◄ 2 Chronicles 7:18 ►
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Good News Translation
I will keep the promise I made to your father David when I told him that Israel would always be ruled by his descendants.

New Revised Standard Version
then I will establish your royal throne, as I made covenant with your father David saying, ‘You shall never lack a successor to rule over Israel.’

Contemporary English Version
and I will keep my solemn promise to him that someone from your family will always be king of Israel.

New American Bible
I will establish the throne of your kingship as I covenanted with David your father when I said, There shall never be wanting someone from your line as ruler in Israel.

Douay-Rheims Bible
I will raise up the throne of thy kingdom, as I promised to David thy father, saying: There shall not fail thee a man of thy stock to be ruler in Israel.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I will raise up the throne of thy kingdom, as I promised to David thy father, saying: There shall not fail thee a man of thy stock to be ruler in Israel.

stablish

2 Samuel 7:13-16 He shall build a house to my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom fore ever. . . .

as I have

Psalm 89:28-40 I will keep my mercy for him for ever: and my covenant faithful to him. . . .

Psalm 132:11,12 The Lord hath sworn truth to David, and he will not make it void: of the fruit of thy womb I will set upon thy throne. . . .

shall not

1 Kings 9:5 I will establish the throne of thy kingdom over Israel for ever, as I promised David, thy father, saying: There shall not fail a man of thy race upon the throne of Israel.

Jeremiah 33:20,21,25,26 Thus saith the Lord: if my covenant, with the day can be made void, and my covenant with the night, that there should not be day and night in their season: . . .

fail thee [heb] be cut off to thee

2 Chronicles 6:16 Now then, O Lord God of Israel, fulfil to thy servant David my father, whatsoever thou hast promised him, saying: There shall not fail thee a man in my sight, to sit upon the throne of Israel: yet so that thy children take heed to their ways, and walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me.

Context
The LORD's Response to Solomon
…17And as for thee, if thou walk before me, as David thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and keep my justices and my judgments: 18I will raise up the throne of thy kingdom, as I promised to David thy father, saying: There shall not fail thee a man of thy stock to be ruler in Israel.19But if you turn away, and forsake my justices, and my commandments which I have set before you, and shall go and serve strange gods, and adore them,…
Cross References
1 Kings 2:4
That the Lord may confirm his words, which he hath spoken of me, saying: If thy children shall take heed to their ways, and shall walk before me in truth, with all their heart, and with all their soul, there shall not be taken away from thee a man on the throne of Israel.

2 Chronicles 6:16
Now then, O Lord God of Israel, fulfil to thy servant David my father, whatsoever thou hast promised him, saying: There shall not fail thee a man in my sight, to sit upon the throne of Israel: yet so that thy children take heed to their ways, and walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me.

2 Chronicles 7:17
And as for thee, if thou walk before me, as David thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and keep my justices and my judgments:

Jeremiah 33:21
Also my covenant with David my servant may be made void, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne, and with the Levites and priests my ministers.

2 Chronicles 7:17
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