Bible Strands
2 Samuel 7:13
He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God speaks to David through Nathan, reversing David's offer to build a temple: it is David's son who will build a house for God's Name, and God will secure that son's throne.
The words — כֹּנַנְתִּי (kōnanṯî), "I will establish," from the root כנן, carries the sense of making firm or making secure, a deliberate act of divine stabilization.
The thread — 1 Kings 8:19 records Solomon's own acknowledgment that his father was not the builder but his son would be; 2 Samuel 7:16 restates the throne as established forever.
Why it lands — The "forever" outlasts Solomon's dynasty, which fell within two generations, so the reader must hold the promise open beyond its first historical fulfillment.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
Cross-references
- Luke 1:31 Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus.
- 1 Kings 8:19 Nevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.’
- 2 Samuel 7:16 Your house and kingdom will endure forever before Me, and your throne will be established forever.”
- 1 Kings 5:5 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 22:9 But a son will be born to you who will be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side; for his name will be Solomon, and I will grant to Israel peace and quiet during his reign.
- Psalms 89:4 ‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’” Selah
- 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.
- 1 Kings 6:12 “As for this temple you are building, if you walk in My statutes, carry out My ordinances, and keep all My commandments by walking in them, I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David.
- Psalms 89:36 his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,
- 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.