1 Chronicles 17:12
Good News Translation
He will be the one to build a temple for me, and I will make sure that his dynasty continues forever.

New Revised Standard Version
He shall build a house for me, and I will establish his throne forever.

Contemporary English Version
and no one will be able to take his kingdom away from him. He will be the one to build a temple for me.

New American Bible
He it is who shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne for ever.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

He shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne for ever.

He shall

1 Chronicles 22:9,10 The son, that shall be born to thee, shall be a most quiet man: for I will make him rest from all his enemies round about: and therefore he shall be called Peaceable: and I will give peace and quietness to Israel all his days. . . .

1 Chronicles 28:6-10 And he said to me: Solomon thy son shall build my house, and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be a father to him. . . .

1 Kings 5:5 Wherefore I purpose to build a temple to the name of the Lord my God, as the Lord spoke to David my father, saying: Thy son, whom I will set upon the throne, in thy place, he shall build a house to my name.

2 Chronicles 3:1-4:22 And Solomon began to build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, in mount Moria, which had been shewn to David his father, in the place which David had prepared in the thrashingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. . . .

Ezra 5:11 And they answered us in these words, saying: We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are building a temple that was built these many years ago, and which a great king of Israel built and set up.

Zechariah 6:12,13 And thou shalt speak to him, saying: Thus saith the Lord of hosts, saying: BEHOLD A MAN, THE ORIENT IS HIS NAME: and under him shall he spring up, and shall build a temple to the Lord. . . .

John 2:19-21 Jesus answered and said to them: Destroy this temple; and in three days I will raise it up. . . .

Acts 7:47,48 But Solomon built him a house, . . .

Colossians 2:9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead corporeally.

I will

Psalm 89:4,29,36,37 Thy seed will I settle for ever. And I will build up thy throne unto generation and generation. . . .

Isaiah 9:7 His empire shall be multiplied, and there shall be no end of peace: he shall sit upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom; to establish it and strengthen it with judgment and with justice, from henceforth and for ever: the zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.

Daniel 2:44 But in the days of those kingdoms, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, and his kingdom shall not be delivered up to another people: and it shall break in pieces, and shall consume all these kingdoms: and itself shall stand for ever.

1 Corinthians 15:25 For he must reign, until he hath put all his enemies under his feet.

Revelation 11:15 And the seventh angel sounded the trumpet: and there were great voices in heaven, saying: The kingdom of this world is become our Lord's and his Christ's, and he shall reign for ever and ever. Amen.

Context
God's Covenant with David
11And when thou shalt have ended thy days to go to thy fathers, I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons: and I will establish his kingdom. 12He shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne for ever.13I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee.…
Cross References
1 Kings 5:5
Wherefore I purpose to build a temple to the name of the Lord my God, as the Lord spoke to David my father, saying: Thy son, whom I will set upon the throne, in thy place, he shall build a house to my name.

1 Kings 8:19
Nevertheless, thou shalt not build me a house, but thy son, that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build a house to my name.

1 Chronicles 17:11
And when thou shalt have ended thy days to go to thy fathers, I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons: and I will establish his kingdom.

1 Chronicles 17:13
I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee.

1 Chronicles 22:10
He shall build a house to my name, and he shall be a son to me, and I will be a father to him: and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.

1 Chronicles 17:11
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