1 Chronicles 17:12
in 1 Chronicles 17He will build a house for Me, and I will establish his throne forever.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
He shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne for ever.
KJV
He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 17
Commentary
5 notes on this verseI will establish his throne for ever - David was a type of Christ; and concerning him the prophecy is literally true. See Isa 9:7, where there is evidently the same reference.
This site's exposition
I will raise up your descendant after you
on 1 Chronicles 17:11-13
Chronicles lacks the warning of 2 Sam 7:14 that the LORD will discipline this son when he does wrong. Albert Barnes ties this to the book's silence on Solomon's turn to idols in 1 Kings 11. Here “I will never remove My loving devotion from him” stands alone.
This site's exposition
He will build a house
The son of verse 11 will build the LORD's house. Eusebius of Caesarea grants that Solomon built the first temple but asks how a throne forever can fit Solomon alone. Adam Clarke and Matthew Henry read the promise as reaching to Christ, with Clarke citing Isaiah 9:7.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
There is no doubt that Solomon was the son of David and his successor in the kingdom. And he first built the temple of God at Jerusalem, and perhaps the Jews understand him to be the subject of the prophecy. But we may fairly ask them whether the oracle applies to Solomon, which says, "And I will set up his throne for ever," and also where God swore with the affirmation of an oath by his holy one, "The throne of him that is foretold shall be as the sun and the days of heaven."
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Must he confine his thoughts to the temporal prosperity of his family, but must entertain himself with the prospect of the kingdom of the Messiah, who should descend from his loins, and whose throne should be established for evermore,
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
And it will come to pass when your days are finished to go with your forefathers That is to say, do not fear that I will hasten the matter, but when your days are finished, then it will come about, and I shall raise up your seed after you.
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
I shall be to him as a father, and he will be to Me as a son And in Samuel (II:14), it is written: “.. so that when he goes astray, I will chasten him with the rod of men.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 2 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ה֥וּא | hu' | he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| יִבְנֶה־ | yivneh- | he will build | H1129 → | 376 times |
| לִּ֖י | li | for me | ||
| בָּ֑יִת | bayit | a house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| וְכֹנַנְתִּ֥י | vekhonanti | and I will establish | H3559 → | 217 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כִּסְא֖וֹ | kiso | throne his | H3678 → | 135 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| עוֹלָֽם׃ | olam | perpetuity | H5769 → | 438 times |
ה֥וּאhe
hu'H1931 →1879 times
יִבְנֶה־he will build
yivneh-H1129 →376 times
לִּ֖יfor me
li
בָּ֑יִתa house
bayitH1004 →2046 times
וְכֹנַנְתִּ֥יand I will establish
vekhonantiH3559 →217 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
כִּסְא֖וֹthrone his
kisoH3678 →135 times
עַד־until
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
עוֹלָֽם׃perpetuity
olamH5769 →438 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Isaiah 9:7Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness…
it leads to
- Luke 1:32–33
He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David,
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Daniel 2:44
In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will shatter all these kingdoms…
- Psalms 45:4–6
In your splendor ride forth in victory on behalf of truth and humility and justice; may your right hand show your awesome deeds.
- 2 Samuel 7:16
Your house and kingdom will endure forever before Me, and your throne will be established forever.”
- Luke 1:32–33
Through
Revelation 11:15Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign…
it leads to
- Daniel 7:14
And He was given dominion, glory, and kingship, that the people of every nation and language should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and His kingdom is…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Revelation 12:10
And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying: “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ. For the accuser of our…
- Daniel 7:27
Then the sovereignty, dominion, and greatness of the kingdoms under all of heaven will be given to the people, the saints of the Most High. His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all…
- Daniel 7:14
Through
Daniel 2:44In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will shatter all these kingdoms…
it leads to
- Matthew 28:18
Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
- Matthew 28:18
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About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Eusebius of Caesarea, PROOF OF THE GOSPEL 7.3 and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.