1 Kings 2:4

and the Lord will fulfill his promise to me, ¹  ‘If your descendants watch their step ²  and live faithfully in my presence ³  with all their heart and being, ⁴  then,’ he promised, ⁵  ‘you will not fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’ ⁶ 

Ge 17:1; Ge 18:19; Le 26:3; De 6:5; De 7:12; De 10:12; De 11:13; 2Sa 7:11-16,25; 2Sa 7:12,13,16; 1Ki 3:3,14; 1Ki 8:23; 1Ki 8:25; 2Ki 20:3; 2Ki 23:3,25; 1Ch 17:11-15; 1Ch 22:9-11; 1Ch 28:5-7; 1Ch 28:9; 2Ch 17:3; Ps 37:9,22; Ps 89:29-37; Ps 132:11,12; Zec 14:2; Mt 22:37; Lu 1:6; Joh 15:9,10; Jude 1:20,21,24

¹ tn Heb “then the Lord will establish his word which he spoke to me, saying.”

² tn Heb “guard their way.”

³ tn Heb “by walking before me in faithfulness.”

⁴ tn Or “soul.”

⁵ tn Heb “saying.”

⁶ tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man from upon the throne of Israel.”