I will establish his kingdom forever if he resolutely performs My commandments and My ordinances, as is done now.’
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.
- BSB I will establish his kingdom forever, if he resolutely carries out My commandments and ordinances, as is being done 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.’
- 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.
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- 1 Chr 22:13Then you will prosper, if you observe to do the statutes and the ordinances which Yahweh gave Moses concerning Israel. Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid, and don’t be dismayed.
- 1 Kgs 8:61“Let your heart therefore be perfect with Yahweh our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as it is today.”
- 1 Kgs 6:12–13“Concerning this house which you are building, if you will walk in my statutes, and execute my ordinances, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then I will establish my word with you, which I spoke to David your father.
- Dan 2:44In the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall its sovereignty be left to another people; but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.
- 1 Kgs 2:2–4“I am going the way of all the earth. You be strong therefore, and show yourself a man;
- 1 Chr 28:10Take heed now; for Yahweh has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary. Be strong, and do it.”
- 1 Kgs 9:4–5As for you, if you will walk before me, as David your father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded you, and will keep my statutes and my ordinances;
- Ps 89:28–37I will keep my loving kindness for him forever more. My covenant will stand firm with him.
- 1 Kgs 11:4When Solomon was old, his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not perfect with Yahweh his God, as the heart of David his father was.
- Ps 132:12If your children will keep my covenant, my testimony that I will teach them, their children also will sit on your throne forever more.”
- Josh 1:6–7“Be strong and courageous; for you shall cause this people to inherit the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.
- 1 Kgs 11:9–13Yahweh was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned away from Yahweh, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice,
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