Davidic Covenant

• Also see: Covenants
• Biological Imperative

The Davidic Covenant is outlined in several places in the Hebrew, and is mentioned countless times in prophecy. Here are some key verses discussing the covenant; I will elucidate the “laws of the covenant” in terms of number, although there is no such official thing nor do I claim this is official (and I use it for reference only).

12 When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom.

13 He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.2 Samuel 7:12-13

• 1. A physical descendant of King David will become King (again) in Israel. (2 Samuel 7:12)

• 2. The descendancy must go through the sons (and not the daughters) (2 Samuel 7:12).

• 3. His royal line will exist forever. (2 Samuel 7:13)

• 4. This king will build a temple for the Lord. (2 Samuel 7:13)

11 When your days are fulfilled to walk with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom.

12 He shall build a house for me, and I will establish his throne forever.

13 I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son. I will not take my steadfast love from him, as I took it from him who was before you,

14 but I will confirm him in my house and in my kingdom forever, and his throne shall be established forever.’” 1 Chronicles 17:11–14

• 1b. The king will be a man (a son) of David. (1 Chronicles 17:11–14)

• 4b. shall build the temple (1 Chronicles 17:11–14)

• 5. This King will be granted the title “Son of God”. (1 Chronicles 17:11–14)

• 2b. The descendancy must go through the sons (and not the daughters) (1 Chronicles 17:11–14).

• 1c, 3b, The Royal Line will not depart from among his descendants (for example, as did happen to King Saul, the King before King David). (1 Chronicles 17:11–14)

• 3c. that is, This King's royal line will be established forever. (1 Chronicles 17:11–14)

… 15 who have kept with your servant David my father what you declared to him. You spoke with your mouth, and with your hand have fulfilled it this day.

16 Now therefore, O Lord, God of Israel, keep for your servant David my father what you have promised him, saying, ‘You shall not lack a man to sit before me on the throne of Israel, if only your sons pay close attention to their way, to walk in my law as you have walked before me.’

17 Now therefore, O Lord, God of Israel, let your word be confirmed, which you have spoken to your servant David.2 Chronicles 6:16

• 6. Fulfilled by King David and King Solomon. (2 Chronicles 6:16-17)

• 7. King David and King Solomon (at least at his inauguration) kept the law and were righteous. (2 Chronicles 6:16)

1 When David's time to die drew near, he commanded Solomon his son, saying,

2 “I am about to go the way of all the earth. Be strong, and show yourself a man,

3 and keep the charge of the Lord your God, walking in his ways and keeping his statutes, his commandments, his rules, and his testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn,

4 that the Lord may establish his word that he spoke concerning me, saying, ‘If your sons pay close attention to their way, to walk before me in faithfulness with all their heart and with all their soul, you shall not lack[a] a man on the throne of Israel.’1 Kings 2:4

• 7b. David and Solomon kept the law and were righteous (1 Kings 2:3)

• 3d. There shall never lack a man who is able to sit on the throne of Israel (1 Kings 2:4)

17 And as for you, if you will walk before me as David your father walked, doing according to all that I have commanded you and keeping my statutes and my rules,

18 then I will establish your royal throne, as I covenanted with David your father, saying, ‘You shall not lack a man to rule Israel.’2 Chronicles 7:18

• 7c. David and Solomon kept the law and were righteous (2 Chronicles 7:18)

• 3e. Shall not lack a man to sit on the throne of Israel (2 Chronicles 7:18)

The Lord swore to David a sure oath from which he will not turn back: “One of the sons of your body I will set on your throne.

12 If your sons keep my covenant and my testimonies that I shall teach them, their sons also forever shall sit on your throne.”Psalm 132:11-12

• 7d. All of the righteous kings of Israel were righteous because they kept the law. (Psalm 132:11-12)

• 1d. The king must be a son of David.

• Psalm 89:3-4
  • 3 You have said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have sworn to David my servant:
  • 4 ‘I will establish your offspring forever, and build your throne for all generations.’” Selah

• 3f. There will never lack a man who is able to sit on the throne of Israel (in any generation so long as Israel exists) (Psalm 89:3-4)

• Jeremiah 33:17
  • 17 “For thus says the Lord: David shall never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel,
  • 18 and the Levitical priests shall never lack a man in my presence to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings, and to make sacrifices forever.”

• 3g. Never lack a man to sit on the throne of Israel (Jeremiah 33:17)

• 8. Levitical priesthood re-affirmed as an eternal institution (reaffirtmation in that the law is a salt covenant, for all generations, forever)

• Jeremiah 33:20
  • 20 “Thus says the Lord: If you can break my covenant with the day and my covenant with the night, so that day and night will not come at their appointed time,
  • 21 then also my covenant with David my servant may be broken, so that he shall not have a son to reign on his throne, and my covenant with the Levitical priests my ministers.
  • 22 As the host of heaven cannot be numbered and the sands of the sea cannot be measured, so I will multiply the offspring of David my servant, and the Levitical priests who minister to me.”

