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15 (A)who have kept with Your [a]servant David, my father, that which You have [b]promised him; indeed You have promised with Your mouth and have fulfilled it by Your hand, as it is this day. 16 So now, O Yahweh, the God of Israel, keep with Your servant David my father, that which You have promised him, saying, ‘(B)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 in My law as you have walked before Me.’ 17 So now, O Yahweh, the God of Israel, let Your word truly [c]endure which You have spoken to Your servant David.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 6:15 Or slave, so in ch, cf. 6:14; see Foreword, “The Terminology of Slave”
  2. 2 Chronicles 6:15 Lit spoken to, so in ch
  3. 2 Chronicles 6:17 Or be true

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

16 “Now, Lord, the God of Israel, keep for your servant David my father the promises you made to him when you said, ‘You shall never fail(B) 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 according to my law,(C) as you have done.’ 17 And now, Lord, the God of Israel, let your word that you promised your servant David come true.

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