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

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Study note

Setting — God addresses David following His declaration to grant Israel rest from enemies and establish a dynastic house for him.

The words — The Hebrew יִמְלְא֣וּ (yim.le.'U) literally means they will be completed, and וַ/הֲקִימֹתִ֤י (va./ha.ki.mo.Ti) means I will raise up or establish.

The thread — This promise aligns with the New Testament record of God's oath regarding a descendant on David's throne (Acts 2:30) and the historical accounts of Solomon's accession (1 Kings 2:1) and temple dedication (1 Kings 8:20).

Why it lands — The text states that after David's death God will raise a bodily descendant and establish his kingdom, requiring the reader to track the sequential fulfillment of the covenant and the continuity of the royal line.

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The Hebrew words

כִּ֣י׀kiif יִמְלְא֣וּyim.le.'Uthey will be completed יָמֶ֗יךָya.Mei./khadays/ your וְשָֽׁכַבְתָּ֙ve./sha.khav.Taand/ you will lie down אֶת־'et-with אֲבֹתֶ֔יךָ'a.vo.Tei./khaancestors/ your וַהֲקִימֹתִ֤יva./ha.ki.mo.Tiand/ I will raise up אֶֽת־'et-<obj.>זַרְעֲךָ֙zar.'a./Khaoffspring/ your אַחֲרֶ֔יךָ'a.cha.Rei./khaafter/ you אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.Sherwho יֵצֵ֖אye.Tze'he will come out מִמֵּעֶ֑יךָmi./me.'Ei./khafrom/ inward parts/ your וַהֲכִינֹתִ֖יva./ha.khi.no.Tiand/ I will establish אֶת־'et-<obj.>מַמְלַכְתּֽוֹ׃mam.lakh.T/okingdom/ his

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.

Cross-references

Acts 2:30 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 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 Kings 2:1 As the time drew near for David to die, he charged his son Solomon,
Acts 13:36 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.
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.
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.
Deuteronomy 31:16 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 I have made with them.
Matthew 22:42 “What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is He?” “David’s,” they answered.
1 Kings 1:21 Otherwise, when my lord the king rests with his fathers, I and my son Solomon will be counted as criminals.”
Isaiah 9:7 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 zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.