1 Chronicles 17:12 “He will build a house for Me, and I will establish his throne forever.”

1 Chronicles 17:12

He will build a house for Me, and I will establish his throne forever.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever.

World English Bible

He will build me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.

American Standard Version

He shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne for ever.

Geneva Bible 1599

He shall builde me an house, and I will stablish his throne for euer.

Darby Translation

It is he who shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne for ever.

Young's Literal Translation

he doth build for Me a house, and I have established his throne unto the age;

Bible in Basic English

He will be the builder of my house, and I will make the seat of his authority certain for ever.

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Cross references

“He shall”

1 Kings 5:5 1 Chronicles 28:6–10 2 Chronicles 3:1–4 Ezra 5:11 John 2:19–21 Colossians 2:9

1 Kings 5:5 · BSB

So behold, I plan to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God, according to what the LORD said to my father David: ‘I will put your son on your throne in your place, and he will build the house for My Name.’

1 Chronicles 28:6–10 · BSB

And He said to me, ‘Solomon your son is the one who will build My house and My courts, for I have chosen him as My son, and I will be his Father.

2 Chronicles 3:1–4 · BSB

Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Ezra 5:11 · BSB

And this is the answer they returned: “We are servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the temple that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and completed.

John 2:19–21 · BSB

Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.”

Colossians 2:9 · BSB

For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity dwells in bodily form.

“I will”

Isaiah 9:7 Daniel 2:44 Revelation 11:15 Psalm 89:4 Psalm 89:29 1 Corinthians 15:25

Isaiah 9:7 · BSB

Of 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…

Daniel 2:44 · BSB

In 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…

Revelation 11:15 · BSB

Then 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.”

Psalm 89:4 · BSB

‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’” Selah

Psalm 89:29 · BSB

I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.

1 Corinthians 15:25 · BSB

For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11And when your days are fulfilled and you go to be with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom.

13I 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.

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