1 Kings 8:23-26

8:23 He prayed: ¹  “O Lord, God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven above or on earth below! You maintain covenantal loyalty ²  to your servants who obey you with sincerity. ³  8:24 You have kept your word to your servant, my father David; ⁴  this very day you have fulfilled what you promised. ⁵  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, ⁶  provided that your descendants watch their step and serve me as you have done.’ ⁷  8:26 Now, O God of Israel, may the promise you made ⁸  to your servant, my father David, be realized. ⁹ 

¹ tn Heb “said.”

² tn Heb “one who keeps the covenant and the loyal love.” The expression is a hendiadys.

³ tn Heb “who walk before you with all their heart.”

⁴ tn Heb “[you] who kept to your servant David my father that which you spoke to him.”

⁵ tn Heb “you spoke by your mouth and by your hand you fulfilled, as this day.”

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

⁷ tn Heb “guard their way by walking before me as you have walked before me.”

⁸ tn Heb “the words that you spoke.”

⁹ tn Or “prove to be reliable.”