1 Kings 9:3-7
New King James Version
3 And the Lord said to him: (A)“I have heard your prayer and your supplication that you have made before Me; I have consecrated this house which you have built (B)to put My name there forever, (C)and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually. 4 Now if you (D)walk before Me (E)as your father David walked, in integrity of heart and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded you, and if you (F)keep My statutes and My judgments, 5 then I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, (G)as I promised David your father, saying, ‘You shall not fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’ 6 (H)But if you or your sons at all [a]turn from following Me, and do not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods and worship them, 7 (I)then I will [b]cut off Israel from the land which I have given them; and this house which I have consecrated (J)for My name I will cast out of My sight. (K)Israel will be a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
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- 1 Kings 9:6 turn back
- 1 Kings 9:7 destroy
1 Kings 9:3-7
New International Version
3 The Lord said to him:
“I have heard(A) the prayer and plea you have made before me; I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting my Name(B) there forever. My eyes(C) and my heart will always be there.
4 “As for you, if you walk before me faithfully with integrity of heart(D) and uprightness, as David(E) your father did, and do all I command and observe my decrees and laws,(F) 5 I will establish(G) your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised David your father when I said, ‘You shall never fail(H) to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’
6 “But if you[a] or your descendants turn away(I) from me and do not observe the commands and decrees I have given you[b] and go off to serve other gods(J) and worship them, 7 then I will cut off Israel from the land(K) I have given them and will reject this temple I have consecrated for my Name.(L) Israel will then become a byword(M) and an object of ridicule(N) among all peoples.
Footnotes
- 1 Kings 9:6 The Hebrew is plural.
- 1 Kings 9:6 The Hebrew is plural.
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