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1 Kings 11:37-39
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1 Kings 11:37-39
New English Translation
37 I will select[a] you; you will rule over all you desire to have and you will be king over Israel. 38 You must obey[b] all I command you to do, follow my instructions,[c] do what I approve,[d] and keep my rules and commandments, as my servant David did. Then I will be with you and establish for you a lasting dynasty, as I did for David;[e] I will give you Israel. 39 I will humiliate David’s descendants because of this,[f] but not forever.’”[g]
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- 1 Kings 11:37 tn Heb “take.”
- 1 Kings 11:38 tn Heb “If you obey.” In the Hebrew text v. 38 is actually one long conditional sentence, which has been broken into two parts in the translation for stylistic purposes.
- 1 Kings 11:38 tn Heb “walk in my ways.”
- 1 Kings 11:38 tn Heb “do what is right in my eyes.”
- 1 Kings 11:38 tn Heb “I will build for you a permanent house, like I built for David.”
- 1 Kings 11:39 sn Because of this. Reference is made to the idolatry mentioned earlier.
- 1 Kings 11:39 tn Heb “but not all the days.”
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