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24 who have kept with Your [a]servant, my father David, that which You have [b]promised him; indeed, You have [c]promised with Your mouth and have fulfilled it by Your hand as it is this day. 25 So now, O Yahweh, the God of Israel, keep with Your [d]servant David my father that which You have [e]promised him, saying, ‘(A)You shall not have a man cut off from before Me who is to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your sons keep their way to walk as you have walked before Me.’ 26 So now, O God of Israel, let Your word truly [f]endure (B)which You have spoken to Your [g]servant, my father David.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 8:24 Or slave, cf. 8:23; see Foreword, “The Terminology of Slave”
  2. 1 Kings 8:24 Lit spoken to
  3. 1 Kings 8:24 Lit spoken to
  4. 1 Kings 8:25 Or slave, cf. 8:23; see Foreword, “The Terminology of Slave”
  5. 1 Kings 8:25 Lit spoken to
  6. 1 Kings 8:26 Or be true
  7. 1 Kings 8:26 Or slave, cf. 8:23; see Foreword, “The Terminology of Slave”

24 You have kept your promise to your servant David my father; with your mouth you have promised and with your hand you have fulfilled it—as it is today.

25 “Now Lord, the God of Israel, keep for your servant David my father the promises(A) 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 faithfully as you have done.’ 26 And now, God of Israel, let your word that you promised(B) your servant David my father come true.

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