1 Kings 9:4

4 And as for you, if you will 1walk before me, 2as David your father walked, with integrity of heart and uprightness, doing according to all that I have commanded you, and keeping my statutes and my rules,

1 Kings 9:4 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 9:4

And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in
integrity of heart, and in uprightness.
&c.] Who, though guilty of many sins and failings in life, yet was sincere and upright in the worship of God, never apostatized from it, or fell into idolatry, which is what is chiefly respected:

to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my
statutes and my judgments;
observe all the laws of God, moral, ceremonial, and judicial.

1 Kings 9:4 In-Context

2 the LORD appeared to Solomon a second time, as he had appeared to him at Gibeon.
3 And the LORD said to him, "I have heard your prayer and your plea, which you have made before me. I have consecrated this house that you have built, by putting my name there forever. My eyes and my heart will be there for all time.
4 And as for you, if you will walk before me, as David your father walked, with integrity of heart and uprightness, doing according to all that I have commanded you, and keeping my statutes and my rules,
5 then I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised David your father, saying, 'You shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.'
6 But if you turn aside from following me, you or your children, and do not keep my commandments and my statutes that I have set before you, but go and serve other gods and worship them,

Cross References 2

  • 1. [Genesis 17:1]
  • 2. 1 Kings 11:4, 6, 38; 1 Kings 14:8; 1 Kings 15:5
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