2 Chronicles 6:16

Now, therefore, O Yahweh—God of Israel, keep thou, for thy servant David my father, that which thou didst promise him, saying, There shall not be cut off to thee a man, from before me, to sit upon the throne of Israel, if only, thy sons take heed to their way, to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

15who hast kept, for thy servant David my father, that which thou didst promise him,—in that thou didst promise with thy mouth, and, with thy hand, hast fulfilled, as [it is] this day.

17Now, therefore, O Yahweh, God of Israel,-verified be thy promise, which thou didst make unto thy servant David.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 7:13He, shall build a house for my name,—and I will establish his kingly throne unto times age-abiding:

1 Kings 2:4to the end that Yahweh may establish his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy sons will take heed to their way, by walking before me, in truth, with all their heart, and with all their soul, (then, said he) there shall not be cut off to thee a man, from off the throne of Israel.

2 Chronicles 7:17Thou, therefore, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, even to do according to all that I have commanded thee,—and, my statutes and regulations, thou wilt observe,

2 Chronicles 13:5Is it not yours to know, that, Yahweh God of Israel gave the kingdom to David, over Israel, unto times age-abiding,—to him and to his sons, by a covenant of salt?

2 Chronicles 23:3And all the convocation solemnised a covenant in the house of God, with the king,—and he said to them, Lo! the king’s son must reign, as spake Yahweh concerning the sons of David.

Psalms 119:1[ALEPH.] How happy the men of blameless life, who walk in the law of Yahweh.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 6:13-42

12 And he stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands: 13 For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold, of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven, 14 And said, O Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest… Read the whole commentary →

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