2 Chronicles 6:15-17

6:15 You have kept your word to your servant, my father David; ¹  this very day you have fulfilled what you promised. ²  6:16 Now, O Lord God of Israel, keep the promise you made to your servant, my father David, when you said, ‘You will never fail to have a successor ruling before me on the throne of Israel, ³  provided that your descendants watch their step and obey my law as you have done.’ ⁴  6:17 Now, O Lord God of Israel, may the promise you made to your servant David be realized. ⁵ 

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¹ tn Heb “[you] who kept to your servant David my father that which you spoke to him.”

² tn Heb “you spoke by your mouth and by your hand you fulfilled, as this day.”

³ tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man from before me sitting on the throne of Israel.”

⁴ tn Heb “guard their way by walking in my law as you have walked before me.”

⁵ tn Or “prove to be reliable.”