1 Kings 2:4

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

And you will ensure that the LORD fulfills His promise to me, saying, 'If your sons are careful to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.'

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    That the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    That the Lord may continue His word which He spoke concerning me, saying, If your children take heed to their way, to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail you a man on the throne of Israel.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    That the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    That Jehovah{H3068} may establish{H6965} his word{H1697} which he spake{H1696} concerning me, saying,{H559} If thy children{H1121} take heed{H8104} to their way,{H1870} to walk{H3212} before{H6440} me in truth{H571} with all their heart{H3824} and with all their soul,{H5315} there shall not fail{H3772} thee (said{H559} he) a man{H376} on the throne{H3678} of Israel.{H3478}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    That the LORD{H3068} may continue{H6965}{(H8686)} his word{H1697} which he spake{H1696}{(H8765)} concerning me, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, If thy children{H1121} take heed{H8104}{(H8799)} to their way{H1870}, to walk{H3212}{(H8800)} before{H6440} me in truth{H571} with all their heart{H3824} and with all their soul{H5315}, there shall not fail{H3772}{(H8735)} thee(said{H559}{(H8800)} he) a man{H376} on the throne{H3678} of Israel{H3478}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    that the LORDE maye rayse vp his worde, which he hath spoke ouer me, and saide: Yf thy children kepe their waye and walke before me faithfully and truly and with all their hert and withall their soule, the shal there neuer fayle the a man vpon the seate of Israel.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    That the Lorde may confirme his worde which hee spake vnto me, saying, If thy sonnes take heede to their way, that they walke before me in trueth, with all their hearts, and with all their soules, thou shalt not (sayd he) want one of thy posteritie vpon the throne of Israel.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    That the Lorde also may make good his worde which he spake vnto me, saying: If thy children take heede to their way, that they walke before me in trueth, with all their heartes, & with al their soules, thou shalt not (saith he) be without a man on the seate of Israel.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    That the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    That Yahweh may establish his word which he spoke concerning me, saying, If your children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail you (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    so that Jehovah doth establish His word which He spake unto me, saying, If thy sons observe their way to walk before Me in truth, with all their heart, and with all their soul; saying, There is not cut off a man of thine from the throne of Israel.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    That Jehovah may establish his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    That Jehovah may establish his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    So that the Lord may give effect to what he said of me, If your children give attention to their ways, living uprightly before me with all their heart and their soul, you will never be without a man to be king in Israel.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    That Yahweh may establish his word which he spoke concerning me, saying, 'If your children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail you,' he said, 'a man on the throne of Israel.'

