1 Chronicles 17:11

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.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — God addresses David during the night vision recorded in 1 Chronicles 17. The declaration follows the immediate context of God promising to subdue David’s enemies and build him a house.

The words — The Hebrew מָלְא֤וּ (mal.'U) literally means "they have been completed," describing the expiration of David’s lifespan. The verb וַ/הֲקִֽימוֹתִ֤י (va./ha.ki.mo.Ti) translates as "and I will raise up," denoting God’s active initiation of the successor’s rule.

The thread — The identical succession formula appears in 2 Samuel 7:12, where the parallel Davidic covenant narrative records the same promise. The motif reappears in Psalms 132:11 and Jeremiah 23:5 as a recurring royal pledge.

Why it lands — The text states that God will personally establish the kingdom of David’s son after David dies. It requires the reader to acknowledge that dynastic continuity depends on divine action rather than human effort.

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The Hebrew words

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King James Version

And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.

Cross-references

Psalms 132:11 The LORD swore an oath to David, a promise He will not revoke: “One of your descendants I will place on your throne.
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.
Jeremiah 23:5 Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
Romans 1:3 regarding His Son, who was a descendant of David according to the flesh,
Genesis 15:15 You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.
2 Samuel 12:24 Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and he went to her and lay with her. So she gave birth to a son, and they named him Solomon. Now the LORD loved the child
1 Kings 1:21 Otherwise, when my lord the king rests with his fathers, I and my son Solomon will be counted as criminals.”
1 Kings 2:10 Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.
1 Kings 8:20 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 Chronicles 28:5 And of all my sons—for the LORD has given me many sons—He has chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.