1 Kings 9:4-7

4 “As for you, if you walk before me faithfully with integrity of heart and uprightness, as David your father did, and do all I command and observe my decrees and laws,

5 I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised David your father when I said, ‘You shall never fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’

6 “But if you^[a] or your descendants turn away from me and do not observe the commands and decrees I have given you^[b] and go off to serve other gods and worship them,

7 then I will cut off Israel from the land I have given them and will reject this temple I have consecrated for my Name. Israel will then become a byword and an object of ridicule among all peoples.

1 Kings 9:4-7 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 9

This chapter relates a second vision Solomon had at Gibeon, in which he received an answer to his prayer in the preceding chapter, 1Ki 9:1-9 that passed between him and Hiram king of Tyre, 1Ki 9:10-14, the places that Solomon built or repaired, 1Ki 9:15-19, the Canaanitish people that became bondmen to him, and the officers he had among the children of Israel, 1Ki 9:20-23 the removal of Pharaoh's daughter to the house built for her, 1Ki 9:24. Solomon's attention to religious services, 1Ki 9:25 and the navy of ships he employed, which brought him in great riches, 1Ki 9:26-28.

Cross References

• 1. S Genesis 17:1
• 2. Deuteronomy 17:20; 1 Kings 14:8; 1 Kings 15:5
• 3. S 1 Kings 3:14; 1 Chronicles 28:9; Proverbs 4:4
• 4. 1 Chronicles 22:10
• 5. S 2 Samuel 7:15; 1 Kings 2:4
• 6. Deuteronomy 28:15; 2 Samuel 7:14; 2 Kings 18:12; Jeremiah 17:27; Jeremiah 26:4; Jeremiah 32:23; Jeremiah 44:23
• 7. 1 Kings 11:10
• 8. Leviticus 18:24-28; Deuteronomy 4:26; S Joshua 23:13; 2 Kings 17:23; 2 Kings 25:21; Jeremiah 24:10
• 9. Deuteronomy 12:5; Jeremiah 7:14
• 10. Job 17:6; Psalms 44:14; Jeremiah 24:9; Joel 2:17
• 11. S Deuteronomy 28:37; Ezekiel 5:15

Footnotes

• [a] The Hebrew is plural.
• [b] The Hebrew is plural.