1 Kings 8:24-26

8:24 You have kept your word to your servant, my father David; ¹  this very day you have fulfilled what you promised. ²  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, ³  provided that your descendants watch their step and serve me as you have done.’ ⁴  8:26 Now, O God of Israel, may the promise you made ⁵  to your servant, my father David, be realized. ⁶ 

[8:24]  ¹ tn Heb “[you] who kept to your servant David my father that which you spoke to him.”

[8:24]  ² tn Heb “you spoke by your mouth and by your hand you fulfilled, as this day.”

[8:25]  ³ tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man from before me sitting on the throne of Israel.”

[8:25]  ⁴ tn Heb “guard their way by walking before me as you have walked before me.”

[8:26]  ⁵ tn Heb “the words that you spoke.”

[8:26]  ⁶ tn Or “prove to be reliable.”