1 Kings 2:4

Old Testament • 20 words with Strong's data

"That the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel."

Word-by-Word Analysis

That the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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may

עָמַד

ʻâmad

H5975

to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)

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his

דָּבָר

dâbâr

H1697

a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

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which he

דָבַר

dâbar

H1696

perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

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עַל

ʻal

H5922

{above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications}

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me

אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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If thy

בֵּן

bên

H1121

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...

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לָקַח

lâqach

H3947

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

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שָׁמַר

shâmar

H8104

properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.

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to their

דֶּרֶךְ

derek

H1870

a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

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to

יָלַךְ

yâlak

H3212

to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)

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פָּנִים

pânîym

H6440

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...

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me in

אֶמֶת

ʼemeth

H571

stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness

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with all their

לֵב

lêb

H3820

the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything

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and with all their

נֶפֶשׁ

nephesh

H5315

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...

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there shall not

כָּלָה

kâlâh

H3615

to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)

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thee

אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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he a

אִישׁ

ʼîysh

H376

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

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on the

כִּסֵּא

kiççêʼ

H3678

properly, covered, i.e. a throne (as canopied)

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of

יִשְׂרָאֵל

Yisrâʼêl

H3478

Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

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Key Terms in This Verse

continue H5975

עָמַד ʻâmad

to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)

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fail H3615

כָּלָה kâlâh

to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)

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heed H8104

שָׁמַר shâmar

properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.

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throne H3678

כִּסֵּא kiççêʼ

properly, covered, i.e. a throne (as canopied)

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walk H3212

יָלַךְ yâlak

to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)

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truth H571

אֶמֶת ʼemeth

stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness

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concerning H5922

עַל ʻal

{above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications}

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soul H5315

נֶפֶשׁ nephesh

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)

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spake H1696

דָבַר dâbar

perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

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way H1870

דֶּרֶךְ derek

a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

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Cross References

2 Kings 20:3 cross-reference

I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.

2 Samuel 7:25 cross-reference

And now, O LORD God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast said.

1 Kings 8:25 cross-reference

Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy child...

Matthew 22:37 cross-reference

Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

Deuteronomy 11:13 cross-reference

And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,

1 Kings 3:3 cross-reference

And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.

2 Chronicles 17:3 cross-reference

And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim;

1 Kings 8:23 cross-reference

And he said, LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart:

1 Kings 9:5 cross-reference

Then 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.

Zechariah 14:2 cross-reference

For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the resid...

Psalm 37:22 cross-reference

For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.

Deuteronomy 7:12 cross-reference

Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers:

Deuteronomy 6:5 cross-reference

And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

2 Kings 23:25 cross-reference

And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose th...

1 Chronicles 28:9 cross-reference

And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the ...

1 Kings 3:14 cross-reference

And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.

Psalm 37:9 cross-reference

For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.

Deuteronomy 10:12 cross-reference

And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy s...

Genesis 17:1 cross-reference

And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.

2 Kings 23:3 cross-reference

And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, ...

Genesis 18:19 cross-reference

For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he h...

Leviticus 26:3 cross-reference

If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;

Luke 1:6 cross-reference

And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

Jude 1:24 cross-reference

Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,

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