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2 Chronicles 21 7
Nevertheless, because of the covenant the Lord had made with David, the Lord was not willing to destroy the house of David. He had promised to maintain a lamp for him and his descendants forever.
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2 Chronicles 6 16
“ Now, Lord, the God of Israel, keep for your servant David my father the promises you made to him when you said,‘ You shall never fail to have a successor to sit before me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants are careful in all they do to walk before me according to my law, as you have done.’
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2 Samuel 7 12
When your days are over and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, your own flesh and blood, and I will establish his kingdom.
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1 Kings 2 4
and that the Lord may keep his promise to me:‘ If your descendants watch how they live, and if they walk faithfully before me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’
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2 Kings 11 17
Jehoiada then made a covenant between the Lord and the king and people that they would be the Lord’s people. He also made a covenant between the king and the people.
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2 Chronicles 7 18
I will establish your royal throne, as I covenanted with David your father when I said,‘ You shall never fail to have a successor to rule over Israel.’
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2 Samuel 7 16
Your house and your kingdom will endure forever before me; your throne will be established forever.’”
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2 Samuel 5 3
When all the elders of Israel had come to King David at Hebron, the king made a covenant with them at Hebron before the Lord, and they anointed David king over Israel.
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Psalms 89:36
that his line will continue forever and his throne endure before me like the sun;
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1 Kings 9 5
I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised David your father when I said,‘ You shall never fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’
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Psalms 89:29
I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.
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2 Chronicles 23 16
Jehoiada then made a covenant that he, the people and the king would be the Lord’s people.
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1 Chronicles 11 3
When all the elders of Israel had come to King David at Hebron, he made a covenant with them at Hebron before the Lord, and they anointed David king over Israel, as the Lord had promised through Samuel.
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1 Chronicles 9 9-1 Chronicles 9 27
The people from Benjamin, as listed in their genealogy, numbered 956. All these men were heads of their families.Of the priests: Jedaiah; Jehoiarib; Jakin;Azariah son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the official in charge of the house of God;Adaiah son of Jeroham, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malkijah; and Maasai son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer.The priests, who were heads of families, numbered 1,760. They were able men, responsible for ministering in the house of God.Of the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, a Merarite;Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal and Mattaniah son of Mika, the son of Zikri, the son of Asaph;Obadiah son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berekiah son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.The gatekeepers: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman and their fellow Levites, Shallum their chiefbeing stationed at the King’s Gate on the east, up to the present time. These were the gatekeepers belonging to the camp of the Levites.Shallum son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his fellow gatekeepers from his family( the Korahites) were responsible for guarding the thresholds of the tent just as their ancestors had been responsible for guarding the entrance to the dwelling of the Lord.In earlier times Phinehas son of Eleazar was the official in charge of the gatekeepers, and the Lord was with him.Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was the gatekeeper at the entrance to the tent of meeting.Altogether, those chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds numbered 212. They were registered by genealogy in their villages. The gatekeepers had been assigned to their positions of trust by David and Samuel the seer.They and their descendants were in charge of guarding the gates of the house of the Lord— the house called the tent of meeting.The gatekeepers were on the four sides: east, west, north and south.Their fellow Levites in their villages had to come from time to time and share their duties for seven- day periods.But the four principal gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the responsibility for the rooms and treasuries in the house of God.They would spend the night stationed around the house of God, because they had to guard it; and they had charge of the key for opening it each morning.
