12 (A)When your days are complete and you (B)lie down with your fathers, (C)I will raise up your [a]descendant after you, who will come forth from [b]you, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 (D)He shall build a house for My name, and (E)I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. 14 (F)I will be a father to him and he will be a son to Me; (G)when he commits iniquity, I will correct him with the rod of men and the strokes of the sons of men, 15 but My lovingkindness shall not depart from him, (H)as I took it away from Saul, whom I removed from before you. 16 (I)Your house and your kingdom shall endure before [c]Me forever; your throne shall be established forever.”’”

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  1. 2 Samuel 7:12 Lit seed
  2. 2 Samuel 7:12 Lit your bowels
  3. 2 Samuel 7:16 So with Gr and some ancient mss; M.T. you

12 When your days are over and you rest(A) with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, your own flesh and blood,(B) and I will establish his kingdom.(C) 13 He is the one who will build a house(D) for my Name,(E) and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.(F) 14 I will be his father, and he will be my son.(G) When he does wrong, I will punish him(H) with a rod(I) wielded by men, with floggings inflicted by human hands. 15 But my love will never be taken away from him,(J) as I took it away from Saul,(K) whom I removed from before you. 16 Your house and your kingdom will endure forever before me[a]; your throne(L) will be established(M) forever.(N)’”

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  1. 2 Samuel 7:16 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts you