Your house and kingdom will endure forever before Me, and your throne will be established forever.”
Parallel translations
- WEB Your house and your kingdom will be made sure forever before you. Your throne will be established forever.”’”
- KJV And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.
- NKJV And your house and your kingdom shall be established forever before you. Your throne shall be established forever.” ’ ”
- NASB Your house and your kingdom shall endure before Me forever; your throne shall be established forever.” ’ ”
- NLT Your house and your kingdom will continue before me for all time, and your throne will be secure forever.’”
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Quick answer
God promised David that his house, kingdom, and throne would be established forever. This is the climactic pledge of the Davidic covenant.
Overview
The repeated word 'forever' signals a promise that outruns any merely human dynasty, which historically ended in exile. The New Testament resolves the tension by identifying Jesus, the eternal Son of David, as the One in whom the throne is established forever (Luke 1:32-33). David's everlasting kingdom is finally realized in the reign of Christ.
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- 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 89:36–37his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,
- 2 Sam 7:13He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
- Isa 9:7Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.
- Gen 49:10The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.
- Dan 7:14And He was given dominion, glory, and kingship, that the people of every nation and language should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and His kingdom is one that will never be destroyed.
- Ps 45:6Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.
- Dan 2:44In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will shatter all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, but will itself stand forever.
- 1 Chr 17:13–14I will be his Father, and he will be My son. And I will never remove My loving devotion from him as I removed it from your predecessor.
- Rev 11:15Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.”
- Heb 1:8But about the Son He says: “Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.
- John 12:34The crowd replied, “We have heard from the Law that the Christ will remain forever. So how can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?”
- 2 Kgs 19:34‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
- Ps 72:5May they fear him as long as the sun shines, as long as the moon remains, through all generations.
- Ps 72:17–19May his name endure forever; may his name continue as long as the sun shines. In him may all nations be blessed; may they call him blessed.
- Matt 16:18And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
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God's covenant with David — a son whose throne and kingdom would last forever (7:12–16) — finds its yes in Jesus, the Son of David who reigns without end.
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