Now if you (A)walk before Me (B)as your father David walked, in integrity of heart and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded you, and if you (C)keep My statutes and My judgments, then I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, (D)as I promised David your father, saying, ‘You shall not fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’ (E)But if you or your sons at all [a]turn from following Me, and do not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods and worship them,

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  1. 1 Kings 9:6 turn back

“As for you, if you walk before me faithfully with integrity of heart(A) and uprightness, as David(B) your father did, and do all I command and observe my decrees and laws,(C) I will establish(D) your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised David your father when I said, ‘You shall never fail(E) to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’

“But if you[a] or your descendants turn away(F) from me and do not observe the commands and decrees I have given you[b] and go off to serve other gods(G) and worship them,

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