18 then I will establish your royal throne, as I covenanted with David your father, saying, (A)‘You shall not lack a man to rule Israel.’

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18 I will establish your royal throne, as I covenanted(A) with David your father when I said, ‘You shall never fail to have a successor(B) to rule over Israel.’(C)

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18 Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel.

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that the Lord may (A)establish his word that he spoke concerning me, saying, (B)‘If your sons pay close attention to their way, (C)to walk before me in faithfulness with all their heart and with all their soul, (D)you shall not lack[a] a man on the throne of Israel.’

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 2:4 Hebrew there shall not be cut off for you

and that the Lord may keep his promise(A) to me: ‘If your descendants watch how they live, and if they walk faithfully(B) before me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’

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That the Lord may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.

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