2 Samuel 7:13
New Living Translation
13 He is the one who will build a house—a temple—for my name. And I will secure his royal throne forever.
Luke 1:31-33
New Living Translation
31 You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus. 32 He will be very great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his ancestor David. 33 And he will reign over Israel[a] forever; his Kingdom will never end!”
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- 1:33 Greek over the house of Jacob.
1 Kings 8:19
New Living Translation
19 but you are not the one to do it. One of your own sons will build the Temple to honor me.’
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1 Chronicles 22:9-10
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9 But you will have a son who will be a man of peace. I will give him peace with his enemies in all the surrounding lands. His name will be Solomon,[a] and I will give peace and quiet to Israel during his reign. 10 He is the one who will build a Temple to honor my name. He will be my son, and I will be his father. And I will secure the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.’
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- 22:9 Solomon sounds like and is probably derived from the Hebrew word for “peace.”
1 Kings 5:5
New Living Translation
5 So I am planning to build a Temple to honor the name of the Lord my God, just as he had instructed my father, David. For the Lord told him, ‘Your son, whom I will place on your throne, will build the Temple to honor my name.’
Psalm 89:4
New Living Translation
4 ‘I will establish your descendants as kings forever;
they will sit on your throne from now until eternity.’” Interlude
1 Kings 6:12
New Living Translation
12 “Concerning this Temple you are building, if you keep all my decrees and regulations and obey all my commands, I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father, David.
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Zechariah 6:13
New Living Translation
13 Yes, he will build the Temple of the Lord. Then he will receive royal honor and will rule as king from his throne. He will also serve as priest from his throne,[a] and there will be perfect harmony between his two roles.’
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- 6:13 Or There will be a priest by his throne.
Isaiah 9:7
New Living Translation
7 His government and its peace
will never end.
He will rule with fairness and justice from the throne of his ancestor David
for all eternity.
The passionate commitment of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies
will make this happen!
Psalm 89:36-37
New Living Translation
36 His dynasty will go on forever;
his kingdom will endure as the sun.
37 It will be as eternal as the moon,
my faithful witness in the sky!” Interlude
Psalm 89:29
New Living Translation
29 I will preserve an heir for him;
his throne will be as endless as the days of heaven.
1 Chronicles 17:11-12
New Living Translation
11 For when you die and join your ancestors, I will raise up one of your descendants, one of your sons, and I will make his kingdom strong. 12 He is the one who will build a house—a temple—for me. And I will secure his throne forever.
2 Samuel 7:16
New Living Translation
16 Your house and your kingdom will continue before me[a] for all time, and your throne will be secure forever.’”
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- 7:16 As in Greek version and some Hebrew manuscripts; Masoretic Text reads before you.
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