Bible Cross References
Howbeit
1 Kings 11:39
Because of Solomon's sin I will punish the descendants of David, but not for all time.' "
2 Samuel 7:15
But I will not withdraw my support from him as I did from Saul, whom I removed so that you could be king.
2 Samuel 7:16
You will always have descendants, and I will make your kingdom last forever. Your dynasty will never end.' "
1 Chronicles 17:13
I will be his father, and he will be my son. I will not withdraw my support from him as I did from Saul, whom I removed so that you could be king.
1 Chronicles 17:14
I will put him in charge of my people and my kingdom forever. His dynasty will never end.' "
Psalm 89:33-37
33
But I will not stop loving David or fail to keep my promise to him.
34
I will not break my covenant with him or take back even one promise I made him.
35
"Once and for all I have promised by my holy name: I will never lie to David.
36
He will always have descendants, and I will watch over his kingdom as long as the sun shines.
37
It will be as permanent as the moon, that faithful witness in the sky."
one tribe
1 Kings 11:35
I will take the kingdom away from Solomon's son and will give you ten tribes,
1 Kings 11:36
but I will let Solomon's son keep one tribe, so that I will always have a descendant of my servant David ruling in Jerusalem, the city I have chosen as the place where I am worshiped.
1 Kings 12:20
When the people of Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned from Egypt, they invited him to a meeting of the people and made him king of Israel. Only the tribe of Judah remained loyal to David's descendants.
for David
1 Kings 11:11
and said to him, "Because you have deliberately broken your covenant with me and disobeyed my commands, I promise that I will take the kingdom away from you and give it to one of your officials.
1 Kings 11:12
However, for the sake of your father David I will not do this in your lifetime, but during the reign of your son.
1 Kings 11:32
Solomon will keep one tribe for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city I have chosen to be my own from the whole land of Israel.
Deuteronomy 9:5
It is not because you are good and do what is right that the LORD is letting you take their land. He will drive them out because they are wicked and because he intends to keep the promise that he made to your ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
2 Kings 13:23
but the LORD was kind and merciful to them. He would not let them be destroyed, but helped them because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He has never forgotten his people.
2 Kings 19:34
I will defend this city and protect it, for the sake of my own honor and because of the promise I made to my servant David.' "
Psalm 89:49
Lord, where are the former proofs of your love? Where are the promises you made to David?
Psalm 132:1
LORD, do not forget David and all the hardships he endured.
Psalm 132:17
Here I will make one of David's descendants a great king; here I will preserve the rule of my chosen king.
Isaiah 9:7
His royal power will continue to grow; his kingdom will always be at peace. He will rule as King David's successor, basing his power on right and justice, from now until the end of time. The LORD Almighty is determined to do all this.
Jeremiah 33:17-26
17
I, the LORD, promise that there will always be a descendant of David to be king of Israel
18
and that there will always be priests from the tribe of Levi to serve me and to offer burnt offerings, grain offerings, and sacrifices."
19
The LORD said to me,
20
"I have made a covenant with the day and with the night, so that they always come at their proper times; and that covenant can never be broken.
21
In the same way I have made a covenant with my servant David that he would always have a descendant to be king, and I have made a covenant with the priests from the tribe of Levi that they would always serve me; and those covenants can never be broken.
22
I will increase the number of descendants of my servant David and the number of priests from the tribe of Levi, so that it will be as impossible to count them as it is to count the stars in the sky or the grains of sand on the seashore."
23
The LORD said to me,
24
"Have you noticed how people are saying that I have rejected Israel and Judah, the two families that I chose? And so they look with contempt on my people and no longer consider them a nation.
25
But I, the LORD, have a covenant with day and night, and I have made the laws that control earth and sky.
26
And just as surely as I have done this, so I will maintain my covenant with Jacob's descendants and with my servant David. I will choose one of David's descendants to rule over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will be merciful to my people and make them prosperous again."
Luke 1:32
He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High God. The Lord God will make him a king, as his ancestor David was,
Luke 1:33
and he will be the king of the descendants of Jacob forever; his kingdom will never end!"
for Jerusalem's
Deuteronomy 12:5
Out of the territory of all your tribes the LORD will choose the one place where the people are to come into his presence and worship him.
Deuteronomy 12:11
The LORD will choose a single place where he is to be worshiped, and there you must bring to him everything that I have commanded: your sacrifices that are to be burned and your other sacrifices, your tithes and your offerings, and those special gifts that you have promised to the LORD.
2 Kings 21:4
He built pagan altars in the Temple, the place that the LORD had said was where he should be worshiped.
2 Kings 23:27
The LORD said, "I will do to Judah what I have done to Israel: I will banish the people of Judah from my sight, and I will reject Jerusalem, the city I chose, and the Temple, the place I said was where I should be worshiped."
Psalm 132:13
The LORD has chosen Zion; he wants to make it his home:
Psalm 132:14
"This is where I will live forever; this is where I want to rule.
Isaiah 14:32
How shall we answer the messengers that come to us from Philistia? We will tell them that the LORD has established Zion and that his suffering people will find safety there.
Isaiah 62:1
I will speak out to encourage Jerusalem; I will not be silent until she is saved, And her victory shines like a torch in the night.
Isaiah 62:7
They must give him no rest until he restores Jerusalem And makes it a city the whole world praises.
Jeremiah 33:15
At that time I will choose as king a righteous descendant of David. That king will do what is right and just throughout the land.
Jeremiah 33:16
The people of Judah and of Jerusalem will be rescued and will live in safety. The city will be called 'The LORD Our Salvation.'