then (A)I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, just as I [a]promised to your father David, saying, ‘[b]You shall not be deprived of a man on the throne of Israel.’

(B)But if you or your sons indeed turn away from following Me, and do not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have placed before you, but you go and serve other gods and worship them, (C)then I will cut Israel off from the land which I have given them, and (D)the house which I have consecrated for My name, I will [c]expel from My sight. So (E)Israel will become a saying and an object of derision among all peoples.

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  1. 1 Kings 9:5 Lit spoke
  2. 1 Kings 9:5 Lit There shall not be cut off to you a man
  3. 1 Kings 9:7 Lit send

I will establish(A) your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised David your father when I said, ‘You shall never fail(B) to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’

“But if you[a] or your descendants turn away(C) from me and do not observe the commands and decrees I have given you[b] and go off to serve other gods(D) and worship them, then I will cut off Israel from the land(E) I have given them and will reject this temple I have consecrated for my Name.(F) Israel will then become a byword(G) and an object of ridicule(H) among all peoples.

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Footnotes

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