Tree of Life Version
1 Chronicles 17:12
12He will build a house for Me and I will establish his throne forever.
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 days I ordered judges to be over My people Israel. I will subdue all your enemies.’ “‘Moreover, I declare to you that Adonai will build you a house. 11It will be that when your days are fulfilled to go with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom. He will build a house for Me and I will establish his throne forever. 13I will be a father to him and he will be a son to Me, I will not withdraw My lovingkindness from him, as I withdrew it from the one who ruled before you. 14I will appoint him over My House and My kingdom forever, and his throne will be established forever.’”
Read all of 1 Chronicles 171 Chronicles 17:12 word by word
ה֥וּא יִבְנֶה־לִּ֖י בָּ֑יִת וְכֹנַנְתִּ֥י אֶת־כִּסְא֖וֹ עַד־עוֹלָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 17:12
- 1 Chronicles 22:9Behold, a son will be born to you who will be a man at rest. I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side. His name will be Solomon and I will confer shalom and quietness on Israel in his days.
- 1 Chronicles 28:6“He said to me, ‘Solomon your son will build My House and My courts for I have chosen him to be a son to Me and I will be a father to him.
- 1 Kings 5:5So Judah and Israel lived securely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.
- 2 Chronicles 3:1Then Solomon began to build the House of Adonai in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah—where Adonai appeared to his father David—at the place that David prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
- Ezra 5:11They responded to us saying, ‘We are servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the House that was built many years ago. A great king of Israel built and finished it.
- Zechariah 6:12Then speak to him saying, “Thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot: Behold, a man whose Name is the Branch will branch out from his place and build the Temple of Adonai.
- John 2:19“Destroy this Temple,” Yeshua answered them, “and in three days I will raise it up.”
- Acts 7:47But Solomon built a house for Him.
- Colossians 2:9For all the fullness of Deity lives bodily in Him,
- Psalms 89:4“I have made a covenant with My chosen one. I have sworn to David My servant:
- Isaiah 9:7Adonai sent a word to Jacob, and it fell upon Israel.
- Daniel 2:44“Now in the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will this kingdom be left to another people. It will crush and bring to an end all of these kingdoms. But it will endure forever.
- 1 Corinthians 15:25For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.
- Revelation 11:15Then the seventh angel trumpeted, and there were loud voices in heaven saying, “The kingdom of this world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Anointed One. And He shall reign forever and 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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