2 Samuel 7:12
When your days are fulfilled and you lie down [in death] with your fathers (ancestors), I will raise up your descendant after you, who shall be born to you, and I will establish his kingdom.
1 Kings 8:20
Now the Lord has fulfilled His word which He spoke; I have risen in the place of my father David and have taken my seat on the throne of Israel, just as the Lord promised, and have built the house (temple) for the Name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
1 Kings 2:1
When David’s time to die approached, he gave instructions to Solomon his son, saying,
Deuteronomy 31:16
The Lord said to Moses, “Behold, you are about to lie down [in death] with your fathers; and this people will arise and
Acts 13:36
For David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep and was buried among his fathers and experienced decay [in the grave];
1 Kings 1:21
Otherwise it will come about when my lord the king lies down [in death] with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be considered
1 Chronicles 17:11
And it shall come to pass that when your days are completed and you must go to be with your fathers [in death], I will raise up one of your descendants after you, one of your own sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
Psalm 132:11-12
The Lord swore to David
A truth from which He will not turn back:
“One of your
Isaiah 9:7
There shall be no end to the increase of His government and of peace,
[He shall rule] on the throne of David and over his kingdom,
To establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness
From that time forward and forevermore.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will accomplish this.
Isaiah 11:10
Then in that day
The nations will make supplications to the Root of Jesse
Who will stand as a signal for the peoples;
And His resting place will be glorious.
Genesis 15:4
Then behold, the word of the Lord came to him, saying, “This man [Eliezer] will not be your heir but he who shall come from your own body shall be your heir.”
Psalm 89:29
“His descendants I will establish forever,
And his throne [will endure] as the days of heaven.
Isaiah 11:1-3
And a Branch from his roots will bear fruit.
Daniel 12:2
Many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake (resurrect), these to everlasting life, but some to disgrace and everlasting contempt (abhorrence).
Matthew 22:42-44
Acts 2:30
And so, being a prophet and knowing fully that God had sworn to him with an oath that He would seat one of his descendants on his throne,
1 Corinthians 15:51
Listen very carefully, I tell you a mystery [a secret truth decreed by God and previously hidden, but now revealed]; we will not all sleep [in death], but we will all be [completely] changed [wondrously transformed],
1 Thessalonians 4:14
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again [as in fact He did], even so God [in this same way—by raising them from the dead] will bring with Him those [believers] who have fallen asleep in Jesus.
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And when
Sleep
I will set
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And when
Sleep
I will set
“His descendants I will establish forever,
And his throne [will endure] as the days of heaven.
The Lord swore to David
A truth from which He will not turn back:
“One of your
There shall be no end to the increase of His government and of peace,
[He shall rule] on the throne of David and over his kingdom,
To establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness
From that time forward and forevermore.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will accomplish this.
And a Branch from his roots will bear fruit.
General references
I will establish your seed forever
And I will build up your throne for all generations.”