Bible Strands
2 Chronicles 7:18
then I will establish your royal throne, as I covenanted with your father David when I said, ‘You will never fail to have a man to rule over Israel.’
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God addresses Solomon at the temple dedication, immediately following the obedience condition in verse 17. The statement serves as the guaranteed outcome if Solomon maintains covenant faithfulness.
The words — The Hebrew verb וַהֲקִימוֹתִי (va-hăqîmōṯî) literally means "I will establish," directly governing כִסֵּא מַלְכוּתֶךָ (kise malkûṯeḵā), "the throne of your kingdom." The text explicitly grounds this action in God’s prior covenant declaration to David.
The thread — This declaration echoes the dynastic promise in 2 Samuel 7:13 and Solomon’s own petition in 2 Chronicles 6:16. Jeremiah 33:20 later treats this same covenant as an unbreakable foundation for Israel’s future.
Why it lands — The text requires Solomon to keep God’s statutes and ordinances to secure the continuation of his royal line. It places the permanence of Israel’s monarchy directly on adherence to divine command rather than human merit.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel.
Cross-references
- 2 Chronicles 6:16 Therefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk in My law as you have walked before Me.’
- 2 Samuel 7:13 He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
- Jeremiah 33:20 “This is what the LORD says: If you can break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night, so that day and night cease to occupy their appointed time,
- 1 Kings 9:5 then I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised your father David when I said, ‘You will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’
- Psalms 89:28 I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast.
- 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.
- Jeremiah 33:25 This is what the LORD says: If I have not established My covenant with the day and the night and the fixed order of heaven and earth,