1 Kings 2:4

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1 Kings 2:2–6 · Berean Standard Bible

2 “I am about to go the way of all the earth. So be strong and prove yourself a man.

3 And keep the charge of the LORD your God to walk in His ways and to keep His statutes, commandments, ordinances, and decrees, as is written in the Law of Moses, so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you turn,

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 man on the throne of Israel.’

5 Moreover, you know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether, the two commanders of the armies of Israel. He killed them in peacetime to avenge the blood of war. He stained with the blood of war the belt around his waist and the sandals on his feet.

6 So act according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.

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For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised.”

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1 Chronicles 28:9

As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.

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As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Remain in My love.

John 15:10

If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.

Jude 1:20

But you, beloved, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,

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keep yourselves in the love of God as you await the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you eternal life.

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Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—

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and have done since the day I appointed judges over My people Israel. I will give you rest from all your enemies. The LORD declares to you that He Himself will establish a house for you.

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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.

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

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But My loving devotion will never be removed from him as I removed it from Saul, whom I moved out of your way.

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

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And now, O LORD God, confirm forever the word You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house. Do as You have promised,

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And when your days are fulfilled and you go to be with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom.

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He will build a house for Me, and I will establish his throne forever.

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I will be his Father, and he will be My son. And I will never remove My loving devotion from him as I removed it from your predecessor.

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But I will set him over My house and My kingdom forever, and his throne will be established forever.”

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But a son will be born to you who will be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side; for his name will be Solomon, and I will grant to Israel peace and quiet during his reign.

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He is the one who will build a house for My Name. He will be My son, and I will be his Father. And I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.’

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And He said to me, ‘Solomon your son is the one who will build My house and My courts, for I have chosen him as My son, and I will be his Father.

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I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.

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if they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments,

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I will attend to their transgression with the rod, and to their iniquity with stripes.

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Psalms 89:34

I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.

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

Psalms 89:37

like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.” Selah

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If your sons keep My covenant and the testimony I will teach them, then their sons will also sit on your throne forever and ever.”

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