He is the one who will build a house for my name. He will be my son, and I will be his father. I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.”
For to which of the angels did he ever say, You are my Son; today I have become your Father, , or again, I will be his Father, and he will be my Son? ,
The dominion will be vast, and its prosperity will never end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from now on and for ever. The zeal of the Lord of Armies will accomplish this.
So I plan to build a temple for the name of the Lord my God, according to what the Lord promised my father David: “I will put your son on your throne in your place, and he will build the temple for my name.”
‘You know the kingship was mine,’ he said. ‘All Israel expected me to be king, but then the kingship was turned over to my brother, for the Lord gave it to him.
And now, as the Lord lives #– #the one who established me, seated me on the throne of my father David, and made me a dynasty as he promised #– #I swear Adonijah will be put to death today! ’
And out of all my sons #– #for the Lord has given me many sons #– #he has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the Lord’s kingdom over Israel.
You have kept what you promised to your servant, my father David. You spoke directly to him, and you fulfilled your promise by your power, as it is today.