1 Kings 9:6 - Forerunner Commentary

1 Kings 9:6

4 Now if you ^awalk before Me ^bas your father David walked, in integrity of heart and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded you, and if you ^ckeep My statutes and My judgments,

5 then I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, ^aas I promised David your father, saying, ‘You shall not fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’

6 ^aBut if you or your sons at all¹ turn from following Me, and do not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods and worship them,

7 ^athen I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them; and this house which I have consecrated ^bfor My name I will cast out of My sight. ^cIsrael will be a proverb and a byword among all peoples.

8 And as for ^athis house, which is exalted, everyone who passes by it will be astonished and will hiss, and say, ^b‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land and to this house?’

9 Then they will answer, ‘Because they forsook the Lord their God, who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, and worshiped them and served them; therefore the Lord has brought all this ^acalamity on them.’ ”

Solomon and Hiram Exchange Gifts

10 Now ^ait happened at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the Lord and the king’s house

11 ^a(Hiram the king of Tyre had supplied Solomon with cedar and cypress and gold, as much as he desired), that King Solomon then gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

Verse Comparison: 1 Kings 9:6

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American Standard Version
But if ye shall turn away from following me, ye or your children, and not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;

Amplified® Bible
But if you turn away from following Me, you or your children, and will not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have set before you but go and serve other gods and worship them,

Contemporary English Version
But if you or any of your descendants disobey my commands or start worshiping foreign gods,

Darby English Version
[But] if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments, my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them;

Good News Bible
But if you or your descendants stop following me, disobey the laws and commands I have given you, and worship other gods,

King James Version
But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:

New American Standard Bible
"But if you or your sons indeed turn away from following Me, and do not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them,

New International Version
"But if you or your sons turn away from me and do not observe the commands and decrees I have given you and go off to serve other gods and worship them,

New King James Version
But if you or your sons at all turn from following Me, and do not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods and worship them,

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"But if you or your sons indeed turn away from following Me, and do not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them,

Revised Standard Version
But if you turn aside from following me, you or your children, and do not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods and worship them,

Young's Literal Translation
`If ye at all turn back -- you and your sons -- from after Me, and keep not My commands -- My statutes, that I have set before you, and ye have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them,

New English Translation
“But if you or your sons ever turn away from me, fail to obey the regulations and rules I instructed you to keep,¹ and decide to serve and worship other gods,²

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