2 Samuel 7:13

Modern English Version

He will build a house for My name, and I will establish his royal throne forever.

Cross References

Genesis 49:10

The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh comes; and to him will be the obedience of the people.

2 Samuel 22:51

He is a tower of salvation for His king, and He acts faithfully toward His anointed, toward David and his descendants forever.

2 Samuel 7:16

Your house and dominion will endure before Me forever, and your throne will be established by the Lord forever.

2 Samuel 7:27

“For You, O  Lord of Hosts, God of Israel, have revealed a word to Your servant, saying, ‘I will build you a house.’ Therefore, Your servant has found the courage to pray this prayer to You.

1 Kings 2:24

Now therefore as the Lord lives, who has established me and set me on the throne of David my father and who has made me a house as He promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day.”

1 Kings 2:4

that the Lord may carry out His word that He spoke concerning me, saying, ‘If your children take heed to their way, to walk before Me in faithfulness with all their hearts and with all their souls, you shall not fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’

1 Kings 2:45

But King Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the Lord forever.”

1 Kings 5:5

So know that I plan to build a house to honor the name of the Lord my God, just as the Lord spoke to my father David, saying, ‘Your son, whom I will set on your throne after you, shall build a house to honor My name.’

1 Kings 6:12

“Concerning this house which you are building, if you will walk in My statutes and execute My judgments and keep all My commandments and walk in them, then I will carry out My word with you, which I spoke to David your father,

1 Kings 8:13

I have surely built You a house to dwell in, a settled place for You to abide in forever.”

1 Kings 8:15

and he said, “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who spoke with His mouth to my father David and has with His hand fulfilled His word, saying,

1 Kings 8:19

Nevertheless, you shall not build the house, but your son who will come out of your loins, he shall build the house for My name.’

2 Kings 21:4

He built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My name.”

2 Kings 21:7

He put a carved image of Asherah that he had made in the house of which the Lord said to David and to Solomon his son, “In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever.

2 Kings 8:19

Yet the Lord was not willing to destroy Judah, for the sake of His servant David, since He promised to give a lamp to him and his sons perpetually.

1 Chronicles 28:10

See now that the Lord chose you to build the house for His sanctuary. Be strong and do it.”

2 Chronicles 33:4

And he built altars in the house of the Lord where the Lord said, “In Jerusalem My name will be perpetual.”

2 Chronicles 6:16

“And now, O  Lord God of Israel, keep what You promised Your servant David my father saying, ‘You will not lack a man sitting on the throne of Israel before Me, if only your sons take heed to their way to walk in My law as you have walked before Me.’

Job 36:7

He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous; but they are on the throne with kings, for He establishes them forever, and they are exalted.

Psalm 72:17

May his name endure forever; may his name continue as long as the sun shines. And may men be blessed in him; and may all nations call him blessed!

Psalm 89:21

by whom My hand shall be established; My arm also shall strengthen him.

Psalm 89:29

His descendants also will I establish forever and his throne as the days of heaven.

Psalm 89:4

‘I will establish your descendants forever, and build up your throne for all generations.’ ”    Selah

Isaiah 49:8

Thus says the Lord: In an acceptable time I have heard you, and in a day of salvation I have helped you; and I will preserve you, and give you as a covenant of the people, to restore the earth, to make them inherit the desolate lands,

Isaiah 9:6

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government shall be upon his shoulder. And his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 9:7

Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David and over his kingdom, to order it and to establish it with justice and with righteousness, from now until forever. The zeal of the Lord of Hosts will perform this.

Jeremiah 33:17

For thus says the Lord: David shall never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel;

Ezekiel 37:25

They shall dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob My servant, in which your fathers lived. And they shall dwell in it, they and their sons and their son’s sons forever. And My servant David shall be their prince forever.

Daniel 2:44

“In the days of these kings the God of heaven shall set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed. And the kingdom shall not be left to another people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.

Zechariah 6:12

And say to him: Thus says the Lord of Hosts: Here is a man whose name is Branch; for he shall branch out from his place, and he shall build the temple of the Lord.

Zechariah 6:13

It is he who shall build the temple of the Lord; he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule on his throne. He shall be a priest on his throne, and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.

Matthew 16:18

And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

Hebrews 3:3

For the One was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, in that He who builds the house has more honor than the house itself.

1 Peter 2:5

you also, as living stones, are being built up into a spiritual house as a holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.