1 Kings 2:4
New English Translation
4 and the Lord will fulfill his promise to me,[a] ‘If your descendants watch their step[b] and live faithfully in my presence[c] with all their heart and being,[d] then,’ he promised,[e] ‘you will not fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’[f]
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- 1 Kings 2:4 tn Heb “then the Lord will establish his word which he spoke to me, saying.”
- 1 Kings 2:4 tn Heb “guard their way.”
- 1 Kings 2:4 tn Heb “by walking before me in faithfulness.”
- 1 Kings 2:4 tn Or “soul.”
- 1 Kings 2:4 tn Heb “saying.”
- 1 Kings 2:4 tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man from upon the throne of Israel.”
1 Kings 2:4
New International Version
4 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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