2 Samuel 7:12-13

7:12 When the time comes for you to die, ¹  I will raise up your descendant, one of your own sons, to succeed you, ²  and I will establish his kingdom. 7:13 He will build a house for my name, and I will make his dynasty permanent. ³ 

2 Samuel 7:29

7:29 Now be willing to bless your servant’s dynasty ⁴  so that it may stand permanently before you, for you, O sovereign Lord, have spoken. By your blessing may your servant’s dynasty be blessed on into the future!” ⁵ 

¹ tn Heb, “when your days are full and you lie down with your ancestors.”

² tn Heb “your seed after you who comes out from your insides.”

³ tn Heb “and I will establish the throne of his kingdom permanently.”

⁴ tn Heb “house” (again later in this verse). See the note on “dynastic house” in v. 27.

⁵ tn Or “permanently”; cf. NLT “it is an eternal blessing.”