Bible Strands
1 Chronicles 28:7
I will establish his kingdom forever, if he resolutely carries out My commandments and ordinances, as is being done this day.’
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — David transmits God’s declaration to Solomon concerning the throne, addressing the assembled leadership of Israel prior to the temple project. (1 Chronicles 28:6, 1 Chronicles 28:8)
The words — The Hebrew verb הֲכִינוֹתִי (ha.khi.no.Ti) translates "I will establish," positioned directly before אִם (if) and יֶחֱזַק (he will be strong/resolutely carry out), structuring the promise around active compliance.
The thread — The conditional requirement for royal success appears in 1 Chronicles 22:13, which explicitly ties lasting achievement to strict adherence to Mosaic statutes.
Why it lands — The text requires ongoing, deliberate obedience to divine commands as the operative condition for sustaining the promised dynasty.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to do my commandments and my judgments, as at this day.
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 Kings 8:61 So let your heart be fully devoted to the LORD our God, as it is this day, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments.”
- Joshua 1:6 Be strong and courageous, for you shall give these people the inheritance of the land that I swore to their fathers I would give them.
- 1 Kings 2:2 “I am about to go the way of all the earth. So be strong and prove yourself a man.
- 1 Kings 6:12 “As for this temple you are building, if you walk in My statutes, carry out My ordinances, and keep all My commandments by walking in them, I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David.
- 1 Kings 9:4 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,
- 1 Kings 11:4 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.
- 1 Kings 11:9 Now the LORD grew angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned away from the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice.
- 1 Chronicles 28:10 Consider now that the LORD has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary. Be strong and do it.”
- Psalms 89:28 I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast.