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1 Kings 8:24-26
New English Translation
1 Kings 8:24-26
New English Translation
24 You have kept your word to your servant, my father David;[a] this very day you have fulfilled what you promised.[b] 25 Now, O Lord, God of Israel, keep the promise you made to your servant, my father David, when you said, ‘You will never fail to have a successor ruling before me on the throne of Israel,[c] provided that your descendants watch their step[d] and serve me as you have done.’[e] 26 Now, O God of Israel, may the promise you made[f] to your servant, my father David, be realized.[g]
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- 1 Kings 8:24 tn Heb “[you] who kept to your servant David my father that which you spoke to him.”
- 1 Kings 8:24 tn Heb “you spoke by your mouth and by your hand you fulfilled, as this day.”
- 1 Kings 8:25 tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man from before me sitting on the throne of Israel.”
- 1 Kings 8:25 tn Heb “watch their way.” The Hebrew and English colloquialisms are similar. The related ideas “way” and “steps” represent behavior in a broad sense in each language.
- 1 Kings 8:25 tn Heb “guard their way by walking before me as you have walked before me.”
- 1 Kings 8:26 tn Heb “the words that you spoke.”
- 1 Kings 8:26 tn Or “prove to be reliable.”
1 Kings 8:24-26
New International Version
1 Kings 8:24-26
New International Version
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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