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regulations,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_chronicles/7.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And as for you, if you will walk before me as David your father walked, doing according to all that I have commanded you and keeping my statutes and my rules,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/7.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/7.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and shalt observe my statutes and my judgments;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_chronicles/7.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />As for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, and do according to all that I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and My judgments,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_chronicles/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />As for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, to do according to everything that I have commanded you, and keep My statutes and My ordinances,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/7.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220As for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, even to do according to all that I have commanded you, and will keep My statutes and My ordinances,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_chronicles/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked even to do according to all that I have commanded you and will keep My statutes and My ordinances,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_chronicles/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />As for you, if you will walk before Me as your father David walked, even to do according to all that I have commanded you, and will keep My statutes and My judgments,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_chronicles/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />As for you [Solomon], if you will walk before me as your father David walked, and do everything that I have commanded you, and observe My statutes and My ordinances,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_chronicles/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />As for you, if you walk before me as your father David walked, doing everything I have commanded you, and if you keep my statutes and ordinances,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_chronicles/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />As for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, doing everything I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_chronicles/7.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me as David thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and mine ordinances;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_chronicles/7.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Your father David obeyed me, and now, Solomon, you must do the same. Obey my laws and teachings, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_chronicles/7.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me as David thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_chronicles/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"If you will be faithful to me as your father David was, do everything I command, and obey my laws and rules,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_chronicles/7.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />If you serve me faithfully as your father David did, obeying my laws and doing everything I have commanded you, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_chronicles/7.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Now as for you, if you commune with me like your father did, doing everything that I have commanded you, including obeying my statutes and my legal decisions, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_chronicles/7.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />You must serve me as your father David did. Do everything I commanded and obey my rules and regulations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_chronicles/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />As for you, if you will walk before me as David your father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded you, and will keep my statutes and my ordinances;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_chronicles/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and shalt observe my statutes and my judgments;<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_chronicles/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_chronicles/7.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“As for you, if you will walk before me as David your father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded you, and will keep my statutes and my ordinances, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_chronicles/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, even to do according to all that I have commanded you, and keep My statutes and My judgments—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_chronicles/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'And thou, if thou dost walk before Me as David thy father walked, even to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and My statutes and My judgments dost keep -- <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_chronicles/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And thou, if thou wilt go before me as David thy father went, and to do according to all that I commanded thee, and my law and my judgment thou shalt watch:<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_chronicles/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And as for thee, if thou walk before me, as David thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and keep my justices and my judgments : <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_chronicles/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And as for you, if you will walk before me, just as your father David walked, and if you will act in accord with all that I have instructed you, and if you will observe my justices and judgments,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_chronicles/7.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />As for you, if you walk before me as David your father did, doing all that I have commanded you and keeping my statutes and ordinances,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_chronicles/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />As for you, if you walk before me, as your father David walked, doing according to all that I have commanded you and keeping my statutes and my ordinances,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_chronicles/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And as for you, if you will walk before me as David your father walked, with innocence of heart and uprightness, to do everything that I have commanded you and to observe my commandments and my statutes;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_chronicles/7.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And if it is that you will walk before me just as David your father walked in integrity of the heart and in uprightness, to do everything that I commanded you, and my commandments and my laws you will keep.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_chronicles/7.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before Me as David thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep My statutes and Mine ordinances;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_chronicles/7.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And if thou wilt walk before me as David thy father <i>did</i>, and wilt do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my ordinances and my judgments;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/7-17.