2 Samuel 7:12

New English Translation

When the time comes for you to die, I will raise up your descendant, one of your own sons, to succeed you, and I will establish his kingdom.

Cross References

Genesis 15:4

But look, the word of the Lord came to him: “This man will not be your heir, but instead a son who comes from your own body will be your heir.”

2 Samuel 22:51

He gives his chosen king magnificent victories; he is faithful to his chosen ruler, to David and to his descendants forever!”

1 Kings 1:21

If a decision is not made, when my master the king is buried with his ancestors, my son Solomon and I will be considered state criminals.”

1 Kings 1:48

and said this: ‘The Lord God of Israel is worthy of praise because today he has placed a successor on my throne and allowed me to see it.’”

1 Kings 2:1

When David was close to death, he told Solomon his son:

1 Kings 2:10

Then David passed away and was buried in the city of David.

1 Kings 2:4

and the Lord will fulfill his promise to me, ‘If your descendants watch their step and live faithfully in my presence with all their heart and being, then,’ he promised, ‘you will not fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’

1 Kings 5:5

So I have decided to build a temple to honor the Lord my God, as the Lord instructed my father David, ‘Your son, whom I will put on your throne in your place, is the one who will build a temple to honor me.’

1 Kings 8:15

He said, “The Lord God of Israel is worthy of praise because he has fulfilled what he promised my father David.

1 Kings 8:19

But you will not build the temple; your very own son will build the temple for my honor.’

1 Kings 8:20

The Lord has kept the promise he made. I have taken my father David’s place and have occupied the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised. I have built this temple for the honor of the Lord God of Israel

1 Kings 9:5

Then I will allow your dynasty to rule over Israel permanently, just as I promised your father David, ‘You will not fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’

2 Kings 8:19

But the Lord was unwilling to destroy Judah. He preserved Judah for the sake of his servant David to whom he had promised a perpetual dynasty.

1 Chronicles 17:11

When the time comes for you to die, I will raise up your descendant, one of your own sons, to succeed you, and I will establish his kingdom.

2 Chronicles 1:9

Now, Lord God, may your promise to my father David be realized, for you have made me king over a great nation as numerous as the dust of the earth.

2 Chronicles 13:5

Don’t you realize that the Lord God of Israel has given David and his dynasty lasting dominion over Israel by a formal agreement?

2 Chronicles 21:7

But the Lord was unwilling to destroy David’s dynasty because of the promise he had made to give David a perpetual dynasty.

2 Chronicles 23:3

and the whole assembly made a covenant with the king in the temple of God. Jehoiada said to them, “The king’s son will rule, just as the Lord promised David’s descendants.

2 Chronicles 6:15

You have kept your word to your servant, my father David; this very day you have fulfilled what you promised.

2 Chronicles 6:9

But you will not build the temple; your very own son will build the temple for my honor.’

Psalm 89:29

I will give him an eternal dynasty, and make his throne as enduring as the skies above.

Isaiah 11:10

At that time a root from Jesse will stand like a signal flag for the nations. Nations will look to him for guidance, and his residence will be majestic.

Isaiah 9:7

His dominion will be vast and he will bring immeasurable prosperity. He will rule on David’s throne and over David’s kingdom, establishing it and strengthening it by promoting justice and fairness, from this time forward and forevermore. The Lord’s intense devotion to his people will accomplish this.

Jeremiah 33:17

For I, the Lord, promise: “David will never lack a successor to occupy the throne over the nation of Israel.

Daniel 12:2

Many of those who sleep in the dusty ground will awake – some to everlasting life, and others to shame and everlasting abhorrence.

Matthew 1:1

This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

Luke 1:32

He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David.

Luke 24:27

Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them the things written about himself in all the scriptures.

Acts 13:36

For David, after he had served God’s purpose in his own generation, died, was buried with his ancestors, and experienced decay,

Acts 2:30

So then, because he was a prophet and knew that God had sworn to him with an oath to seat one of his descendants on his throne,

1 Corinthians 15:51

Listen, I will tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed –

Deuteronomy 31:16

Then the Lord said to Moses, “You are about to die, and then these people will begin to prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land into which they are going. They will reject me and break my covenant that I have made with them.

1 Thessalonians 4:14

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also we believe that God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep as Christians.