I will confirm him as king over my house and my kingdom for all time, and his throne will be secure forever.’”
Parallel translations
- WEB but I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom forever. His throne will be established forever.”’”
- KJV But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.
- BSB But I will set him over My house and My kingdom forever, and his throne will be established forever.”
- NKJV And I will establish him in My house and in My kingdom forever; and his throne shall be established forever.” ’ ”
- NASB But I will settle him in My house and in My kingdom forever, and his throne will be established forever.” ’ ”
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Quick answer
God will set him in His house and kingdom forever, with a throne established eternally. The promise reaches beyond any earthly king to an everlasting reign.
Overview
God declares that David's offspring will be established forever in God's own house and kingdom. The repeated emphasis on forever and the linking of the throne to God's kingdom point past Solomon. This promise is fulfilled in Jesus Christ, the Son of David, whose eternal reign over God's kingdom has no end.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Ps 89:36His offspring will endure forever, his throne like the sun before me.
- Luke 1:32–33He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father, David,
- Ps 72:17His name endures forever. His name continues as long as the sun. Men shall be blessed by him. All nations will call him blessed.
- Heb 3:6but Christ is faithful as a Son over his house; whose house we are, if we hold fast our confidence and the glorying of our hope firm to the end.
- Ps 2:6“Yet I have set my King on my holy hill of Zion.”
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