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zGrb4955Tvs?start=1731" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/7.htm">The LORD's Response to Solomon</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">16</span>For I have now chosen and consecrated this temple so that My Name may be there forever. My eyes and My heart will be there for all time. <span class="reftext">17</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: wə·’at·tāh (Conj-w:: Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). ">And as for you,</a> <a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">if</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: tê·lêḵ (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">you walk</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lə·p̄ā·nay (Prep-l:: N-mpc:: 1cs) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before Me</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ka·’ă·šer (Prep-k:: Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">as</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’ā·ḇî·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">your father</a> <a href="/hebrew/1732.htm" title="1732: dā·wîḏ (N-proper-ms) -- Perhaps beloved one, a son of Jesse. Rarely; Daviyd; from the same as dowd; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse.">David</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: hā·laḵ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">walked,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: wə·la·‘ă·śō·wṯ (Conj-w, Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">doing</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kə·ḵōl (Prep-k:: N-ms) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6680.htm" title="6680: ṣiw·wî·ṯî·ḵā (V-Piel-Perf-1cs:: 2ms) -- To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order. A primitive root; to constitute, enjoin.">I have commanded you,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8104.htm" title="8104: tiš·mō·wr (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To keep, watch, preserve. A primitive root; properly, to hedge about, i.e. Guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.">and if you keep</a> <a href="/hebrew/2706.htm" title="2706: wə·ḥuq·qay (Conj-w:: N-mpc:: 1cs) -- Something prescribed or owed, a statute. From chaqaq; an enactment; hence, an appointment.">My statutes</a> <a href="/hebrew/4941.htm" title="4941: ū·miš·pā·ṭay (Conj-w:: N-mpc:: 1cs) -- Judgment. ">and ordinances,</a> </span><span class="reftext">18</span>then I will establish your royal throne, as I covenanted with your father David when I said, ‘You will never fail to have a man to rule over Israel.’…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/9-4.htm">1 Kings 9:4-5</a></span><br />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, / then I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised your father David when I said, ‘You will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/5-32.htm">Deuteronomy 5:32-33</a></span><br />So be careful to do as the LORD your God has commanded you; you are not to turn aside to the right or to the left. / You must walk in all the ways that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/3-14.htm">1 Kings 3:14</a></span><br />So if you walk in My ways and keep My statutes and commandments, just as your father David did, I will prolong your days.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/11-38.htm">1 Kings 11:38</a></span><br />If you listen to all that I command you, walk in My ways, and do what is right in My sight in order to keep My statutes and commandments as My servant David did, then I will be with you. I will build you a lasting dynasty just as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/2-3.htm">1 Kings 2:3-4</a></span><br />And keep the charge of the LORD your God to walk in His ways and to keep His statutes, commandments, ordinances, and decrees, as written in the Law of Moses, so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you turn, / and so that the LORD may fulfill His promise to me: ‘If your descendants take heed to walk faithfully before Me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/17-18.htm">Deuteronomy 17:18-20</a></span><br />When he is seated on his royal throne, he must write for himself a copy of this instruction on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests. / It is to remain with him, and he is to read from it all the days of his life, so that he may learn to fear the LORD his God by carefully observing all the words of this instruction and these statutes. / Then his heart will not be exalted above his countrymen, and he will not turn aside from the commandment, to the right or to the left, in order that he and his sons may reign many years over his kingdom in Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/132-12.htm">Psalm 132:12</a></span><br />If your sons keep My covenant and the testimony I will teach them, then their sons will also sit on your throne forever and ever.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/12-14.htm">1 Samuel 12:14-15</a></span><br />If you fear the LORD and serve Him and obey His voice, and if you do not rebel against the command of the LORD, and if both you and the king who rules over you follow the LORD your God, then all will be well. / But if you disobey the LORD and rebel against His command, then the hand of the LORD will be against you as it was against your fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/1-7.htm">Joshua 1:7-8</a></span><br />Above all, be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe all the law that My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may prosper wherever you go. / This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/6-12.htm">1 Kings 6:12</a></span><br />“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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/8-25.htm">1 Kings 8:25</a></span><br />Therefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk before Me as you have done.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/28-7.htm">1 Chronicles 28:7</a></span><br />I will establish his kingdom forever, if he resolutely carries out My commandments and ordinances, as is being done this day.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/22-13.htm">1 Chronicles 22:13</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/7-24.htm">Matthew 7:24-27</a></span><br />Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. / The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because its foundation was on the rock. / But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/14-15.htm">John 14:15</a></span><br />If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And as for you, if you will walk before me, as David your father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded you, and shall observe my statutes and my judgments;</p><p class="hdg">if thou wilt</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/28-1.htm">Deuteronomy 28:1</a></b></br> And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe <i>and</i> to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/2-3.htm">1 Kings 2:3</a></b></br> And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/3-14.htm">1 Kings 3:14</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="hdg">observe</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/4-40.htm">Deuteronomy 4:40</a></b></br> Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong <i>thy</i> days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/105-45.htm">Psalm 105:45</a></b></br> That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/36-27.htm">Ezekiel 36:27</a></b></br> And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do <i>them</i>.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_chronicles/7-13.htm">Command</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/24-19.htm">Commanded</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/7-10.htm">David</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/29-19.htm">Decrees</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/28-7.htm">Judgments</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-23.htm">Keeping</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/29-19.htm">Laws</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/28-8.htm">Observe</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/2-1.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/28-7.htm">Ordinances</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/29-19.htm">Statutes</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-30.htm">Thou</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-31.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-16.htm">Walked</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/7-8.htm">Way</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-34.htm">Whatever</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/21-11.htm">Wilt</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_chronicles/8-15.htm">Command</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/8-14.htm">Commanded</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/7-18.htm">David</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/7-19.htm">Decrees</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/19-10.htm">Judgments</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/17-4.htm">Keeping</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/7-19.htm">Laws</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/14-4.htm">Observe</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/7-19.