2 Samuel 7:13

New American Bible - revised edition

He it is who shall build a house for my name, and I will establish his royal throne forever.

Cross References

Genesis 49:10

The scepter shall never depart from Judah, or the mace from between his feet, Until tribute comes to him, and he receives the people’s obedience.

2 Samuel 22:51

You have given great victories to your king, and shown kindness to your anointed, to David and his posterity forever.

2 Samuel 7:16

Your house and your kingdom are firm forever before me; your throne shall be firmly established forever.

2 Samuel 7:27

Because you, Lord of hosts, God of Israel, have revealed to your servant, ‘I will build you a house,’ your servant now finds the courage to make this prayer before you.

1 Kings 2:24

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

1 Kings 2:4

and that the Lord may fulfill the word he spoke concerning me: If your sons so conduct themselves that they walk before me in faithfulness with their whole heart and soul, there shall never be wanting someone of your line on the throne of Israel.

1 Kings 2:45

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

1 Kings 5:5

Thus Judah and Israel lived in security, everyone under their own vine and fig tree from Dan to Beer-sheba, as long as Solomon lived. Solomon’s Riches: Chariots and Horses.

1 Kings 6:12

As to this house you are building—if you walk in my statutes, carry out my ordinances, and observe all my commands, walking in them, I will fulfill toward you my word which I spoke to David your father.

1 Kings 8:13

I have indeed built you a princely house, the base for your enthronement forever.”

1 Kings 8:15

He said: “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who with his own mouth spoke a promise to David my father and by his hand fulfilled it, saying:

1 Kings 8:19

But it is not you who will build the house, but your son, who comes from 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 set my name.

2 Kings 21:7

The Asherah idol he had made, he placed in the Lord’s house, of which the Lord had said to David and to his son Solomon: In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I shall set my name forever.

2 Kings 8:19

Even so, the Lord was unwilling to destroy Judah, for the sake of his servant David. For he had promised David that he would leave him a holding in the Lord’s presence for all time.

1 Chronicles 28:10

See, then! The Lord has chosen you to build a house as his sanctuary. Be strong and set to work.” Temple Plans Given to Solomon.

2 Chronicles 33:4

He built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said: In Jerusalem shall my name be forever;

2 Chronicles 6:16

And now, Lord, God of Israel, keep toward your servant, David my father, what you promised: There shall never be wanting someone from your line to sit before me on the throne of Israel, provided that your descendants keep to their way, walking by my law, as you have.

Job 36:7

But he seats them upon thrones with kings, exalted forever.

Psalm 72:17

May his name be forever; as long as the sun, may his name endure. May the tribes of the earth give blessings with his name; may all the nations regard him as favored.

Psalm 89:21

I have chosen David, my servant; with my holy oil I have anointed him.

Psalm 89:29

Forever I will maintain my mercy for him; my covenant with him stands firm.

Psalm 89:4

I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have sworn to David my servant:

Isaiah 49:8

Thus says the Lord: In a time of favor I answer you, on the day of salvation I help you; I form you and set you as a covenant for the people, To restore the land and allot the devastated heritages,

Isaiah 9:6

His dominion is vast and forever peaceful, Upon David’s throne, and over his kingdom, which he confirms and sustains By judgment and justice, both now and forever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this!

Isaiah 9:7

The Lord has sent a word against Jacob, and it falls upon Israel;

Jeremiah 33:17

For thus says the Lord: David shall never lack a successor on the throne of the house of Israel,

Ezekiel 37:25

They shall live on the land I gave to Jacob my servant, the land where their ancestors lived; they shall live on it always, they, their children, and their children’s children, with David my servant as their prince forever.

Daniel 2:44

In the lifetime of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed or delivered up to another people; rather, it shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and put an end to them, and it shall stand forever.

Zechariah 6:12

And say to him: Thus says the Lord of hosts: There is a man whose name is Branch —and from his place he will branch out and he will build the temple of the Lord.

Zechariah 6:13

He will build the temple of the Lord, and taking up the royal insignia, he will sit as ruler upon his throne. The priest will be at his right hand, and between the two of them there will be peaceful understanding.

Matthew 16:18

And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it.

Hebrews 3:3

But he is worthy of more “glory” than Moses, as the founder of a house has more “honor” than the house itself.

1 Peter 2:5

and, like living stones, let yourselves be built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.