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1 Chronicles 17:12

He is the one who will build a house—a temple—for me. And I will secure his throne forever.
1 Chronicles 17:12 · New Living Translation
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  • WEB He will build me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.
  • KJV He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever.
  • BSB He will build a house for Me, and I will establish his throne forever.
  • NKJV He shall build Me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.
  • NASB He shall build for Me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.

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Quick answer

This son will build God's house, and God will establish his throne forever. The temple-builder's throne is promised eternal permanence.

Overview

God promises that David's son will build the house David longed to build, and that his throne will stand forever. Solomon built the temple, but only Christ's throne is truly eternal. The forever language signals that this covenant points beyond any earthly king to the Messiah's unending reign.

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Cross-references · 16

  • Dan 2:44In the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall its sovereignty be left to another people; but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.
  • Isa 9:7Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, on David’s throne, and on his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from that time on, even forever. The zeal of Yahweh of Armies will perform this.
  • 1 Kgs 5:5Behold, I intend to build a house for the name of Yahweh my God, as Yahweh spoke to David my father, saying, ‘Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place shall build the house for my name.’
  • Acts 7:47–48But Solomon built him a house.
  • Rev 11:15The seventh angel sounded, and great voices in heaven followed, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ. He will reign forever and ever!”
  • 1 Chr 28:6–10He said to me, ‘Solomon, your son, shall build my house and my courts; for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.
  • 1 Chr 22:9–10Behold, a son shall be born to you, who shall be a man of peace. I will give him rest from all his enemies all around; for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness to Israel in his days.
  • Ps 89:36–37His offspring will endure forever, his throne like the sun before me.
  • Ps 89:29I will also make his offspring endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
  • Zech 6:12–13and speak to him, saying, ‘Yahweh of Armies says, “Behold, the man whose name is the Branch: and he shall grow up out of his place; and he shall build Yahweh’s temple;
  • 2 Chr 3:1–4Then Solomon began to build Yahweh’s house at Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where Yahweh appeared to David his father, which he prepared in the place that David had appointed, on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
  • 1 Cor 15:25For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.
  • Ps 89:4‘I will establish your offspring forever, and build up your throne to all generations.’” Selah.
  • Col 2:9For in him all the fullness of the Godhead dwells bodily,
  • Ezra 5:11Thus they returned us answer, saying, “We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and are building the house that was built these many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and finished.
  • John 2:19–21Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”

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Christ at the center

The genealogies and the everlasting covenant with David trace the single thread of promise running through the generations straight to the Christ in whom the line reaches its goal.

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