I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised your father David: You will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.(A)

If you or your sons turn away from following Me and do not keep My commands—My statutes that I have set before you—and if you go and serve other gods and worship them,(B) I will cut off Israel from the land I gave them,(C) and I will reject[a] the temple I have sanctified for My name.(D) Israel will become an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples.(E)

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  1. 1 Kings 9:7 Lit send from My presence

I will establish(A) your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised David your father when I said, ‘You shall never fail(B) to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’

“But if you[a] or your descendants turn away(C) from me and do not observe the commands and decrees I have given you[b] and go off to serve other gods(D) and worship them, then I will cut off Israel from the land(E) I have given them and will reject this temple I have consecrated for my Name.(F) Israel will then become a byword(G) and an object of ridicule(H) among all peoples.

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Footnotes

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