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2 Chronicles 7:18

David
Covenant and promises

16 For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.

17 And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and shalt observe my statutes and my judgments;

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.

19 But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;

20 Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations.

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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

    Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet so that thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me.

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  • Jeremiah 33:20–21

    Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season;

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  • 2 Samuel 7:13–16

    He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.

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  • 1 Kings 9:5

    Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.

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  • Psalms 89:28–40

    My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.

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  • Jeremiah 33:25–26

    Thus saith the LORD; If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;

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  • Psalms 132:11–12

    The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.

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