept every promise you made to him.

2 Chronicles 6:9

But you're not the one to do it. Your son will build the temple to honour me.”

Psalm 89:29

“One of David's descendants will always be king, and his family will rule until the sky disappears.

Isaiah 11:10

The time is coming when one of David's descendants will be the signal for the people of all nations to come together. They will follow his advice, and his own nation will become famous.

Isaiah 9:7

His power will never end; peace will last for ever. He will rule David's kingdom and make it grow strong. He will always rule with honesty and justice. The LORD All-Powerful will make certain that all of this is done.

Jeremiah 33:17

The king of Israel will be one of David's descendants,

Daniel 12:2

Many of those who lie dead in the ground will rise from death. Some of them will be given eternal life, and others will receive nothing but eternal shame and disgrace.

Matthew 1:1

Jesus Christ came from the family of King David and also from the family of Abraham. And this is a list of his ancestors.

Luke 1:32

He will be great and will be called the Son of God Most High. The Lord God will make him king, as his ancestor David was.

Luke 24:27

Jesus then explained everything written about himself in the Scriptures, beginning with the Law of Moses and the Books of the Prophets.

Acts 13:36

When David was alive, he obeyed God. Then after he died, he was buried in the family grave, and his body decayed.

Acts 2:30

But David was a prophet, and he knew that God had made a promise he would not break. He had told David that someone from his own family would some day be king.

1 Corinthians 15:51

I will explain a mystery to you. Not every one of us will die, but we will all be changed.

Deuteronomy 31:16

The LORD said: Moses, you will soon die. But Israel is going into a land where other gods are worshipped, and Israel will reject me and start worshipping these gods. The people will break the agreement I made with them,

1 Thessalonians 4:14

We believe that Jesus died and was raised to life. We also believe that when God brings Jesus back again, he will bring with him all who had faith in Jesus before they died.