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2 Chronicles 7:18

David
Covenant and promises

16 For I have now chosen and consecrated this temple so that My Name may be there forever. My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.

17 And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,

then I will establish your royal throne, as I covenanted with your father David when I said, ‘You will never fail to have a man to rule over Israel.’

19 But if you turn away and forsake the statutes and commandments I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods,

20 then I will uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. I will make it an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples.

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BSB
then I will establish your royal throne, as I covenanted with your father David when I said, ‘You will never fail to have a man to rule over Israel.’
KJV
Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel.
WEB
then I will establish the throne of your kingdom, according as I covenanted with David your father, saying, ‘There shall not fail you a man to be ruler in Israel.’
ASV
then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel.
DARBY
then will I establish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to rule over Israel.
BLB
then I will establish the throne of your kingdom, as I cut with David your father, saying, ‘There shall not be cut off to you a man to rule in Israel.’
ÅB
så vil jeg trygge din kongetrone etter den pakt jeg gjorde med din far David da jeg sa: Det skal aldri fattes en mann av din slekt til å råde over Israel.
OTB
da vil jeg stadfeste din kongelige trone slik jeg lovet din far David og sa, 'Du skal ikke mangle en mann til å herske i Israel.'
B1930
så vil jeg trygge din kongetrone efter den pakt jeg gjorde med din far David da jeg sa: Det skal aldri fattes en mann av din ætt til å råde over Israel.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 2 Chronicles 6:16

    Therefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk in My law as you have walked before Me.’

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  • Jeremiah 33:20–21

    “This is what the LORD says: If you can break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night, so that day and night cease to occupy their appointed time,

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  • 2 Samuel 7:13–16

    He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

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  • 1 Kings 9:5

    then I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised your father David when I said, ‘You will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’

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  • Psalms 89:28–40

    I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast.

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  • Jeremiah 33:25–26

    This is what the LORD says: If I have not established My covenant with the day and the night and the fixed order of heaven and earth,

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  • Psalms 132:11–12

    The LORD swore an oath to David, a promise He will not revoke: “One of your descendants I will place on your throne.

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