“Now therefore, Yahweh, the God of Israel, keep with your servant David my father that which you have promised him, saying, ‘There shall not fail you a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your children take heed to their way, to walk in my law as you have walked before me.’
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“Now therefore, Yahweh, the God of Israel, keep with your servant David my father that which you have promised him, saying, ‘There shall not fail you a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your children take heed to their way, to walk in my law as you have walked before me.’
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Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet so that thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me.
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Now therefore, O LORD, the God of Israel, keep with Thy servant David my father that which Thou hast promised him, saying: There shall not fail thee a man in My sight to sit on the throne of Israel; if only thy children take heed to their way, to walk in My law as thou hast walked before Me.
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Passages linked to 2 Chronicles 6:16 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Kings 2:4 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.’
- 2 Chronicles 7:18 then I will establish the throne of your kingdom, according as I covenanted with David your father, saying, ‘There shall not fail you a man to be ruler in Israel.’
- 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.”
- John 15:14-15 You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you. No longer do I call you servants, for the servant doesn’t know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you.
- 2 Samuel 7:12-16 When your days are fulfilled, and you sleep with your fathers, I will set up your offspring after you, who will proceed out of your body, and I will establish his kingdom. He will build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. I will be his father, and he will be my son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men; but my loving kindness will not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before you. Your house and your kingdom will be made sure forever before you. Your throne will be established forever.” ’ ”
- Psalms 119:1 Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to Yahweh’s law.
- Ezekiel 36:37 “ ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “For this, moreover, I will be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them: I will increase them with men like a flock.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Hebrew, a man shall not be cut off.
Hebrew, a man shall not be cut off.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 16. yet so that] R.V. if only.
16. yet so that] R.V. if only.
walk in my law] In 1Ki_8:25, walk before me. The Chronicler characteristically introduces a reference to the Law of the Lord (the tôrah). In Samuel and Kings neither David nor Solomon ever mentions this.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (16) Now therefore.—And now. So in 2Ch_6:17.
(16) Now therefore.—And now. So in 2Ch_6:17.
Keep that which thou hast promised—i.e., Thy further promise. See the fulfilment of the former promise, as described in 2Ch_6:10, supr.
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There shall not fail thee.—See margin. Authorised Version follows LXX., Οὐκ ἐκλείψει σοι; and Vulg., “non deficiet ex te.”
To sit.—Heb., sitting; LXX., καθήμενος.
Yet so that.—Only if; assigning a single condition; provided that. . . . LXX., πλὴν ἐὰν φυλάξωσιν; Vulg., “ita tamen si custodierint.”
Take heed to.—Heb., keep (2Ch_6:14-16).
In my law.—The only variant from 1Ki_8:25. The chronicler has avoided a seeming tautology, as elsewhere. Syriac, “before me in the Law.”
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain There shall not fail thee, etc. (so 2Sa_7:12; 1Ki_2:4…
There shall not fail thee, etc. (so 2Sa_7:12; 1Ki_2:4 1Ki_6:12) Yet so that thy children, etc.. (so Psa_132:12)
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Connecting Statement:
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King Solomon continues praying.
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carry out what you have promised
This is a request. To carry out what one has said is an idiom meaning to do what one has said. AT: "please do what you have promised" (See: Idiom)
You will not fail to have a man
God speaking in terms of David having a man implies that the man would be a descendant of David. This can be stated positively. AT: "you will always have a descendant" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information and Double Negatives)
a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel
The phrase "in my sight" here implies that God would choose the man and the man would want to obey God. (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
to sit on the throne of Israel
The throne is a metonym for the activity of the one who sits on the throne. AT: "to rule over Israel" (See: Metonymy)
to walk in my law, as you have walked before me
The way a person behaves is spoken of as if that person were walking on a path. AT: "to obey my law, as you have obeyed me" or "to be faithful to my law as you have been faithful to me" (See: Metaphor)
let your word be confirmed, which you have spoken to your servant David
"I want you to make come true the word that you have spoken to your servant David"
let your word be confirmed
This can be translated in active form. AT: "confirm your word" or "make your word come true"
your word
"your promise"
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Israel
descend
law
pray
true
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