1 Kings 9:6

4 And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, with a heart of integrity and uprightness, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,

5 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.’

But if indeed you or your sons turn away from following Me and do not keep the commandments and statutes I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods,

7 then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. Then Israel will become an object of scorn and ridicule among all peoples.

8 And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
But if indeed you or your sons turn away from following Me and do not keep the commandments and statutes I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods,
KJV
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:
WEB
But if you turn away from following me, you or your children, and not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods and worship them,
ASV
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;
DARBY
[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;
BLB
If you⁺ at all turn back, you⁺ or your⁺ sons, from following Me, and do not keep My commandments [and] My statutes that I have set before you⁺, and you⁺ go and serve other gods and worship them,
ÅB
Men hvis dere og deres barn vender dere bort fra meg og ikke holder de bud og lover som jeg har forelagt dere, men gir dere til å dyrke andre guder og tilbe dem,
OTB
Men hvis du eller dine sønner virkelig vender dere bort fra å følge Meg, og ikke holder Mine bud og Mine lover som Jeg har lagt foran dere, og dere går og tjener andre guder og tilber dem,
B1930
Men hvis I og eders barn vender eder bort fra mig og ikke holder de bud og lover som jeg har forelagt eder, men gir eder til å dyrke andre guder og tilbede dem,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 2 Samuel 7:14–16

    I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.

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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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  • 2 Chronicles 7:19–22

    But if you turn away and forsake the statutes and commandments I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods,

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  • 1 Kings 11:4–10

    For when Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.

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  • Psalms 89:30

    If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments,

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  • 1 Samuel 2:30

    Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be disdained.

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  • Joshua 23:15–16

    But just as every good thing the LORD your God promised you has come to pass, likewise the LORD will bring upon you the calamity He has threatened, until He has destroyed you from this good land He has given you.

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  • Psalms 89:32

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

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