2 Samuel 7:12

New International Reader's Version

Some day your life will come to an end. You will join the members of your family who have already died. Then I will make one of your own sons the next king after you. And I will make his kingdom secure.

Cross References

Genesis 15:4

Then a message from the Lord came to Abram. The Lord said, “When you die, what you have will not go to this man. You will have a son of your own. He will get everything you have.”

2 Samuel 22:51

He gives his king great victories. He shows his faithful love to his anointed king. He shows it to David and his family forever.”

1 Kings 1:21

If you don’t do something, I and my son Solomon will be treated like people who have committed crimes. That will happen as soon as you join the members of your family who have already died.”

1 Kings 1:48

He said, ‘I praise the Lord. He is the God of Israel. He has let me live to see my son sitting on my throne today as the next king.’ ”

1 Kings 2:1

The time came near for David to die. So he gave orders to his son Solomon.

1 Kings 2:10

David joined the members of his family who had already died. He was buried in the City of David.

1 Kings 2:4

The Lord will keep the promise he made to me. He said, ‘Your sons must be careful about how they live. They must be faithful to me with all their heart and soul. Then you will always have a son from your family line to sit on the throne of Israel.’

1 Kings 5:5

So I’m planning to build a temple. I want to build it for the Name of the Lord my God. That’s what he told my father David he wanted me to do. He said, ‘I will put your son on the throne in your place. He will build a temple. I will put my Name there.’

1 Kings 8:15

Then he said, “I praise the Lord. He is the God of Israel. With his own mouth he made a promise to my father David. With his own powerful hand he made it come true. He said,

1 Kings 8:19

But you will not build the temple. Instead, your son will build the temple for my Name. He is your own flesh and blood.’

1 Kings 8:20

“The Lord has kept the promise he made. I’ve become the next king after my father David. Now I’m sitting on the throne of Israel. That’s exactly what the Lord promised would happen. I’ve built the temple where the Lord will put his Name. He is the God of Israel.

1 Kings 9:5

Then I will set up your royal throne over Israel forever. I promised your father David I would do that. I said to him, ‘You will always have a son from your family line on the throne of Israel.’

2 Kings 8:19

But the Lord didn’t want to destroy Judah. That’s because the Lord had made a covenant with his servant David. The Lord had promised to keep the lamp of David’s kingdom burning brightly. The Lord had promised that for him and his children after him forever.

1 Chronicles 17:11

Some day your life will come to an end. You will join the members of your family who have already died. Then I will give you one of your own sons to become the next king after you. I will make his kingdom secure.

2 Chronicles 1:9

Lord God, let the promise you gave to my father David come true. You have made me king. My people are as many as the dust of the earth. They can’t be counted.

2 Chronicles 13:5

The Lord is the God of Israel. Don’t you know that he has placed David and his sons after him on Israel’s throne forever? The Lord made a covenant of salt with David. The salt means the covenant will last for all time to come.

2 Chronicles 21:7

But the Lord didn’t want to destroy the royal family of David. That’s because the Lord had made a covenant with him. The Lord had promised to keep the lamp of David’s kingdom burning brightly. The Lord had promised that for David and his children after him forever.

2 Chronicles 23:3

The whole community made a covenant with the new king at God’s temple. Jehoiada said to them, “Ahaziah’s son will rule over Judah. That’s what the Lord promised concerning the family line of David.

2 Chronicles 6:15

You have kept your promise to my father David. He was your servant. With your mouth you made a promise. With your powerful hand you have made it come true. And today we can see it.

2 Chronicles 6:9

But you will not build the temple. Instead, your son will build the temple for my Name. He is your own flesh and blood.’

Psalm 89:29

I will make his family line continue forever. His kingdom will last as long as the heavens.

Isaiah 11:10

At that time, here is what the man who is called the Root of Jesse will do. He will be like a banner that brings nations together. They will come to him. And the place where he rules will be glorious.

Isaiah 9:7

There will be no limit to how great his authority is. The peace he brings will never end. He will rule on David’s throne and over his kingdom. He will make the kingdom strong and secure. His rule will be based on what is fair and right. It will last forever. The Lord’s great love will make sure that happens. He rules over all.

Jeremiah 33:17

The Lord says, “David will always have a son to sit on the throne of Israel.

Daniel 12:2

Many people who lie dead in their graves will wake up. Some will rise up to life that will never end. Others will rise up to shame that will never end.

Matthew 1:1

This is the written story of the family line of Jesus the Messiah. He is the son of David. He is also the son of Abraham.

Luke 1:32

He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High God. The Lord God will make him a king like his father David of long ago.

Luke 24:27

Jesus explained to them what was said about himself in all the Scriptures. He began with Moses and all the Prophets.

Acts 13:36

“David carried out God’s purpose while he lived. Then he died. He was buried with his people. His body rotted away.

Acts 2:30

But David was a prophet. He knew that God had made a promise to him. God had promised that he would make someone in David’s family line king after him.

1 Corinthians 15:51

Listen! I am telling you a mystery. We will not all die. But we will all be changed.

Deuteronomy 31:16

The Lord spoke to Moses. He said, “You are going to join the members of your family who have already died. The Israelites will not be faithful to me. They will soon join themselves to the false gods that are worshiped in the land they are entering. The people will desert me. They will break the covenant I made with them.

1 Thessalonians 4:14

We believe that Jesus died and rose again. When he returns, many who believe in him will have died already. We believe that God will bring them back with Jesus.