12 Concerning this [a]temple which you are building, (A)if you walk in My statutes, execute My judgments, keep all My commandments, and walk in them, then I will perform My [b]word with you, (B)which I spoke to your father David.

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  1. 1 Kings 6:12 Lit. house
  2. 1 Kings 6:12 promise

12 “As for this temple you are building, if you follow my decrees, observe my laws and keep all my commands(A) and obey them, I will fulfill through you the promise(B) I gave to David your father.

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(A)But if you or your sons at all [a]turn from following Me, and do not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods and worship them,

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  1. 1 Kings 9:6 turn back

“But if you[a] or your descendants turn away(A) from me and do not observe the commands and decrees I have given you[b] and go off to serve other gods(B) and worship them,

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  1. 1 Kings 9:6 The Hebrew is plural.
  2. 1 Kings 9:6 The Hebrew is plural.

(A)then I will [a]cut off Israel from the land which I have given them; and this house which I have consecrated (B)for My name I will cast out of My sight. (C)Israel will be a proverb and a byword among all peoples.

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  1. 1 Kings 9:7 destroy

then I will cut off Israel from the land(A) I have given them and will reject this temple I have consecrated for my Name.(B) Israel will then become a byword(C) and an object of ridicule(D) among all peoples.

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