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Kgs 20:3 : 3 saying, "Please, LORD, remember how I have walked before You in truth, wholeheartedly, and have done what is good in Your eyes." And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
  • 2 Sam 7:25 : 25 And now, O LORD God, confirm forever the word that you have spoken concerning your servant and his house, and do as you have spoken.
  • 1 Kgs 8:25 : 25 'Now, LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant David, my father, what You promised him: “You shall never fail to have a descendant to sit on the throne of Israel before Me, if only your descendants are careful to walk before Me as you have walked before Me.”'
  • 1 Kgs 9:5 : 5 then I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised your father David, saying, 'You will never fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.'
  • 1 Kgs 3:3 : 3 Solomon loved the LORD, walking according to the statutes of his father David, yet he offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places.
  • 1 Kgs 3:14 : 14 If you walk in my ways, keeping my statutes and commandments as your father David did, then I will prolong your days.
  • 1 Kgs 8:23 : 23 He said: 'LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven above or on earth below—keeping Your covenant and showing steadfast love to Your servants who walk before You with all their heart.'
  • Gen 17:1 : 1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, "I am God Almighty; walk before Me faithfully and be blameless."
  • Gen 18:19 : 19 For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, so that the LORD will bring about for Abraham what He has promised him.
  • Lev 26:3 : 3 If you walk in my statutes and keep my commandments and carry them out,
  • Deut 6:5 : 5 You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.
  • Deut 7:12 : 12 And it will happen that because you listen to these ordinances, and keep and obey them, the LORD your God will keep with you the covenant and the steadfast love that He swore to your ancestors.
  • Deut 10:12 : 12 And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
  • Deut 11:13 : 13 If you indeed obey my commandments that I am giving you today—to love the LORD your God and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul—
  • 2 Sam 7:11-16 : 11 from the time that I appointed judges over my people Israel. And I will give you rest from all your enemies. Moreover, the LORD declares to you that the LORD will make you a house. 12 When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. 14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. When he sins, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the stripes of the sons of men. 15 But my steadfast love will not depart from him, as I took it away from Saul, whom I removed from before you. 16 And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before you. Your throne shall be established forever.
  • 2 Kgs 23:3 : 3 The king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the Lord to follow the Lord, to keep His commandments, His testimonies, and His statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to uphold the words of the covenant written in this book. All the people joined in the covenant.
  • 2 Kgs 23:25 : 25 There was no king like him before, who turned to the LORD with all his heart, soul, and strength, according to all the Law of Moses, nor did any like him arise after him.
  • 1 Chr 17:11-15 : 11 When your days are fulfilled and you go to be with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom. 12 He will build a house for me, and I will establish his throne forever. 13 I will be his father, and he will be my son. I will never withdraw my steadfast love from him as I did from the one who was before you. 14 I will set him over my house and my kingdom forever; his throne will be established forever. 15 Nathan relayed all these words and this entire vision to David.
  • 1 Chr 22:9-9 : 9 Behold, a son will be born to you; he will be a man of rest, and I will give him rest from all his enemies around him. His name will be Solomon, and I will grant peace and quiet to Israel during his reign. 10 He will build a house for my name, and he will be my son, and I will be his father. I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever. 11 Now, my son, may the Lord be with you, so that you may succeed in building the house of the Lord your God, as He has spoken concerning you.
  • 1 Chr 28:5-7 : 5 Of all my sons—for the LORD has given me many sons—He has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the LORD’s kingdom over Israel. 6 He said to me, ‘Solomon your son is the one who will build My house and My courts, for I have chosen him to be My son, and I will be his Father. 7 I will establish his kingdom forever if he is resolute in keeping My commandments and ordinances, as he is doing today.’
  • 1 Chr 28:9 : 9 And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him with wholehearted devotion and a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands every intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
  • 2 Chr 17:3 : 3 The LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he followed the early ways of his ancestor David and did not seek after the Baals.
  • Ps 37:9 : 9 For evildoers will be cut off, but those who wait for the LORD will inherit the land.
  • Ps 37:22 : 22 For those blessed by the LORD will inherit the land, but those cursed by Him will be cut off.
  • Ps 89:29-37 : 29 I will keep my steadfast love for him forever, and my covenant with him will remain faithful. 30 I will establish his offspring forever and his throne as the days of the heavens. 31 If his sons forsake my law and do not walk according to my judgments, 32 if they profane my statutes and do not keep my commandments, 33 then I will punish their transgression with the rod and their iniquity with stripes. 34 But I will not remove my steadfast love from him, nor will I betray my faithfulness. 35 I will not violate my covenant or alter the word that has gone out of my lips. 36 Once I have sworn by my holiness; I will not lie to David: 37 His offspring will endure forever, and his throne will be like the sun before me.
  • Ps 132:11-12 : 11 The LORD has sworn in truth to David; He will not turn back from it: 'From the fruit of your body I will set one upon your throne.' 12 If your sons keep My covenant and My testimony that I shall teach them, their sons also will sit upon your throne forever.
  • Zech 14:2 : 2 For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem for battle, and the city will be captured, the houses will be plundered, and the women violated. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be cut off from the city.
  • Matt 22:37 : 37 Jesus replied, 'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.'
  • Luke 1:6 : 6 Both were righteous in the sight of God, living blamelessly according to all the commandments and requirements of the Lord.
  • John 15:9-9 : 9 As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you. Now remain in my love. 10 If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and remain in his love.
  • Jude 1:20-21 : 20 But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in the love of God, as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you eternal life.
  • Jude 1:24 : 24 Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless in the presence of His glory with great joy,

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 1 Kgs 8:24-26
    3 verses
    87%

    24 'You have kept Your word to Your servant, my father David. What You spoke with Your mouth You fulfilled with Your hand, as it is today.'

