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2 Samuel 7:12

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.

KJV

Cumque completi fuerint dies tui, et dormieris cum patribus tuis, suscitabo semen tuum post te, quod egredietur de utero tuo, et firmabo regnum ejus.

Vulgate

καὶ ἔσται ἐὰν πληρωθῶσιν αἱ ἡμέραι σου καὶ κοιμηθήσῃ μετὰ τῶν πατέρων σου, καὶ ἀναστήσω τὸ σπέρμα σου μετὰ σὲ ὃς ἔσται ἐκ τῆς κοιλίας σου, καὶ ἑτοιμάσω τὴν βασιλείαν αὐτοῦ·

LXX

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.

ASV

כִּ֣י יִמְלְא֣וּ יָמֶ֗י/ךָ וְ/שָֽׁכַבְתָּ֙ אֶת אֲבֹתֶ֔י/ךָ וַ/הֲקִימֹתִ֤י אֶֽת זַרְעֲ/ךָ֙ אַחֲרֶ֔י/ךָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר יֵצֵ֖א מִ/מֵּעֶ֑י/ךָ וַ/הֲכִינֹתִ֖י אֶת מַמְלַכְתּֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אֶת
't
preposition · 883×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
ו
v
noun · 717×
וֹ
v
noun · 226×
י
y
noun · 32×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יִּשְׁכַּ֤ב
yshkb
verb · 211×
יָּ֣קָם
yqm
verb · 626×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
ם
m
verb · 1071×
מַמְלְכ֣וֹת
mmlkvt
noun · 117×
מָלְאָ֥ה
ml'h
verb · 248×
נָכ֣וֹן
nkvn
verb · 217×

Intertextual echoes

Quoted or echoed by 1 later passage.

  • Luke 1:32 · allusion
    "He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:"
    Samuel: his kingdom will be established forever — Gabriel's annunciation

Themes

Prophecy

Typology

Covenant

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Covers David's reign: his lament over Saul and Jonathan, the capture of Jerusalem, the bringing of the Ark, the Davidic covenant, the sin with Bathsheba, Absalom's rebellion, and David's final years. Josephus treats David as both a military genius and a flawed ruler.

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 17:11 — 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.
  • 1Chr 17:11 — 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.
  • 1Cor 15:51 — Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
  • 1Kgs 1:21 — Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.
  • 1Kgs 2:1 — Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,
  • 1Kgs 5:5 — And, behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build an house
  • 1Kgs 6:12 — Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which
  • 1Kgs 8:19 — Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name.
  • 1Kgs 8:20 — And the LORD hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built an house for the name of the
  • 1Kgs 9:5 — Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.
  • 1Kgs 15:4 — Nevertheless for David’s sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:
  • 1Thess 4:14 — For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
  • 2Chr 1:9 — Now, O LORD God, let thy promise unto David my father be established: for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.
  • 2Chr 13:5 — Ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?
  • 2Chr 21:7 — Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a light to him and to his sons for ever.
  • 2Chr 23:3 — And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king’s son shall reign, as the LORD hath said of the sons of David.
  • 2Kgs 8:19 — Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant’s sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, and to his children.
  • 2Sam 22:51 — He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.
  • Acts 2:30 — Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;
  • Acts 13:23 — Of this man’s seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus:
  • Acts 13:36 — For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
  • Acts 13:36 — For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
  • Deut 31:16 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, a
  • Deut 31:16 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, a
  • Gen 15:4 — And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.
  • Isa 9:7 — Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even
  • Isa 11:10 — And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.
  • Judg 2:10 — And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.
  • Matt 22:42 — Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The son of David.
  • Ps 31:15 — My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
  • Ps 89:4 — Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.
  • Ps 119:42 — So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.
  • Ps 132:11 — The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.
  • Ps 132:11 — The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.