16 (A)Your house and your kingdom shall endure before [a]Me forever; your throne shall be established forever.”’”

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  1. 2 Samuel 7:16 So with Gr and some ancient mss; M.T. you

so that (A)the Lord may carry out His promise which He spoke concerning me, saying, ‘(B)If your sons are careful of their way, (C)to walk before Me in [a]truth with all their heart and with all their soul, [b](D)you shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.’

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  1. 1 Kings 2:4 Or faithfulness
  2. 1 Kings 2:4 Lit there shall not be cast off to you a man from before Me

25 Now therefore, O Lord, the God of Israel, keep with Your servant David my father that which You have [a]promised him, saying, ‘[b](A)You shall not lack a man to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your sons take heed to their way to walk before Me as you have walked.’

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  1. 1 Kings 8:25 Lit spoken to
  2. 1 Kings 8:25 Lit There shall not be cut off to you a man from before Me

11 When your days are fulfilled that you must go to be with your fathers, that I will set up one of your [a]descendants after you, who will be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom. 12 He shall build for Me a house, and I will establish his throne forever. 13 (A)I will be his father and he shall be My son; and I will not take My lovingkindness away from him, (B)as I took it from him who was before you. 14 But I will settle him in My house and in My kingdom forever, and his throne shall be established forever.”’”

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  1. 1 Chronicles 17:11 Lit seed

29 “So I will establish his [a](A)descendants forever
And his (B)throne (C)as the days of heaven.

30 “If his sons (D)forsake My law
And do not walk in My judgments,
31 If they [b]violate My statutes
And do not keep My commandments,
32 Then I will punish their transgression with the (E)rod
And their iniquity with stripes.
33 “But I will not break off (F)My lovingkindness from him,
Nor deal falsely in My faithfulness.
34 “My (G)covenant I will not [c]violate,
Nor will I (H)alter [d]the utterance of My lips.
35 [e]Once I have (I)sworn by My holiness;
I will not lie to David.
36 “His [f](J)descendants shall endure forever
And his (K)throne (L)as the sun before Me.
37 “It shall be established forever (M)like the moon,
And the (N)witness in the sky is faithful.” [g]Selah.

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  1. Psalm 89:29 Lit seed
  2. Psalm 89:31 Lit profane
  3. Psalm 89:34 Lit profane
  4. Psalm 89:34 Lit that which goes forth
  5. Psalm 89:35 Or One thing
  6. Psalm 89:36 Lit seed
  7. Psalm 89:37 Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interlude