2 Samuel 7:13
New International Version
He is the one who will build a house for my Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

New Living Translation
He is the one who will build a house—a temple—for my name. And I will secure his royal throne forever.

English Standard Version
He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

Berean Standard Bible
He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

King James Bible
He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.

New King James Version
He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

New American Standard Bible
He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

NASB 1995
“He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

NASB 1977
“He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

Legacy Standard Bible
He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

Amplified Bible
He [is the one who] shall build a house for My Name and My Presence, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

Christian Standard Bible
He is the one who will build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He will build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

American Standard Version
He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he shall build me a house for my name, and I shall establish the throne of his kingdom until eternity

Brenton Septuagint Translation
He shall build for me a house to my name, and I will set up his throne even for ever.

Contemporary English Version
and no one will be able to take his kingdom away from him. He will be the one to build a temple for me.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He shall build a house to my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.

English Revised Version
He shall build an house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He will build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

Good News Translation
He will be the one to build a temple for me, and I will make sure that his dynasty continues forever.

International Standard Version
He will build a Temple dedicated to my Name, and I will make the throne of his kingdom last forever.

JPS Tanakh 1917
He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.

Literal Standard Version
he builds a house for My Name, and I have established the throne of his kingdom for all time.

Majority Standard Bible
He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

New American Bible
He it is who shall build a house for my name, and I will establish his royal throne forever.

NET Bible
He will build a house for my name, and I will make his dynasty permanent.

New Revised Standard Version
He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

New Heart English Bible
He will build a house for my name, and I will establish his throne forever.

Webster's Bible Translation
He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.

World English Bible
He will build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

Young's Literal Translation
He doth build a house for My Name, and I have established the throne of his kingdom unto the age.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
God's Covenant with David
12And 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. 13He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. 14I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.…

Cross References
Luke 1:32
He 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,

Luke 1:33
and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!"

2 Samuel 7:16
Your house and kingdom will endure forever before Me, and your throne will be established forever."

2 Samuel 7:27
For You, O LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, have revealed this to Your servant when You said, 'I will build a house for you.' Therefore Your servant has found the courage to offer this prayer to You.

1 Kings 2:4
and so that the LORD may fulfill His promise to me: 'If your descendants take heed to walk faithfully before Me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.'

1 Kings 2:24
And now, as surely as the LORD lives--the One who established me, who set me on the throne of my father David, and who founded for me a dynasty as He promised--surely Adonijah shall be put to death today!"

1 Kings 2:45
But King Solomon will be blessed and David's throne will remain secure before the LORD forever."


Treasury of Scripture

He shall build an house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.

He shall

1 Kings 5:5
And, behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build an house unto my name.

1 Kings 6:12
Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father:

1 Kings 8:19
Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name.

I will stablish

2 Samuel 7:16
And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.

1 Chronicles 28:7
Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to do my commandments and my judgments, as at this day.

Psalm 89:4,21,29,36,37
Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah…

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2 Samuel 7
1. Nathan, first approving the purpose of David to build God a house
4. After by the word of God forbids him
12. God promises him benefits and blessings in his seed
18. David's prayer and thanksgiving














Verse 13. - I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. The temple which Solomon was to build was the symbol of the new development of Israel, and naturally these words suggest a meaning not unworthy of so great an advance in the accomplishment of the nation's mission. Had we, indeed, only this passage, we might be content to take it in a popular sense, as signifying that, whereas Saul's throne (and subsequently that of the many usurpers in Samaria) had but a brief existence, Solomon's descendants should hold for many centuries undisputed possession of the kingdom of Jerusalem. But in Psalm 89:29 we read, "His (David's) seed will I make to endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven." And again in vers. 36, 37 a continuance is assured to it as lasting as that of the sun and moon. We can scarcely, therefore, be wrong in the conviction that these promises pointed onwards to the establishment of Christ's kingdom, and that the great importance attached to the building of the temple finds its explanation in its relation to him. This full establishment after so long a delay of the Mosaic typical ritual, the addition to it of psalmody, giving it a spiritual side, and making the worship that of the heart, the bestowal of empire, and the rapid development of the people under David and Solomon, were all steps in that wonderful series of special providences which made the Jews fit to be the progeniters of the Messiah, which surrounded him during his ministry with companions capable of understanding and recording his teaching, and provided for him, after his death, missionaries, not merely with zeal enough, but with intellectual gifts sufficient to enable them to persuade both Greece and Rome to listen to tidings so wonderful and mysterious as that God for our salvation had become man. Keil also well points out that the temple was a symbol of Christ's incarnation; for it meant the dwelling of God on earth. "I have surely," says Solomon, "built thee a house of habitation, a place for thee to dwell in forever" (1 Kings 8:13). The same thought was in St. John's mind when he said, "The Word became flesh, and dwelt as in a tabernacle among us" (John 1:14). For the verb used by him, literally "tabernacled," is a comparison between Christ's life on earth, and the dwelling of God in "the tent of meeting." But there is more than this. Christ himself calls his body "the temple" (John 2:19, 21). At the Resurrection he raised up again the temple of his body which the Jews had destroyed, and at the Ascension it was removed from the earth, to be reserved in heaven until his second advent. His reign now is spiritual, and his temple is not a building made with hands, but is the heart of the renewed believer (1 Corinthians 6:19). And this indwelling of Christ in the heart will continue unto the end of the present dispensation. For Christ's indwelling is that also of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 3:16); and the gift of the Spirit continues unto the end of the world. "The Father shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever" (John 14:16).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
He
ה֥וּא (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

will build
יִבְנֶה־ (yiḇ·neh-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1129: To build

a house
בַּ֖יִת (ba·yiṯ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1004: A house

for My name,
לִשְׁמִ֑י (liš·mî)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 8034: A name

and I will establish
וְכֹנַנְתִּ֛י (wə·ḵō·nan·tî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 3559: To be erect

the throne
כִּסֵּ֥א (kis·sê)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3678: Seat of honor, throne

of his kingdom
מַמְלַכְתּ֖וֹ (mam·laḵ·tōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 4467: Kingdom, sovereignty, dominion, reign

forever.
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while


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