I will establish his kingdom forever, if he resolutely carries out My commandments and ordinances, as is being done this day.’
Parallel translations
- WEB I will establish his kingdom forever if he continues to do my commandments and my ordinances, as it is today.’
- KJV Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to do my commandments and my judgments, as at this day.
- NKJV Moreover I will establish his kingdom forever, if he is steadfast to observe My commandments and My judgments, as it is this day.’
- NASB I will establish his kingdom forever if he resolutely performs My commandments and My ordinances, as is done now.’
- NLT And if he continues to obey my commands and regulations as he does now, I will make his kingdom last forever.’
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Quick answer
God promised to establish Solomon's kingdom forever if he kept the Lord's commandments. It sets a condition of obedience on the enjoyment of the promise.
Overview
The Lord pledged an enduring kingdom for Solomon, conditioned on continued faithfulness to his commands. This conditional note explains how Israel's kingship faltered when later kings disobeyed. Yet the unconditional promise to David's line is finally secured in Christ, the one perfectly obedient Son, who fulfills the condition on behalf of his people.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- 1 Chr 22:13Then you will succeed, if you carefully follow the statutes and ordinances that the LORD commanded Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged.
- 1 Kgs 8:61So let your heart be fully devoted to the LORD our God, as it is this day, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments.”
- 1 Kgs 6:12–13“As for this temple you are building, if you walk in My statutes, carry out My ordinances, and keep all My commandments by walking in them, I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David.
- Dan 2:44In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will shatter all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, but will itself stand forever.
- 1 Kgs 2:2–4“I am about to go the way of all the earth. So be strong and prove yourself a man.
- 1 Chr 28:10Consider now that the LORD has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary. Be strong and do it.”
- 1 Kgs 9:4–5And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, with a heart of integrity and uprightness, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,
- Ps 89:28–37I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast.
- 1 Kgs 11:4For when Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.
- Ps 132:12If your sons keep My covenant and the testimony I will teach them, then their sons will also sit on your throne forever and ever.”
- Josh 1:6–7Be strong and courageous, for you shall give these people the inheritance of the land that I swore to their fathers I would give them.
- 1 Kgs 11:9–13Now the LORD grew angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned away from the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice.
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