God’s Word Translation
1 Chronicles 17:11
11“ ‘When the time comes for you to go and be with your ancestors, I will send one of your descendants. He will be one of your sons. I will establish his kingdom.
1 Chronicles 17:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
- New International Version (NIV)When your days are over and you go to be with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom.
- English Standard Version (ESV)When your days are fulfilled to walk with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And it shall be, when your days are fulfilled, when you must go to be with your fathers, that I will set up your seed after you, who will be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
Context of 1 Chronicles 17:11
9I will make a place for my people Israel and plant them there. They will live in their own place and not be troubled anymore. The wicked will no longer frighten them as they used to do 10ever since I appointed judges to rule my people Israel. I will crush all your enemies. I even tell you that I, the Lord, will build a house for you. “ ‘When the time comes for you to go and be with your ancestors, I will send one of your descendants. He will be one of your sons. I will establish his kingdom. 12He will build a house for me, and I will establish his throne forever. 13I will be his Father, and he will be my Son. And I will never stop showing him my love as I did to your predecessor.
Read all of 1 Chronicles 171 Chronicles 17:11 word by word
וְהָיָ֗ה כִּֽי־מָלְא֤וּ יָמֶ֙יךָ֙ לָלֶ֣כֶת עִם־אֲבֹתֶ֔יךָ וַהֲקִֽימוֹתִ֤י אֶֽת־זַרְעֲךָ֙ אַחֲרֶ֔יךָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר יִהְיֶ֖ה מִבָּנֶ֑יךָ וַהֲכִינוֹתִ֖י אֶת־מַלְכוּתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And it shall come to pass, when thy daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
- be expiredמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390
- that thou must goיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
- with thy fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1
- that I will raise upקוּםqûm · to arise: establishH6965
- thy seedזֶ֫רַעzera‛ · seed: childrenH2233
- afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
- thee, which shall be of thy sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
- and I will establishכּוּןkûn · to establish: establishH3559
- his kingdomמַלְכוּתmalkûth malkûth malkûyâh · royaltyH4438
Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 17:11
- 1 Chronicles 29:15To you we are all like our ancestors— foreigners without permanent homes. Our days are as fleeting as shadows on the ground. There’s no hope ⌞for them⌟.
- Acts 13:36After doing God’s will by serving the people of his time, David died. He was laid to rest with his ancestors, but his body decayed.
- Genesis 15:15But you will die in peace and be buried at a very old age.
- Deuteronomy 31:16The Lord said to Moses, “Soon you are going to lie down in death with your ancestors. When these people enter the land and are living among the foreigners there, they will chase after foreign gods as though they were prostitutes. They will abandon me and reject the promise I made to them.
- 1 Kings 1:21Otherwise, my son Solomon and I will be treated like criminals when you lie down in death with your ancestors.”
- 1 Kings 2:10David lay down in death with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David.
- Acts 2:29“Brothers, I can tell you confidently that our ancestor David died and was buried and that his tomb is here to this day.
- 1 Chronicles 28:5And of all my sons (the Lord has given me many sons) he chose my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the Lord’s kingdom to rule Israel.
- 2 Samuel 7:12“ ‘When the time comes for you to lie down in death with your ancestors, I will send one of your descendants, ⌞one⌟ who will come from you. I will establish his kingdom.
- 2 Samuel 12:24Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba. He went to bed with her, and she later gave birth to a son. David named him Solomon. The Lord loved the child
- 1 Kings 8:20The Lord has kept the promise he made. I have taken my father David’s place, and I sit on the throne of Israel as the Lord promised. I’ve built the temple for the name of the Lord God of Israel.
- Psalms 132:11The Lord swore an oath to David. This is a truth he will not take back: “I will set one of your own descendants on your throne.
- Jeremiah 23:5“The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will grow a righteous branch for David. He will be a king who will rule wisely. He will do what is fair and right in the land.
- Romans 1:3This Good News is about his Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. In his human nature he was a descendant of David.
Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 17:11
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-14David wanted to build a temple for the Lord. Instead, the Lord promised to build a dynasty for David. Creating David's eternal dynasty was key to God's plan to establish his rule on earth.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. I will raise up thy seed--(See on 2Sa 7:12).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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