2 Chronicles 1:9
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9 O Lord God, let your promise to my father David now be fulfilled, for you have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.(A)
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2 Samuel 7:12-16
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12 When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come forth from your body, and I will establish his kingdom.(A) 13 He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.(B) 14 I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me. When he commits iniquity, I will punish him with a rod such as mortals use, with blows inflicted by human beings.(C) 15 But I will not take[a] my steadfast love from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away from before you.(D) 16 Your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me;[b] your throne shall be established forever.”(E)
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Genesis 13:16
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16 I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your offspring also can be counted.(A)
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Psalm 132:11-12
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11 The Lord swore to David a sure oath
from which he will not turn back:
“One of the sons of your body
I will set on your throne.(A)
12 If your sons keep my covenant
and my decrees that I shall teach them,
their sons also, forevermore,
shall sit on your throne.”(B)
Psalm 89:35-37
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35 Once and for all I have sworn by my holiness;
I will not lie to David.(A)
36 His line shall continue forever,
and his throne endure before me like the sun.(B)
37 It shall be established forever like the moon,
an enduring witness in the skies.” Selah
Genesis 22:17
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17 I will indeed bless you, and I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of their enemies,(A)
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1 Chronicles 28:6-7
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6 He said to me, ‘It is your son Solomon who shall build my house and my courts, for I have chosen him to be a son to me, and I will be a father to him.(A) 7 I will establish his kingdom forever, if he continues resolute in keeping my commandments and my ordinances, as he is today.’(B)
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1 Chronicles 17:23-27
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23 And now, O Lord, as for the word that you have spoken concerning your servant and concerning his house, let it be established forever, and do as you have promised. 24 Thus your name will be established and magnified forever in the saying, ‘The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, is Israel’s God,’ and the house of your servant David will be established in your presence.(A) 25 For you, my God, have revealed to your servant that you will build a house for him; therefore your servant has found it possible to pray before you. 26 And now, O Lord, you are God, and you have promised this good thing to your servant; 27 therefore may it please you to bless the house of your servant so that it may continue forever before you. For you, O Lord, have blessed and are blessed[a] forever.”
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- 17.27 Or and it is blessed
1 Chronicles 17:11-14
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11 When your days are fulfilled to go to be with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring after you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom. 12 He shall build a house for me, and I will establish his throne forever. 13 I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me. I will not take my steadfast love from him, as I took it from him who was before you,(A) 14 but I will confirm him in my house and in my kingdom forever, and his throne shall be established forever.”(B)
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1 Kings 3:7-8
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7 And now, O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in place of my father David, although I am only a little child; I do not know how to go out or come in.(A) 8 And your servant is in the midst of the people whom you have chosen, a great people so numerous they cannot be numbered or counted.(B)
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2 Samuel 7:25-29
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25 And now, O Lord God, as for the word that you have spoken concerning your servant and concerning his house, confirm it forever; do as you have promised. 26 Thus your name will be magnified forever in the saying, ‘The Lord of hosts is God over Israel,’ and the house of your servant David will be established before you.(A) 27 For you, O Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, have made this revelation to your servant, saying, ‘I will build you a house’; therefore your servant has found courage to pray this prayer to you.(B) 28 And now, O Lord God, you are God, and your words are true, and you have promised this good thing to your servant;(C) 29 now, therefore, may it please you to bless the house of your servant so that it may continue forever before you, for you, O Lord God, have spoken, and with your blessing shall the house of your servant be blessed forever.”(D)
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Numbers 23:10
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10 Who can count the dust of Jacob
or number the dust cloud[a] of Israel?
Let me die the death of the upright,
and let my end be like his!”(A)
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