When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him, saying, ‘I am God Almighty. Live in my presence and be blameless.
1 Kings 2:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised and so that the Lord will fulfil his promise that he made to me: “If your sons take care to walk faithfully before me with all their heart and all their soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 that the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition That the Lord may fulfill His promise to me, saying, If your sons take heed to their way, to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and mind and with all their soul, there shall not fail you [to have] a man on the throne of Israel. American Standard Version (1901) that Jehovah may establish his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel. Common English Bible So also the LORD will confirm the word he spoke to me: ‘If your children will take care to walk before me faithfully, with all their heart and all their being, then one of your own children will never fail to be on the throne of Israel.’ Catholic Public Domain Version So may the Lord confirm his words, which he has spoken about me, saying: 'If your sons will guard their ways, and if they will walk before me in truth, with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not be taken away from you a man on the throne of Israel.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version That the Lord may confirm his words, which he hath spoken of me, saying: If thy children shall take heed to their ways, and shall walk before me in truth, with all their heart, and with all their soul, there shall not be taken away from thee a man on the throne of Israel. |
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him, saying, ‘I am God Almighty. Live in my presence and be blameless.
For I have chosen him so that he will command his children and his house after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just. This is how the Lord will fulfil to Abraham what he promised him.’
Now, Lord God, fulfil the promise for ever that you have made to your servant and his house. Do as you have promised,
And the king went on to say this: “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel! Today he has provided one to sit on my throne, and I am a witness.” ’
I will give one tribe to his son, so that my servant David will always have a lamp before me in Jerusalem, the city I chose for myself to put my name there.
If you walk in my ways and keep my statutes and commands just as your father David did, I will give you a long life.’
Solomon loved the Lord by walking in the statutes of his father David, but he also sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
‘As for this temple you are building #– #if you walk in my statutes, observe my ordinances, and keep all my commands by walking in them, I will fulfil my promise to you, which I made to your father David.
He said: Lord God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven above or on earth below, who keeps the gracious covenant with your servants who walk before you with all their heart.
Therefore, Lord God of Israel, keep what you promised to your servant, my father David: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before me on the throne of Israel, if only your sons take care to walk before me as you have walked before me. ’
I will establish your royal throne over Israel for ever, as I promised your father David: You will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.
‘Please, Lord, remember how I have walked before you faithfully and wholeheartedly and have done what pleases you.’ , And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
Before him there was no king like him who turned to the Lord with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his strength according to all the law of Moses, and no one like him arose after him.
Next, the king stood by the pillar , and made a covenant in the Lord’s presence to follow the Lord and to keep his commands, his decrees, and his statutes with all his heart and with all his soul in order to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book; all the people agreed to the covenant.
‘As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart and understands the intention of every thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you abandon him, he will reject you for ever.
Now the Lord was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in the former ways of his ancestor David. He did not seek the Baals
Therefore, Lord God of Israel, keep what you promised to your servant, my father David: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before me on the throne of Israel, if only your sons take care to walk in my Law as you have walked before me.’
I will establish your royal throne, as I promised your father David: You will never fail to have a man ruling in Israel.
‘For this is what the Lord says: David will never fail to have a man sitting on the throne of the house of Israel.
I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem for battle. The city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women raped. Half the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be removed from the city.
He said to him, ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. ,
Both were righteous in God’s sight, living blamelessly according to all the commands and requirements of the Lord.
‘And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you except to fear the Lord your God by walking in all his ways, to love him, and to worship the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul?
‘If you carefully obey my commands I am giving you today, to love the Lord your God and worship him with all your heart and all your soul,
Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.
‘If you listen to and are careful to keep these ordinances, the Lord your God will keep his covenant loyalty with you, as he swore to your ancestors.
Now to him who is able to protect you from stumbling and to make you stand in the presence of his glory, without blemish and with great joy,