I will establish his kingdom forever if he continues to do my commandments and my ordinances, as it is today.’
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I will establish his kingdom forever if he continues to do my commandments and my ordinances, as it is today.’
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Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to do my commandments and my judgments, as at this day.
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And I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to do My commandments and Mine ordinances, as at this day.
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Passages linked to 1 Chronicles 28:7 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Chronicles 22:13 Then 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 Kings 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.”
- Joshua 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. Only be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe to do according to all the law which Moses my servant commanded you. Don’t turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go.
- 1 Kings 2:2-4 “I am going the way of all the earth. You be strong therefore, and show yourself a man; and keep the instruction of Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, his commandments, his ordinances, and his testimonies, according to that which is written in the law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do, and wherever you turn yourself. Then Yahweh may establish his word which he spoke concerning me, saying, ‘If your children are careful of their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail you,’ he said, ‘a man on the throne of Israel.’
- 1 Kings 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. I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.”
- 1 Kings 9:4-5 As 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; then I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, as I promised to David your father, saying, ‘There shall not fail from you a man on the throne of Israel.’
- 1 Kings 11:4 When 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.
- 1 Kings 11:9-13 Yahweh was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned away from Yahweh, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice, and had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods; but he didn’t keep that which Yahweh commanded. Therefore Yahweh said to Solomon, “Because this is done by you, and you have not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom from you, and will give it to your servant. Nevertheless, I will not do it in your days, for David your father’s sake; but I will tear it out of your son’s hand. However I will not tear away all the kingdom; but I will give one tribe to your son, for David my servant’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake which I have chosen.”
- 1 Chronicles 28:10 Take heed now; for Yahweh has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary. Be strong, and do it.”
- Psalms 89:28-37 I will keep my loving kindness for him forever more. My covenant will stand firm with him. I will also make his offspring endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven. If his children forsake my law, and don’t walk in my ordinances; if they break my statutes, and don’t keep my commandments; then I will punish their sin with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. But I will not completely take my loving kindness from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail. I will not break my covenant, nor alter what my lips have uttered. Once I have sworn by my holiness, I will not lie to David. His offspring will endure forever, his throne like the sun before me. It will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky.”
- Psalms 132:12 If your children will keep my covenant, my testimony that I will teach them, their children also will sit on your throne forever more.”
- Daniel 2:44 “In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which will never be destroyed, nor will its sovereignty be left to another people; but it will break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it will stand forever.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain If he continue to keep my law and depart…
If he continue to keep my law and depart not therefrom, as he doeth hitherto.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ch 28:7 Moreover I will establish his kingdom for…
1Ch 28:7 Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to do my commandments and my judgments, as at this day.
Ver. 7. If he be constant.] Heb., Strong; for he shall be hard put to it. God’s promises are conditional. See on 2Sa 7:14.
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As at this day.] Solomon had been well instructed in the ways of God, both by father {Pro 4:4} and mother, {Pro 31:1} and while young he did God’s commandments and judgments, as is hinted in these words, "As at this day"; but he was not so constant.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain As he hath begun and hitherto continued in some…
As he hath begun and hitherto continued in some good measure to do.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Moreover, I will establish his kingdom for ever,.... The…
Moreover, I will establish his kingdom for ever,.... The same is said in Sa2 7:13.
if he be constant to do my commandments, and my judgments, as at this day; if he continued in the observance of them, as he had begun, and went on in until that day; this is added here, and was not spoken by Nathan, when what goes before was; for Solomon was not then born, but must be suggested to David since, and as it should seem at this time.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain At this day - As he hath begun. This…
At this day - As he hath begun. This promise is absolute with regard to the Messiah, but conditional, with regard to Solomon. If we are constant in our duty, then and not otherwise, we may expect the continuance of his favour.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain If he be constant - The conditional character of…
If he be constant - The conditional character of the promise made to David, as to the continuance of his posterity on the Jewish throne (marginal reference; 2Sa 7:14), is now clearly declared.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain If. The promises of the Old Testament were frequently…
If. The promises of the Old Testament were frequently conditional, and we always find the condition marked in some place; but those made to the Church of Christ, have no such limitation. (Haydock) --- Day. Solomon was once faithful, and afterwards fell; it is uncertain whether ever to rise again. Hence it appears that the true children of God may become wicked. (Worthington)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he…
I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to do my commandments--The same condition is set before Solomon by God (Kg1 3:14; Kg1 9:4).
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 7. Moreover I will establish] R.V. And I will…
7. Moreover I will establish] R.V. And I will establish. Cp. 1Ch_17:11.
if he be constant] Lit. if he be strong; cp. 1Ch_28:10; 1Ch_28:20, be strong (same word in Heb.). Cp. 1Ki_9:4-5.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (7) Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever.—So…
(7) Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever.—So 1Ch_22:10 (at end).
If he be constant to do my commandments and my judgments.—The same condition is attached to the same promise in 1Ki_9:4-5. (Comp. also 1Ki_3:14, where the promise is length of days.)
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As at this day.—As we are doing in our present work. The same words occur in the same sense at the end of Solomon’s Prayer (1Ki_8:61).
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