And when your days are fulfilled and you go to be with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom.
Parallel translations
- WEB It will happen, when your days are fulfilled that you must go to be with your fathers, that I will set up your offspring after you, who will be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
- 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.
- 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.
- NASB When your days are fulfilled that you must go to be with your fathers, then I will set up one of your descendants after you, who will be from your sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
- NLT For when you die and join your ancestors, I will raise up one of your descendants, one of your sons, and I will make his kingdom strong.
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Quick answer
When David dies, God will raise up his offspring and establish his kingdom. God promises a son who will continue David's throne.
Overview
God foretells that after David's death He will set up David's descendant and secure his rule. Immediately this points to Solomon, yet the language reaches beyond him. The promise of an established kingdom through David's offspring finds its ultimate fulfillment in Christ, the everlasting King from David's line.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 15
- Ps 132:11The LORD swore an oath to David, a promise He will not revoke: “One of your descendants I will place on your throne.
- 2 Sam 7:12–13And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.
- Jer 23:5–6Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
- Rom 1:3–4regarding His Son, who was a descendant of David according to the flesh,
- 1 Chr 29:28He died at a ripe old age, full of years, riches, and honor, and his son Solomon reigned in his place.
- 1 Kgs 1:21Otherwise, when my lord the king rests with his fathers, I and my son Solomon will be counted as criminals.”
- 2 Sam 12:24–25Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and he went to her and lay with her. So she gave birth to a son, and they named him Solomon. Now the LORD loved the child
- 1 Chr 29:15For we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.
- 1 Chr 28:5And of all my sons—for the LORD has given me many sons—He has chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.
- 1 Kgs 2:10Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.
- 1 Kgs 8:20Now the LORD has fulfilled the word that He spoke. I have succeeded my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built the house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
- Gen 15:15You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.
- Acts 13:36For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep. His body was buried with his fathers and saw decay.
- Acts 2:29Brothers, I can tell you with confidence that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
- Deut 31:16And the LORD said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake Me and break the covenant I have made with them.
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