    25 'Now, LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant David, my father, what You promised him: “You shall never fail to have a descendant to sit on the throne of Israel before Me, if only your descendants are careful to walk before Me as you have walked before Me.”'

    26 'Now therefore, God of Israel, confirm the word that You have spoken to Your servant, my father David.'

  • 2 Chr 6:15-17
    3 verses
    86%

    15 You have kept Your promise to Your servant David, my father. With Your mouth, You spoke it, and with Your hand, You have fulfilled it as it is today.

    16 'Now, LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant David, my father, what You promised him, saying: "You shall never lack a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your sons are careful in their ways, walking in My law as you have walked before Me."

    17 'Now then, LORD, God of Israel, let Your word that You spoke to Your servant David be confirmed.

  • 1 Kgs 9:4-5
    2 verses
    84%

    4 'And as for you, if you walk before Me faithfully, as your father David did, with integrity of heart and uprightness, doing all I have commanded you and keeping My statutes and judgments,

    5 then I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised your father David, saying, 'You will never fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.'

  • 2 Chr 7:17-18
    2 verses
    83%

    17 As for you, if you walk before Me as David your father did, and do all I have commanded, and observe My statutes and judgments,

    18 Then I will establish your royal throne, as I made a covenant with David your father, saying, 'You will never fail to have a man to rule over Israel.'

  • 1 Kgs 11:37-38
    2 verses
    80%

    37 I will take you, and you will reign over all that your heart desires, and you will be king over Israel.

    38 If you listen to all that I command you and walk in My ways, doing what is right in My eyes by keeping My statutes and commands, as My servant David did, then I will be with you. I will build you a sure house, as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.

  • Ps 132:11-12
    2 verses
    80%

    11 The LORD has sworn in truth to David; He will not turn back from it: 'From the fruit of your body I will set one upon your throne.'

    12 If your sons keep My covenant and My testimony that I shall teach them, their sons also will sit upon your throne forever.

  • 1 Chr 17:10-11
    2 verses
    79%

    10 and as they have done since the time I appointed judges over my people Israel. I will subdue all your enemies. Furthermore, I declare to you that the LORD himself will build a house for you.

    11 When your days are fulfilled and you go to be with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom.

  • 2 Sam 7:12
    78%

    12 When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.

  • 1 Chr 28:7-8
    2 verses
    78%

    7 I will establish his kingdom forever if he is resolute in keeping My commandments and ordinances, as he is doing today.’

    8 Now, in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of the LORD, and in the hearing of our God, observe and seek all the commandments of the LORD your God so that you may possess this good land and leave it as an inheritance for your descendants forever.

  • Deut 17:20
    77%

    20 In this way, his heart will not become proud above his fellow Israelites, and he will not turn aside from the commandment, to the right or to the left. He and his descendants will reign a long time over his kingdom in the midst of Israel.

  • 1 Chr 22:10-11
    2 verses
    77%

    10 He will build a house for my name, and he will be my son, and I will be his father. I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.

    11 Now, my son, may the Lord be with you, so that you may succeed in building the house of the Lord your God, as He has spoken concerning you.

  • 1 Sam 24:20-21
    2 verses
    77%

    20 When a man finds his enemy, does he let him go unharmed? May the LORD reward you with good for what you have done for me today.

    21 Now I know that you will surely be king, and the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hands.

  • 1 Kgs 2:5
    77%

    5 Moreover, you know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—how he killed the two commanders of Israel's armies, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. He shed their blood as if in war during a time of peace, staining his belt and sandals with the blood.

