2 Samuel 7:12 “And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I wil…”

2 Samuel 7:12

And 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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.

World English Bible

When your days are fulfilled and you sleep with your fathers, I will set up your offspring after you, who will proceed out of your body, and I will establish his kingdom.

American Standard Version

When thy days are fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, that shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.

Geneva Bible 1599

And when thy daies bee fulfilled, thou shalt sleepe with thy fathers, and I wil set vp thy seede after thee, which shall proceede out of thy body, and will stablish his kingdome.

Darby Translation

When thy days are fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.

Young's Literal Translation

'When thy days are full, and thou hast lain with thy fathers, then I have raised up thy seed after thee which goeth out from thy bowels, and have established his kingdom;

Bible in Basic English

And when the time comes for you to go to rest with your fathers, I will put in your place your seed after you, the offspring of your body, and I will make his kingdom strong.

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Cross references

“And when”

1 Kings 8:20 1 Kings 2:1

1 Kings 8:20 · BSB

Now the LORD has fulfilled the word that He spoke. I have succeeded my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built the house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

1 Kings 2:1 · BSB

As the time drew near for David to die, he charged his son Solomon,

“sleep”

Acts 13:36 Deuteronomy 31:16 1 Kings 1:21 1 Corinthians 15:51 1 Thessalonians 4:14 Daniel 12:2

Acts 13:36 · BSB

For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep. His body was buried with his fathers and saw decay.

Deuteronomy 31:16 · BSB

And the LORD said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake Me and break the covenant…

1 Kings 1:21 · BSB

Otherwise, when my lord the king rests with his fathers, I and my son Solomon will be counted as criminals.”

1 Corinthians 15:51 · BSB

Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed—

1 Thessalonians 4:14 · BSB

For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him.

Daniel 12:2 · BSB

And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.

“I will set”

Acts 2:30 1 Chronicles 17:11 Matthew 22:42–44 Isaiah 9:7 Isaiah 11:10 Genesis 15:4

Acts 2:30 · BSB

But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that He would place one of his descendants on his throne.

1 Chronicles 17:11 · BSB

And 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.

Matthew 22:42–44 · BSB

“What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is He?” “David’s,” they answered.

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…

Isaiah 11:10 · BSB

On that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples. The nations will seek Him, and His place of rest will be glorious.

Genesis 15:4 · BSB

Then the word of the LORD came to Abram, saying, “This one will not be your heir, but one who comes from your own body will be your heir.”

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

In context

11and have done since the day I appointed judges over My people Israel. I will give you rest from all your enemies. The LORD declares to you that He Himself will establish a house for you.

13He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

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