2 Chronicles 7:18

2 Chronicles 7:18 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)I will establish your royal throne, as I covenanted with David your father when I said, ‘You shall never fail to have a successor to rule over Israel.’
• English Standard Version (ESV)then I will establish your royal throne, as I covenanted with David your father, saying, 'You shall not lack a man to rule Israel.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)then I will establish the throne of your kingdom, as I covenanted with David your father, saying, ‘You shall not fail to have a man as ruler in Israel.’

Context of 2 Chronicles 7:18

16For now I have chosen and sanctified and set apart for My purpose this house that My Name may be here forever, and My eyes and My heart will be here perpetually. 17As for you [Solomon], if you will walk before me as your father David walked, and do everything that I have commanded you, and observe My statutes and My ordinances, then I will establish your royal throne just as I covenanted with your father David, saying, ‘You will not fail to have a man as ruler in Israel.’ 19“But if you [people] turn away and abandon My statutes and My commandments which I have set before you, and you go and serve other gods and worship them, 20then I will uproot Israel from My land which I have given them; and I will cast this house, which I have consecrated for My Name, out of My sight, and will make it a proverb and an object of scorn among all nations.

2 Chronicles 7:18 word by word

וַהֲקִ֣ימוֹתִ֔י אֵ֖ת כִּסֵּ֣א מַלְכוּתֶ֑ךָ כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר כָּרַ֗תִּי לְדָוִ֤יד אָבִ֙יךָ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לֹֽא־יִכָּרֵ֤ת לְךָ֙ אִ֔ישׁ מוֹשֵׁ֖ל בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then will I stablishקוּםqûm · to arise: establishH6965
• the throneכִּסֵּאkissê' kissêh · throneH3678
• of thy kingdomמַלְכוּתmalkûth malkûth malkûyâh · royaltyH4438
• according as I have covenantedכָּרַתkârath · to cut: lackH3772
• with Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• thy fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
• sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• thee a manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• rulerמָשַׁלmâshal · to ruleH4910
• in Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 7:18

• 2 Samuel 7:13He [is the one who] shall build a house for My Name and My Presence, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
• Psalms 89:28My lovingkindness I will keep for him forevermore, And My covenant will be confirmed to him.
• Psalms 132:11The Lord swore to David A truth from which He will not turn back: “One of your descendants I will set upon your throne.
• 1 Kings 9:5then I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, just as I promised your father David, saying, ‘You shall not be without a man (descendant) on the throne of Israel.’
• Jeremiah 33:20“Thus says the Lord, ‘If you can break My covenant for the day and My covenant for the night, so that day and night do not take place at their appointed times,
• 2 Chronicles 6:16Now therefore, O Lord, the God of Israel, keep with Your servant David, my father, that which You promised him, saying, ‘You shall not fail to have a man to sit on the throne of Israel, provided your sons are careful to walk in My law as you, [David,] have walked before Me.’

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 7:18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18There shall not fail thee a man - This promise was not fulfilled, because the condition was not fulfilled; they forsook God, and he cut them off, and the throne also.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-18God told Solomon that God's kingdom is eternal. In 1 Kings 9:5, it says one of Solomon's descendants will always be on Israel's throne. The Chronicler says one of Solomon's descendants will always rule Israel. During the Chronicler's time, there was no throne in Israel, so this refers to the Messiah (compare Micah 5:2).Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 7:18

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Blessing
• God
• Solomon

In the dictionaries

• David
• Israel
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Solomon
• Ruler
• Throne

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings