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1 Chronicles 17:12
12He is the man who will build a house for me. And I will cause his descendants to rule as kings for ever.
1 Chronicles 17:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever.
- New International Version (NIV)He is the one who will build a house for me, and I will establish his throne forever.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He shall build a house for me, and I will establish his throne forever.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He shall build Me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.
Context of 1 Chronicles 17:12
10from the time that I chose leaders to rule my people Israel. But now I will cause all your enemies to be weak. I say to you, David: the Lord will give you descendants who will rule as kings after you. That will be the royal house that I build for you. 11When you die, people will bury you in the grave of your ancestors. Then I will choose your descendant, one of your own sons, to become king. I will make his kingdom strong. He is the man who will build a house for me. And I will cause his descendants to rule as kings for ever. 13I will be his father and he will be my son. I will never remove my faithful love from him, as I took it away from the king who ruled before you. 14I will cause him to rule my people and my kingdom for ever. Someone from his family will always be king.” ’
Read all of 1 Chronicles 171 Chronicles 17:12 word by word
ה֥וּא יִבְנֶה־לִּ֖י בָּ֑יִת וְכֹנַנְתִּ֥י אֶת־כִּסְא֖וֹ עַד־עוֹלָֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 17:12
- 1 Chronicles 22:9But you will have a son who will be a man who lives in peace. I will cause all his enemies to leave him in peace. Yes, his name will be Solomon. While he is king, I will cause Israel to enjoy peace. I will keep them safe from their enemies.
- 1 Chronicles 28:6The Lord said to me, “Your son Solomon will build my temple and the yards around it. I have chosen him to become my son. And I will become his father.
- 1 Kings 5:5So I have decided to build a temple to give honour to the Lord my God. The Lord said to my father David, “I will put your son on your throne to rule as king after you. He will build a temple for people to give honour to my name.”
- 2 Chronicles 3:1Then Solomon began to build the Lord's temple in Jerusalem. He built it on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had shown himself to his father David. David had prepared a place for the temple there, at the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
- Ezra 5:11This is the answer that they gave to us: ‘We are servants of the God who rules heaven and earth. A great king of Israel built this temple and finished it many years ago. Now we are building it again.
- Zechariah 6:12Say to Joshua, “The Lord Almighty says, ‘I have chosen a man. His name is the Branch. He will be a great man and he will build the house of the Lord.
- John 2:19Jesus answered them, ‘If you destroy this house of God, I will build it up again in three days.’
- Acts 7:47But it was David's son, Solomon, who built a house for God.
- Colossians 2:9The whole nature of God himself lives in Christ, in his human body.
- Psalms 89:4“Someone from your family will always be king. They will rule for ever.” ’ Selah.
- Isaiah 9:7His authority to rule will be very great. The peace that he brings will never have an end. He will rule as king over David's kingdom. He will make it strong and safe, because he will do what is right and fair. He will rule like that now and for ever. The Lord Almighty will make those things happen, because he loves his people.
- Daniel 2:44During the time when those kings rule, the God of heaven will begin a new kingdom. That kingdom will continue for ever. No other people will ever have power over it. It will break up all those other kingdoms and it will destroy them. And it will continue for ever.
- 1 Corinthians 15:25Christ himself must rule as king until he has won against all his enemies.
- Revelation 11:15The seventh angel made a sound with his trumpet. Then there was the sound of loud voices in heaven. They shouted: ‘Our Lord God and his Messiah now have all authority! The whole world has become their kingdom. God will rule as King for ever!’
Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 17:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12I will establish his throne for ever - David was a type of Christ; and concerning him the prophecy is literally true. See Isaiah 9:7, where there is evidently the same reference.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12Building the temple was a key part of God's kingdom on earth. Solomon built the temple (2 Chronicles 2–7) and fulfilled this promise.Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 17
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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