2 Samuel 7:29

7:29 Now be willing to bless your servant’s dynasty ¹  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!” ² 

2 Samuel 14:17

14:17 So your servant said, ‘May the word of my lord the king be my security, for my lord the king is like the angel of God when it comes to deciding between right and wrong! May the Lord your God be with you!’”

2 Samuel 18:32

18:32 The king asked the Cushite, “How is the young man Absalom?” The Cushite replied, “May the enemies of my lord the king and all who have plotted against you ³  be like that young man!”

[7:29]  ¹ tn Heb “house” (again later in this verse). See the note on “dynastic house” in v. 27.

[7:29]  ² tn Or “permanently”; cf. NLT “it is an eternal blessing.”

[18:32]  ³ tn Heb “and all those rising against you for evil.”