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1 Kings 9:4 KJV
1 Kings · chapter 9 · verse 4
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:1 Kings 9:4 · King James Version
1 Kings 9:4 in context
2That the LORD appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon.
3And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.
4And 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:
5Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.
6But 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:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- uprightnessyôsherthe rightH3476 →
- integritytômcompletenessH8537 →
- commandedtsâvâhto constitute, enjoinH6680 →
- beforepânîymthe faceH6440 →
- fatherʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- walkedhâlakto walkH1980 →
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God had given a real answer to Solomon's prayer, and tokens of his acceptance of it, immediately, by the fire from heaven which consumed the sacrifices (as we find Ch2 7:1); but here we have a more express and distinct answer to it. Observe, I. In what way God gave him this answer.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-9