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

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 2:4 Hebrew there shall not be cut off for you

and that the Lord may keep his promise(A) to me: ‘If your descendants watch how they live, and if they walk faithfully(B) 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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