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 I have now chosen and hallowed this house, that my name may be there for ever; and mine eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually. 17And [as for] thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and mine ordinances; 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. 19But if ye turn away and forsake my statutes and my commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them; 20then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed to my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples.

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

• establishקוּםqûm · to arise: establishH6965
• throneכִּסֵּאkissê' kissêh · throneH3678
• kingdomמַלְכוּתmalkûth malkûth malkûyâh · royaltyH4438
• Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
• sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• ruleמָשַׁלmâshal · to ruleH4910
• Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 7:18

• 2 Samuel 7:13It is he who shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
• Psalms 89:28My loving-kindness will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him;
• Psalms 132:11Jehovah hath sworn [in] truth unto David; he will not turn from it: Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne;
• 1 Kings 9:5then will I establish the throne of thy kingdom over Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.
• Jeremiah 33:20Thus saith Jehovah: If ye can break my covenant [in respect] of the day, and my covenant [in respect] of the night, so that there should not be day and night in their season,
• 2 Chronicles 6:16And now, Jehovah, 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 on the throne of Israel, if only thy sons take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast 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