  • 2 Chr 6:4
    77%

    4 He said, 'Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who spoke with His mouth to my father David and has fulfilled it with His hands, saying:

  • 2 Sam 7:25
    76%

    25 And now, O LORD God, confirm forever the word that you have spoken concerning your servant and his house, and do as you have spoken.

  • 1 Kgs 2:3
    76%

    3 Obey the charge of the LORD your God by walking in His ways, keeping His statutes, commandments, judgments, and testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses. In this way, you will prosper in all you do and wherever you turn.

  • Jer 33:17
    76%

    17 For this is what the Lord says: David will never fail to have a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 1:20-21
    2 verses
    76%

    20 Now, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, to tell them who will sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

    21 Otherwise, when my lord the king rests with his ancestors, I and my son Solomon will be treated as offenders.

  • 1 Kgs 15:4
    76%

    4 Nevertheless, for the sake of David, the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him and by establishing Jerusalem.

  • 1 Kgs 1:30
    76%

    30 I will carry out today what I swore to you by the LORD, the God of Israel, saying: 'Your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne in my place.'

  • 2 Sam 7:16
    76%

    16 And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before you. Your throne shall be established forever.

  • 1 Chr 28:4-5
    2 verses
    76%

    4 Yet the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me out of all my father's house to be king over Israel forever. He chose Judah as leader, and within the house of Judah, He was pleased to choose my father's family. And among the sons of my father, He was pleased with me to make me king over all Israel.

    5 Of all my sons—for the LORD has given me many sons—He has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the LORD’s kingdom over Israel.

  • 1 Chr 17:23
    76%

    23 "And now, LORD, let the word you have spoken concerning your servant and his house be established forever. Do as you promised,

  • 1 Kgs 2:45
    75%

    45 'But King Solomon will be blessed, and David’s throne will remain secure before the LORD forever.'

  • Jer 22:30
    75%

    30 This is what the LORD says: Record this man as childless, a man who will not prosper in his lifetime, for none of his offspring will succeed in sitting on the throne of David or ruling again in Judah.

  • 1 Kgs 1:35
    75%

    35 You are to go up with him, and he is to sit on my throne and reign in my place. I have appointed him ruler over Israel and Judah.'

  • 1 Kgs 8:15
    75%

    15 He said, 'Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who spoke with His mouth to my father David and with His hand has fulfilled it, saying:'

  • 1 Kgs 3:14
    75%

    14 If you walk in my ways, keeping my statutes and commandments as your father David did, then I will prolong your days.

  • 1 Kgs 3:6
    75%

    6 Solomon replied, "You have shown great lovingkindness to your servant, my father David, because he walked before you in faithfulness, righteousness, and uprightness of heart. You have continued this great kindness to him by giving him a son to sit on his throne this day."

  • 2 Sam 3:10
    74%

    10 I will transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and establish David's throne over Israel and Judah, from Dan to Beersheba.

  • 2 Chr 13:5
    74%

    5 Don’t you know that the LORD, the God of Israel, gave the kingship over Israel forever to David and his descendants by a covenant of salt?

  • 2 Chr 21:7
    74%

    7 But the Lord was not willing to destroy the house of David because of the covenant He had made with David, promising to give him and his descendants a lasting lamp.

  • 1 Kgs 5:5
    74%

    5 Judah and Israel lived in safety, each man under his own vine and fig tree, from Dan to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.

  • 1 Kgs 6:12
    74%

    12 Concerning this house that you are building, if you will walk in my statutes and carry out my ordinances, and keep all my commandments by walking in them, then I will establish my word with you, which I spoke to David your father.

  • 1 Sam 25:30
    74%

    30 When the Lord has fulfilled for my lord all the good things he promised and has appointed you ruler over Israel,

  • 1 Kgs 1:27
    74%

    27 Is this decision from my lord the king, without letting your servants know who is to sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?"