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1 Kings 8:23-25
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23 He prayed:[a] “O Lord, God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven above or on earth below! You maintain covenantal loyalty[b] to your servants who obey you with sincerity.[c] 24 You have kept your word to your servant, my father David;[d] this very day you have fulfilled what you promised.[e] 25 Now, O Lord, God of Israel, keep the promise you made to your servant, my father David, when you said, ‘You will never fail to have a successor ruling before me on the throne of Israel,[f] provided that your descendants watch their step[g] and serve me as you have done.’[h]

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  1. 1 Kings 8:23 tn Heb “said.”
  2. 1 Kings 8:23 tn Heb “one who keeps the covenant and the loyal love.” The expression is a hendiadys.
  3. 1 Kings 8:23 tn Heb “who walk before you with all their heart.”
  4. 1 Kings 8:24 tn Heb “[you] who kept to your servant David my father that which you spoke to him.”
  5. 1 Kings 8:24 tn Heb “you spoke by your mouth and by your hand you fulfilled, as this day.”
  6. 1 Kings 8:25 tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man from before me sitting on the throne of Israel.”
  7. 1 Kings 8:25 tn Heb “watch their way.” The Hebrew and English colloquialisms are similar. The related ideas “way” and “steps” represent behavior in a broad sense in each language.
  8. 1 Kings 8:25 tn Heb “guard their way by walking before me as you have walked before me.”
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