1 Kings 11:12-13
11:12 However, for your father David’s sake I will not do this while you are alive. I will tear it away from your son’s hand instead.
11:13 But I will not tear away the entire kingdom; I will leave
your son one tribe for my servant David’s sake and for the sake of my chosen city Jerusalem.”
1 Kings 11:36
11:36 I will leave
his son one tribe so my servant David’s dynasty may continue to serve me
in Jerusalem, the city I have chosen as my home.
1 Kings 15:4
15:4 Nevertheless for David’s sake the
Lord his God maintained his dynasty
in Jerusalem by giving him a son
to succeed him
and by protecting Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 23:5-6
23:5 “I, the Lord, promise that a new time will certainly come
when I will raise up for them a righteous branch, a descendant of David.
He will rule over them with wisdom and understanding
and will do what is just and right in the land.
23:6 Under his rule Judah will enjoy safety
and Israel will live in security.
This is the name he will go by:
‘The Lord has provided us with justice.’
Jeremiah 30:9
30:9 But they will be subject to the Lord their God
and to the Davidic ruler whom I will raise up as king over them.
Jeremiah 33:15-16
33:15 In those days and at that time I will raise up for them a righteous descendant
of David.
“‘He will do what is just and right in the land.
33:16 Under his rule Judah will enjoy safety and Jerusalem will live in security. At that time Jerusalem will be called “The Lord has provided us with justice.”
Ezekiel 37:24-25
37:24 “‘My servant David will be king over them; there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow my regulations and carefully observe my statutes.
37:25 They will live in the land I gave to my servant Jacob, in which your fathers lived; they will live in it – they and their children and their grandchildren forever. David my servant will be prince over them forever.