1 Kings 8:25-26

8:25 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, ¹  provided that your descendants watch their step and serve me as you have done.’ ²  8:26 Now, O God of Israel, may the promise you made ³  to your servant, my father David, be realized. ⁴ 

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¹ tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man from before me sitting on the throne of Israel.”

² tn Heb “guard their way by walking before me as you have walked before me.”

³ tn Heb “the words that you spoke.”

⁴ tn Or “prove to be reliable.”