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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.”
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