2 Samuel 7:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.

And when

1 Kings 2:1

1 Kings 8:20

Sleep

I will set

General references

1 Kings 1:26

1 Kings 8:19

Psalm 89:4

Bible References

And when

Now the days of David drew near that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,

And the LORD has performed his word that he spoke, and I am risen up in the place of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built a house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

Sleep

And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, you shall sleep with your fathers; and this people will rise up, and go play the harlot after the gods of the strangers of the land, where they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.

Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.

And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell asleep, and was laid with his fathers, and saw corruption:

Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also who sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

I will set

And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be your heir; but he that shall come forth out of your own body shall be your heir.

And it shall come to pass, when your days are ended that you must go to be with your fathers, that I will raise up your descendant after you, who shall be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom.

His descendants also will I make to endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

The LORD has sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of your body will I set upon your throne.

Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth even forever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.

And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:

Saying, What think you of Christ? whose son is he? They said unto him, The son of David.

Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of his descendants, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;

General references

But me, even me your servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and your servant Solomon, has he not invited.

Nevertheless you shall not build the house; but your son that shall be born of your body, he shall build the house unto my name.

Your seed will I establish forever, and build up your throne to all generations. Selah.