Verse 5

1 Kings 9:5

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5 then I will make your throne secure forever. I made this agreement with your father David, telling him, ‘You will always have a descendant to rule over Israel.’

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/הֲקִ֨מֹתִ֜י אֶת כִּסֵּ֧א מַֽמְלַכְתְּ/ךָ֛ עַל יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לְ/עֹלָ֑ם כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֣ר דִּבַּ֗רְתִּי עַל דָּוִ֤ד אָבִ֨י/ךָ֙ לֵ/אמֹ֔ר לֹֽא יִכָּרֵ֤ת לְ/ךָ֙ אִ֔ישׁ מֵ/עַ֖ל כִּסֵּ֥א יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

English Translation

And I will establish your throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, as I spoke concerning David your father, saying, "There shall not be cut off for you a man from upon the throne of Israel."

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Chapter 9 Context

1 After Solomon had finished the Lord's Temple and the royal palace, having accomplished everything he... Focus ↗

2 the Lord appeared to him a second time, as he had appeared to him at Gibeon. Focus ↗

3 The Lord told him, “I have heard your prayer and your request to me. I have dedicated this Temple yo... Focus ↗

4 As for you, if you follow my ways as your father David did, doing everything I've told you to do, an... Focus ↗

5 then I will make your throne secure forever. I made this agreement with your father David, telling h...

6 But if you or your descendants turn away and do not keep the laws and the commandments I have given... Focus ↗

7 then I will cut Israel off from the land I have given them. I will banish from my presence this Temp... Focus ↗

8 This Temple will become a pile of rubble. All who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss, saying,... Focus ↗

9 The answer will come, ‘Because they abandoned the Lord their God (Elohim), who brought their forefat... Focus ↗

10 It took twenty years for Solomon to construct the two buildings—the Temple of the Lord and his own p... Focus ↗

11 King Solomon gave twenty towns in Galilee to Hiram king of Tyre, because Hiram had provided him with... Focus ↗

12 But when Hiram went from Tyre to see the cities that Solomon had given him, he was not happy with th... Focus ↗

13 “What are these towns you have given me, my brother?” asked Hiram. He called them the land of Cabul,... Focus ↗

14 Even so, Hiram sent the king 120 talents of gold in payment. Focus ↗

15 Here is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon imposed to build the Lord's Temple, his ow... Focus ↗

16 Pharaoh, king of Egypt, had attacked and captured Gezer. He had set it on fire, and killed the Canaa... Focus ↗

17 Solomon rebuilt Gezer and lower Beth-horon, Focus ↗

18 Baalath and Tamar in the wilderness, in the land of Judah, Focus ↗

19 and all of Solomon's towns for storage, and the towns for his chariots and for his horsemen, plus wh... Focus ↗

20 The descendants of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites (people who were not Is... Focus ↗

21 who remained in the land—those whom the Israelites were unable to destroy completely—were conscripte... Focus ↗

22 But Solomon did not enslave any of the Israelites. They were his soldiers, officials, commanders, ca... Focus ↗

23 They were also the chief officers in charge of Solomon's programs: 550 in command of the people who... Focus ↗

24 Once Pharaoh's daughter had moved from the City of David to the palace that Solomon had built for he... Focus ↗

25 Three times each year Solomon sacrificed burnt offerings and friendship offerings on the altar he ha... Focus ↗

26 King Solomon built a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth on the shore of the Red Sea,... Focus ↗

27 They sailed to Ophir and brought back 420 talents of gold from there and delivered it to Solomon. Focus ↗

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Book: 1 Kings
Chapter: Chapter 9 (27 verses)
Version: Free Bible Version

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