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If your children will keep my covenant, My testimony that I will teach them, Their children also will sit on your throne forevermore."
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A Conditional Earthly Kingdom
Commentators agree that the promise of an unbroken earthly dynasty for David's physical descendants was conditional. It depended on their obedience to God's covenant. Because the kings of Israel were ultimately unfaithful, the earthly kingdom was lost. This highlights the principle that God's promises of temporal blessing are often tied to our obedience.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
If your children will keep my covenant ... — This was the condition implied in the promise — that they were to keep the law of God,…
19th Century
Baptist
If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore.
16th Century
Protestant
If your sons keep my covenant. More distinct notice is now taken of the descending line, by which the perpetuity of the succession, as I h…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
If your children will keep my covenant, and my testimony that I shall teach them The …
The Lord never turns from us when we plead the covenant with his anointed Prophet, Priest, and King. How vast is the love of God to man, that he sh…
