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1 Kings 9:5

in 1 Kings 9

then I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised your father David when I said, ‘You will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom over Israel for ever, according as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.

KJV

Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.

This verse in 1 Kings 9

Commentary

4 notes on this verse
Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever,.... In a succession in his posterity, until the coming of the Messiah: as I promised unto David thy father, saying, there shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel; not fail one of his posterity to sit upon it; see 2Sa 7:12.

This site's exposition

with a heart of integrity and uprightness

on 1 Kings 9:4-5

The promise to David at 2 Samuel 7:12-16 returns here with a condition. David’s line stands, and each king’s share in it rests on walking “as your father David walked, with a heart of integrity and uprightness”. Solomon hears the terms David kept, with David held up as the standard.

This site's exposition

establish your royal throne over Israel forever

John Gill reads forever as a line of David's descendants on the throne of Israel until the coming of the Messiah. Solomon had pleaded these same words at 8:25. The LORD now answers that plea in His own voice.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

If we perform our part of the covenant, God will not fail to perform his; if we improve the grace God has given us, he will confirm us to the end. Let not the children of godly parents expect the entail of the blessing, unless they tread in the steps of those that have gone before them to heaven, and keep up the virtue and piety of their ancestors.

The words behind it

20 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַהֲקִ֨מֹתִ֜יand I will establish

    vahakimotiH6965 →628 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • כִּסֵּ֧א[the] throne of

    kise'H3678 →135 times

  • מַֽמְלַכְתְּךָ֛kingdom your

    mamlakhtekhaH4467 →117 times

  • עַל־over

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • לְעֹלָ֑םfor ever

    leolamH5769 →438 times

  • כַּאֲשֶׁ֣רjust as

    kaasherH834 →5497 times

  • דִּבַּ֗רְתִּיI spoke

    dibartiH1696 →1141 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • דָּוִ֤דDavid

    davidH1732 →999 times

  • אָבִ֙יךָ֙father your

    ʾavikhaH1 →1212 times

  • לֵאמֹ֔ר<to> saying

    lemorH559 →5305 times

  • לֹֽא־not

    lo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • יִכָּרֵ֤תit will be cut off

    yikaretH3772 →288 times

  • לְךָ֙to you

    lekha

  • אִ֔ישׁa man

    ʾishH376 →1663 times

  • מֵעַ֖לfrom on

    mealH5921 →5755 times

  • כִּסֵּ֥א[the] throne of

    kise'H3678 →135 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Israel

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    2 Samuel 7:16

    Your house and kingdom will endure forever before Me, and your throne will be established forever.”

    it leads to

    • Luke 1:32–33

      He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David,

    • Psalms 89:36–37

      his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,

    • 2 Samuel 7:13

      He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

    • Isaiah 9:7

      Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness…

    • Psalms 45:6

      Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.

  • Through

    2 Samuel 7:12

    And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 8:20

      Now the LORD has fulfilled the word that He spoke. I have succeeded my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built the house for…

    • Acts 2:30

      But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that He would place one of his descendants on his throne.

  • Through

    1 Kings 2:4

    and so that the LORD may fulfill His promise to me: ‘If your descendants take heed to walk faithfully before Me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a…

    it leads to

    • 2 Kings 20:3

      “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what was good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

Where this verse is studied

About 1 Kings

The visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon, Sir Edward John Poynter, 1890. Public domain.
The visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon, Sir Edward John Poynter, 1890. Public domain.

This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.