2 Samuel 7:12-16

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¹²When 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) ¹³He is the one who will build a house^(D) for my Name,^(E) and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.^(F) ¹⁴I 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. ¹⁵But my love will never be taken away from him,^(J) as I took it away from Saul,^(K) whom I removed from before you. ¹⁶Your house and your kingdom will endure forever before me^[a]; your throne^(L) will be established^(M) forever.^(N)’”

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Footnotes

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

1 Kings 1:28-30

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David Makes Solomon King^(A)

²⁸Then King David said, “Call in Bathsheba.” So she came into the king’s presence and stood before him.

²⁹The king then took an oath: “As surely as the Lord lives, who has delivered me out of every trouble,^(B) ³⁰I will surely carry out this very day what I swore^(C) to you by the Lord, the God of Israel: Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he will sit on my throne in my place.”

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2 Chronicles 21:3

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³Their father had given them many gifts^(A) of silver and gold and articles of value, as well as fortified cities^(B) in Judah, but he had given the kingdom to Jehoram because he was his firstborn son.

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2 Chronicles 21:3 in all English translations

2 Chronicles 21:4

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Jehoram King of Judah^(A)

⁴When Jehoram established^(B) himself firmly over his father’s kingdom, he put all his brothers^(C) to the sword along with some of the officials of Israel.

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2 Chronicles 21:4 in all English translations

Psalm 89:35-37

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³⁵Once for all, I have sworn by my holiness—
    and I will not lie to David—
³⁶that his line will continue forever
    and his throne endure before me like the sun;^(A)
³⁷it will be established forever like the moon,
    the faithful witness in the sky.”^(B)