Christian Standard Bible
2 Samuel 7:12
12When your time comes and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up after you your descendant, who will come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom.
2 Samuel 7:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
- New International Version (NIV)When your days are over and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, your own flesh and blood, and I will establish his kingdom.
- English Standard Version (ESV)When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“When your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, who will come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom.
Context of 2 Samuel 7:12
10I will designate a place for my people Israel and plant them, so that they may live there and not be disturbed again. Evildoers will not continue to oppress them as they have done 11ever since the day I ordered judges to be over my people Israel. I will give you rest from all your enemies. “‘The Lord declares to you: The Lord himself will make a house for you. When your time comes and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up after you your descendant, who will come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. 13He is the one who will build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. 14I will be his father, and he will be my son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with a rod of men and blows from mortals.
Read all of 2 Samuel 72 Samuel 7:12 word by word
כִּ֣י׀ יִמְלְא֣וּ יָמֶ֗יךָ וְשָֽׁכַבְתָּ֙ אֶת־אֲבֹתֶ֔יךָ וַהֲקִימֹתִ֤י אֶֽת־זַרְעֲךָ֙ אַחֲרֶ֔יךָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר יֵצֵ֖א מִמֵּעֶ֑יךָ וַהֲכִינֹתִ֖י אֶת־מַמְלַכְתּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And when thy daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
- be fulfilledמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390
- and thou shalt sleepשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: lay downH7901
- with thy fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1
- I will set upקוּםqûm · to arise: establishH6965
- thy seedזֶ֫רַעzera‛ · seed: childrenH2233
- afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
- thee, which shall proceedיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: produceH3318
- out of thy bowelsמֵעֶהmê‛eh · bellyH4578
- and I will establishכּוּןkûn · to establish: establishH3559
- his kingdomמַמְלָכָהmamlâkâh · kingdomH4467
Cross-references for 2 Samuel 7:12
- 1 Kings 2:1As the time approached for David to die, he ordered his son Solomon,
- 1 Kings 8:20The Lord has fulfilled what he promised. I have taken the place of my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised. I have built the temple for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
- Deuteronomy 31:16The Lord said to Moses, “You are about to rest with your ancestors, and these people will soon prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will abandon me and break the covenant I have made with them.
- 1 Kings 1:21Otherwise, when my lord the king rests with his ancestors, I and my son Solomon will be regarded as criminals.”
- Daniel 12:2Many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to eternal life, and some to disgrace and eternal contempt.
- Acts 13:36For David, after serving God’s purpose in his own generation, fell asleep, was buried with his fathers, and decayed,
- 1 Corinthians 15:51Listen, I am telling you a mystery: We will not all fall asleep, but we will all be changed,
- 1 Thessalonians 4:14For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, in the same way, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep.
- Genesis 15:4Now the word of the Lord came to him: “This one will not be your heir; instead, one who comes from your own body will be your heir.”
- 1 Chronicles 17:11When your time comes to be with your ancestors, I will raise up after you your descendant, who is one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom.
- Psalms 89:29I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as heaven lasts.
- Psalms 132:11The Lord swore an oath to David, a promise he will not abandon: “I will set one of your offspring on your throne.
- Isaiah 9:7The dominion will be vast, and its prosperity will never end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from now on and forever. The zeal of the Lord of Armies will accomplish this.
- Isaiah 11:1Then a shoot will grow from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots will bear fruit.
- Matthew 22:42“What do you think about the Messiah? Whose son is he?” They replied, “David’s.”
Commentaries on 2 Samuel 7:12
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12The prophet, having detailed God‘s past mercies to David, now passes on to direct prophecy, and that one of the most important in the O d Testament. I will set up the seed - In one sense this mannifestly refers to Solomon, David‘s successor and the builder of the temple. But we have the direct authority of Peter Acts 2:30 for applying it to Christ the seed of David, and His eternal kingdom; and the title the Son of David given to the Messiah in the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-17Verses 4-17 Blessings are promised to the family and posterity of David. These promises relate to Solomon, David's immediate successor, and the royal line of Judah. But they also relate to Christ, who is often called David and the Son of David. To him God gave all power in heaven and earth, with authority to execute judgment. He was to build the gospel temple, a house for God's name; the spiritual temple of true believers, to be a habitation of God…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-13He will build a house for My Name: David's son Solomon would build the temple. David's personal involvement in wars and bloodshed disqualified him from building God's temple (1 Chronicles 22:8–9).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-174-17. it came to pass that night, that the word of the Lord came unto Nathan--The command was given to the prophet on the night immediately following; that is, before David could either take any measures or incur any expenses.Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Samuel 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
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