• 3h. Never lack a son to sit on the throne (Jeremiah 33:20)

• 3i. Eternal covenant (Jeremiah 33:20)

• Jeremiah 33:25
  • 25 Thus says the Lord: If I have not established my covenant with day and night and the fixed order of heaven and earth,
  • 26 then I will reject the offspring of Jacob and David my servant and will not choose one of his offspring to rule over the offspring of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will restore their fortunes and will have mercy on them.”

3j. Eternal covenant (Jeremiah 33:25)

Other references to the Davidic Covenant are found in;

• Psalm 78:67-71
  • 67 He rejected the tent of Joseph; he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,
  • 68 but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loves.
  • 69 He built his sanctuary like the high heavens, like the earth, which he has founded forever.
  • 70 He chose David his servant and took him from the sheepfolds;
  • 71 from following the nursing ewes he brought him to shepherd Jacob his people, Israel his inheritance.

• 2c. Must be a descendant of Judah. (Psalm 78:67-71)

• Jeremiah 23:5
  • …for David a righteous branch…

• 2d. Must be a descendant of Judah. (Jeremiah 23:5)

• Genesis 49:9-10

• 2e. Must be a descendant of Judah. (Genesis 49:9-10)

• Revelation 5:5
  • 5 And one of the elders said to me, “Weep no more; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.”

• 2z. Must be a descendant of Judah. (Reveleation 5:5)

• Isaiah 53:
  • 4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
  • 5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
  • 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

• Isaiah 53:5 by 2 Samuel 7:14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men

• David was a shepherd, and called the servant of God (psalm 78:70-71)

• Jeremiah 30:9 “But they shall serve the Lord their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.” (!!)
• Isaiah 9:7
• Isaiah 11:1

• 1. A physical descendant of King David will become King (again) in Israel. (2 Samuel 7:12)
  • 1b. The king will be a man (a son) of David. (1 Chronicles 17:11–14)
  • 1c. The Royal Line will not depart from among his descendants (for example, as did happen to King Saul, the King before King David). (1 Chronicles 17:11–14)
  • 1d. The king must be a son of David.

• 2. The line must go through the sons (and not the daughters) (2 Samuel 7:12).
  • 2b. The line must go through the sons (and not the daughters) (1 Chronicles 17:11–14).
  • 2c. Must be a descendant of Judah. (Psalm 78:67-71)
  • 2d. Must be a descendant of Judah. (Jeremiah 23:5)
  • 2e. Must be a descendant of Judah. (Genesis 49:9-10)
  • 2z. Must be a descendant of Judah. (Reveleation 5:5)

The line cannot go through a woman (discrediting the genealogies in the NT). If it is not sufficient to point out that there will always be a son (implying the righteous son will hold the line of david and never a woman, since no woman will exist without some man alive to hold the throne, see 3,) that it will exclusively go through a man. Nevertheless the prophecy is explicitly clarified to require descendency in Judah – which requires patrilineal descent.

• 3. His royal line will exist forever. (2 Samuel 7:13)
  • 3b. The Royal Line will not depart from among his descendants (for example, as did happen to King Saul, the King before King David). (1 Chronicles 17:11–14)
  • 3c. that is, This King's royal line will be established forever. (1 Chronicles 17:11–14)
  • 3d. (in the sense of) There shall never lack a man who is able to sit on the throne of Israel (1 Kings 2:4)
  • 3e. Shall not lack a man to sit on the throne of Israel (2 Chronicles 7:18)
  • 3f. There will never lack a man who is able to sit on the throne of Israel (in any generation so long as Israel exists) (Psalm 89:3-4)
  • 3g. Never lack a man to sit on the throne of Israel (Jeremiah 33:17)
  • 3h. Never lack a son to sit on the throne (Jeremiah 33:20)
  • 3i. Eternal covenant (Jeremiah 33:20)
  • 3j. Eternal covenant (Jeremiah 33:25)

• 4. This king will build a temple for the Lord. (2 Samuel 7:13)
  • 4b. shall build the temple (1 Chronicles 17:11–14)

• 5. This King will be granted the title “Son of God”. (1 Chronicles 17:11–14)

• 6. Fulfilled by King David and King Solomon. (2 Chronicles 6:16-17)

• 7. King David and King Solomon (at least at his inauguration) kept the law and were righteous. (2 Chronicles 6:16)
  • 7b. David and Solomon kept the law and were righteous (1 Kings 2:3)
  • 7c. David and Solomon kept the law and were righteous (2 Chronicles 7:18)
  • 7d. All of the righteous kings of Israel were righteous because they kept the law. (Psalm 132:11-12)

• 8. Levitical priesthood re-affirmed as an eternal (and separate) institution (reaffirtmation in that the law is a salt covenant, for all generations, forever)

• https://israelmyglory.org/article/the-davidic-covenant/ (Christian)