1 Chronicles 28:7
New International Version
I will establish his kingdom forever if he is unswerving in carrying out my commands and laws, as is being done at this time.’

New Living Translation
And if he continues to obey my commands and regulations as he does now, I will make his kingdom last forever.’

English Standard Version
I will establish his kingdom forever if he continues strong in keeping my commandments and my rules, as he is today.’

Berean Standard Bible
I will establish his kingdom forever, if he resolutely carries out My commandments and ordinances, as is being done this day.’

King James Bible
Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to do my commandments and my judgments, as at this day.

New King James Version
Moreover I will establish his kingdom forever, if he is steadfast to observe My commandments and My judgments, as it is this day.’

New American Standard Bible
I will establish his kingdom forever if he resolutely performs My commandments and My ordinances, as is done now.’

NASB 1995
‘I will establish his kingdom forever if he resolutely performs My commandments and My ordinances, as is done now.’

NASB 1977
‘And I will establish his kingdom forever, if he resolutely performs My commandments and My ordinances, as is done now.’

Legacy Standard Bible
And I will establish his kingdom forever if he will be strong to do My commandments and My judgments, as is done now.’

Amplified Bible
I will establish his kingdom forever if he loyally and continually obeys My commandments and My ordinances, as is done today.’

Christian Standard Bible
I will establish his kingdom forever if he perseveres in keeping my commands and my ordinances as he is doing today.’

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I will establish his kingdom forever if he perseveres in keeping My commands and My ordinances as he is today.’”

American Standard Version
And I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to do my commandments and mine ordinances, as at this day.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And I shall establish the throne of his kingdom to eternity, even if he would not choose to keep my commands and my judgments as today

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he continue to keep my commandments, and my judgments, as at this day.

Contemporary English Version
If he continues to obey my laws and commands, his kingdom will never end."

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he continue to keep my commandments, and my judgments, as at this day.

English Revised Version
And I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to do my commandments and my judgments, as at this day.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I will establish his kingdom forever if he will remain determined to obey my commands and laws, as he is doing today.'

Good News Translation
I will make his kingdom last forever if he continues to obey carefully all my laws and commands as he does now.'

International Standard Version
I will establish his kingdom forever, assuming he remains strongly committed to carry out my commandments and ordinances, as he is doing today.'

JPS Tanakh 1917
And I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to do My commandments and Mine ordinances, as at this day.

Literal Standard Version
And I have established his kingdom for all time, if he is strong to do My commands and My judgments, as at this day.

Majority Standard Bible
I will establish his kingdom forever, if he resolutely carries out My commandments and ordinances, as is being done this day.’

New American Bible
I will establish his kingdom forever, if he perseveres in carrying out my commandments and ordinances as he does now.

NET Bible
I will establish his kingdom permanently, if he remains committed to obeying my commands and regulations, as you are doing this day.'

New Revised Standard Version
I will establish his kingdom forever if he continues resolute in keeping my commandments and my ordinances, as he is today.’

New Heart English Bible
I will establish his kingdom forever, if he continues to do my commandments and my ordinances, as at this day.'

Webster's Bible Translation
Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he shall be constant to do my commandments and my judgments, as at this day.

World English Bible
I will establish his kingdom forever if he continues to do my commandments and my ordinances, as it is today.’

Young's Literal Translation
and I have established his kingdom to the age, if he is strong to do My commands, and My judgments, as at this day.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
David Commissions Solomon
6And 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. 7I will establish his kingdom forever, if he resolutely carries out My commandments and ordinances, as is being done this day.’ 8So now in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of the LORD, and in the hearing of our God, keep and seek out all the commandments of the LORD your God, so that you may possess this good land and leave it as an inheritance to your descendants forever.…

Cross References
1 Chronicles 22:13
Then you will succeed, if you carefully follow the statutes and ordinances that the LORD commanded Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged.

1 Chronicles 28:8
So now in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of the LORD, and in the hearing of our God, keep and seek out all the commandments of the LORD your God, so that you may possess this good land and leave it as an inheritance to your descendants forever.


Treasury of Scripture

Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to do my commandments and my judgments, as at this day.

Moreover

Psalm 89:28-37
My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him…

Psalm 132:12
If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore.

Daniel 2:44
And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.

if

1 Chronicles 22:13
Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.

1 Kings 6:12,13
Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father: …

1 Kings 9:4,5
And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments: …

constant [heb] strong

1 Chronicles 28:10
Take heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.

Joshua 1:6,7
Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them…

1 Kings 2:2-4
I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man; …

as at this day

1 Kings 8:61
Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.

1 Kings 11:4
For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.

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1 Chronicles 28
1. David in a solemn assembly having declared God's favor to him,
5. and promise to his son Solomon, exhorts them to fear God
9. He encourages Solomon to build the temple
11. He gives him patterns, gold and silver, etc














(7) Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever.--So 1Chronicles 22:10 (at end).

If he be constant to do my commandments and my judgments.--The same condition is attached to the same promise in 1Kings 9:4-5. (Comp. also 1Kings 3:14, where the promise is length of days.)

As at this day.--As we are doing in our present work. The same words occur in the same sense at the end of Solomon's Prayer (1Kings 8:61).



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
I will establish
וַהֲכִינוֹתִ֥י (wa·hă·ḵî·nō·w·ṯî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 3559: To be erect

his kingdom
מַלְכוּת֖וֹ (mal·ḵū·ṯōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 4438: Royalty, royal power, reign, kingdom

forever,
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

if
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

he resolutely
יֶחֱזַ֗ק (ye·ḥĕ·zaq)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2388: To fasten upon, to seize, be strong, obstinate, to bind, restrain, conquer

carries out
לַעֲשׂ֛וֹת (la·‘ă·śō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 6213: To do, make

My commandments
מִצְוֺתַ֥י (miṣ·wō·ṯay)
Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 4687: Commandment

and ordinances,
וּמִשְׁפָּטַ֖י (ū·miš·pā·ṭay)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 4941: A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style

as is being done
כַּיּ֥וֹם (kay·yō·wm)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3117: A day

this day.’
הַזֶּֽה׃ (haz·zeh)
Article | Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's 2088: This, that


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