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14 and said:

Lord God of Israel, there is no one like you, God of heaven and earth, who watches over[a] his covenant, showing gracious love to your servants who live their lives in your presence[b] with all their hearts. 15 It is you, Lord God,[c] who has kept your promise to my father, your servant David, that you made to him. Indeed, you made a commitment[d] to my father David and then personally fulfilled[e] what you had promised today.

16 “Now therefore, Lord God of Israel, keep your promise that you made[f] to my father, your servant David, when you said, ‘You are to not lack a man to sit on the throne of Israel,[g] if only your descendants will watch their lives,[h] to live according to my Law, just as you have lived[i] in my presence.’[j]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 6:14 Or who keeps
  2. 2 Chronicles 6:14 Lit. who walk before you
  3. 2 Chronicles 6:15 The Heb. lacks It is you, Lord God
  4. 2 Chronicles 6:15 Lit. you spoke by your mouth
  5. 2 Chronicles 6:15 Lit. and by your hand full
  6. 2 Chronicles 6:16 Lit. spoke
  7. 2 Chronicles 6:16 Cf. 1King 2:4; 2Chr 7:18
  8. 2 Chronicles 6:16 Lit. ways
  9. 2 Chronicles 6:16 Lit. walked
  10. 2 Chronicles 6:16 Or have walked before me