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“If you will be faithful to me as your father David was
    (with a sincere and upright heart),
        do everything I command,
            and keep my laws and rules,
then I will establish your royal dynasty over Israel forever
    as I promised your father David when I said,
        ‘You will never fail to have an heir on the throne of Israel.’
But if you and your descendants dare to turn away from me
    and do not keep my commands and laws that I gave to you,
        and follow and serve other gods and worship them,

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“As for you, if you walk before me faithfully with integrity of heart(A) and uprightness, as David(B) your father did, and do all I command and observe my decrees and laws,(C) I will establish(D) your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised David your father when I said, ‘You shall never fail(E) to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’

“But if you[a] or your descendants turn away(F) from me and do not observe the commands and decrees I have given you[b] and go off to serve other gods(G) and worship them,

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 9:6 The Hebrew is plural.
  2. 1 Kings 9:6 The Hebrew is plural.