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)

¹⁶ “Now, Lord, the God of Israel, keep for your servant David my father the promises you made to him when you said, ‘You shall never fail^(A) 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 according to my law,^(B) as you have done.’

¹⁸ I will establish your royal throne, as I covenanted^(A) with David your father when I said, ‘You shall never fail to have a successor^(B) to rule over Israel.’^(C)