16 (A)Your house and your kingdom shall endure before [a]Me forever; your throne shall be established forever.”’”

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  1. 2 Samuel 7:16 As in LXX and some ancient mss; MT you

16 Your house and your kingdom will endure forever before me[a]; your throne(A) will be established(B) forever.(C)’”

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

so that (A)the Lord may fulfill His [a]promise which He spoke regarding me, saying, ‘(B)If your sons are careful about their way, (C)to walk before Me in [b]truth with all their heart and all their soul, [c](D)you shall not be deprived of a man to occupy the throne of Israel.’

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  1. 1 Kings 2:4 Lit word
  2. 1 Kings 2:4 Or faithfulness
  3. 1 Kings 2:4 Lit there shall not be cut off to you a man from upon

and that the Lord may keep his promise(A) to me: ‘If your descendants watch how they live, and if they walk faithfully(B) before me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’

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25 Now then, Lord, God of Israel, keep with Your servant David my father that which You have [a]promised him, saying, ‘[b](A)You shall not be deprived of a man to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your sons are careful about their way, to walk before Me as you have walked.’

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  1. 1 Kings 8:25 Lit spoken to
  2. 1 Kings 8:25 Lit There shall not be cut off to you a man from before Me

25 “Now Lord, the God of Israel, keep for your servant David my father the promises(A) you made to him when you said, ‘You shall never fail to have a successor to sit before me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants are careful in all they do to walk before me faithfully as you have done.’

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11 When your days are fulfilled that you must [a]go to be with your fathers, then I will set up one of your [b]descendants after you, who will be from your sons; and I will establish his kingdom. 12 He shall build for Me a house, and I will establish his throne forever. 13 (A)I will be his father and he shall be My son; and I will not take My favor away from him, (B)as I took it from him who was before you. 14 But I will settle him in My house and in My kingdom forever, and his throne will be established forever.”’”

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  1. 1 Chronicles 17:11 I.e., die
  2. 1 Chronicles 17:11 Lit seed

11 When your days are over and you go to be with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom. 12 He is the one who will build(A) a house for me, and I will establish his throne forever.(B) 13 I will be his father,(C) and he will be my son.(D) I will never take my love away from him, as I took it away from your predecessor. 14 I will set him over my house and my kingdom forever; his throne(E) will be established forever.(F)’”

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29 So I will establish his [a](A)descendants forever,
And his (B)throne (C)as the days of heaven.

30 “If his sons (D)abandon My Law
And do not walk in My judgments,
31 If they [b]violate My statutes
And do not keep My commandments,
32 Then I will punish their wrongdoing with the (E)rod,
And their guilt with [c]afflictions.
33 But I will not [d]withhold (F)My favor from him,
Nor deal falsely in My faithfulness.
34 I will not [e]violate My (G)covenant,
Nor will I (H)alter [f]the utterance of My lips.
35 [g]Once I have (I)sworn by My holiness;
I will not lie to David.
36 His [h](J)descendants shall endure forever,
And his (K)throne (L)as the sun before Me.
37 It shall be established forever (M)like the moon,
And a (N)witness in the sky is faithful.” Selah

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  1. Psalm 89:29 Lit seed
  2. Psalm 89:31 Lit profane
  3. Psalm 89:32 Or plagues
  4. Psalm 89:33 Lit break
  5. Psalm 89:34 Lit profane
  6. Psalm 89:34 Lit that which goes forth
  7. Psalm 89:35 Or One thing
  8. Psalm 89:36 Lit seed

29 I will establish his line forever,
    his throne as long as the heavens endure.(A)

30 “If his sons forsake my law
    and do not follow my statutes,
31 if they violate my decrees
    and fail to keep my commands,
32 I will punish their sin with the rod,
    their iniquity with flogging;(B)
33 but I will not take my love from him,(C)
    nor will I ever betray my faithfulness.
34 I will not violate my covenant
    or alter what my lips have uttered.(D)
35 Once for all, I have sworn by my holiness—
    and I will not lie to David—
36 that his line will continue forever
    and his throne endure before me like the sun;(E)
37 it will be established forever like the moon,
    the faithful witness in the sky.”(F)

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