⁴ And as for you, if you will ^(A)walk before me, ^(B)as David your father walked, with integrity of heart and uprightness, doing according to all that I have commanded you, and keeping my statutes and my rules,

⁴ that the Lord may ^(A)establish his word that he spoke concerning me, saying, ^(B)‘If your sons pay close attention to their way, ^(C)to walk before me in faithfulness with all their heart and with all their soul, ^(D)you shall not lack^[a] a man on the throne of Israel.’