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/19-10.htm">Ordinances</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/7-19.htm">Statutes</a> <a href="/job/11-13.htm">Thou</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/34-31.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/11-17.htm">Walked</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/8-12.htm">Way</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/8-6.htm">Whatever</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/10-7.htm">Wilt</a><div class="vheading2">2 Chronicles 7</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/7-1.htm">God having given testimony to Solomon's prayer by fire from heaven, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">2. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/7-2.htm">and glory in the temple, the people worship him</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/7-4.htm">Solomon's solemn sacrifice</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/7-8.htm">Solomon having kept the feasts of tabernacles and dedication, dismisses the people</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/7-12.htm">God appearing to Solomon, gives him promises upon condition</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_chronicles/7.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_chronicles/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/2_chronicles/7.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>And as for you</b><br>This phrase indicates a direct address, emphasizing personal responsibility and accountability. It is a continuation of God's covenantal promise, highlighting the individual role of the king in maintaining the covenant relationship with God. The "you" refers specifically to Solomon, but by extension, it applies to all leaders and believers who are called to follow God's ways.<p><b>if you walk before Me</b><br>"Walk before Me" is a biblical idiom for living a life in accordance with God's will and presence. It implies a lifestyle of obedience, integrity, and faithfulness. This phrase echoes the covenant language found throughout the Old Testament, where walking with God signifies a close, personal relationship with Him, as seen in <a href="/genesis/17.htm">Genesis 17:1</a> with Abraham.<p><b>as your father David walked</b><br>David is presented as a model of faithfulness, despite his imperfections. His heart for God and his repentance set a standard for future kings. This reference to David underscores the importance of a heart aligned with God, as seen in <a href="/1_samuel/13-14.htm">1 Samuel 13:14</a>, where David is described as a man after God's own heart.<p><b>doing all I have commanded you</b><br>This phrase emphasizes obedience to God's commands as a critical component of walking with Him. It reflects the Deuteronomic theme of blessings for obedience and curses for disobedience (Deuteronomy 28). The comprehensive nature of "all" underscores the necessity of complete adherence to God's instructions.<p><b>and if you keep My statutes and ordinances</b><br>"Statutes and ordinances" refer to the specific laws and decrees given by God, particularly those found in the Mosaic Law. Keeping these laws was essential for maintaining the covenant relationship and ensuring the prosperity and stability of the nation. This requirement is a reminder of the covenantal framework established at Sinai, as seen in <a href="/exodus/19-5.htm">Exodus 19:5-6</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/s/solomon.htm">Solomon</a></b><br>The son of David and the king of Israel, to whom God is speaking in this passage. Solomon is known for his wisdom and for building the temple in Jerusalem.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>The father of Solomon, a man after God's own heart, who served as the king of Israel before Solomon. David is often seen as a model of faithfulness despite his imperfections.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The speaker in this passage, who is giving Solomon a conditional promise based on his obedience.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_temple_in_jerusalem.htm">The Temple in Jerusalem</a></b><br>The context of this passage is the dedication of the temple, which Solomon built as a place for God's presence to dwell among His people.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The nation chosen by God, to whom these commands and promises are directed through their king, Solomon.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a></b><br>God’s promise to Solomon is conditional upon his obedience. This underscores the biblical principle that blessings often follow obedience to God’s commands.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/w/walking_in_integrity.htm">Walking in Integrity</a></b><br>The reference to David’s walk before God highlights the importance of integrity and faithfulness in our relationship with God. Despite his failures, David is remembered for his heart for God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_leadership.htm">The Role of Leadership</a></b><br>As a leader, Solomon’s obedience would set the tone for the nation. This teaches us that leaders have a significant impact on those they lead, and their faithfulness can lead others toward or away from God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/conditional_promises.htm">Conditional Promises</a></b><br>God’s promises often come with conditions. Understanding and fulfilling these conditions is crucial for experiencing the fullness of God’s blessings.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/legacy_of_faithfulness.htm">Legacy of Faithfulness</a></b><br>David’s example serves as a legacy for Solomon. Our actions and faithfulness can leave a lasting impact on future generations.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_chronicles_7.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Chronicles 7</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_1_chr_17_and_2_sam_7.htm">How do we reconcile the differences between 1 Chronicles 17 and 2 Samuel 7 regarding the details of God's covenant with David?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_'forever'_reconciled_with_the_temple's_destruction.htm">(2 Chronicles 7:16) How do we reconcile God’s statement that His Name would dwell in the temple “forever” with the destruction of that temple in subsequent history? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_isn't_david's_temple_ban_reason_given.htm">Why does God forbid David from building the temple in 1 Chronicles 22:8 but never give that explicit reason in the parallel accounts (e.g., 2 Samuel 7)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_1_chr_17_3-4_reverse_nathan's_ok.htm">Why does 1 Chronicles 17:3-4 reverse Nathan's initial approval (17:2) for David to build the temple, and does this indicate an inconsistency?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_chronicles/7.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(17) <span class= "bld">Walked.</span>--Kings adds, "in perfectness of heart, and in uprightness." So Syriac and Arabic.<p><span class= "bld">And</span> <span class= "bld">do.</span>--So LXX., Vulg., and Arabic. The Heb. is <span class= "ital">w?-la'asoth, "</span>and to do," a construction which the chronicler sometimes uses in continuation of a future (imperfect tense). But Kings has "to do," an infinitive defining the former verb; and so the Syriac here.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_chronicles/7.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 17, 18.</span> - These two verses glance at the first petition of Solomon's prayer (<a href="/2_chronicles/6-15.htm">2 Chronicles 6:15-17</a>). (See also <a href="/2_chronicles/3-12.htm">2 Chronicles 3:12</a>; <a href="/2_samuel/7-12.htm">2 Samuel 7:12</a>; <a href="/1_chronicles/22-10.htm">1 Chronicles 22:10</a>.) <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_chronicles/7-17.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">And as for you,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאַתָּ֞ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’at·tāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> </span><span class="str2">Thou and thee, ye and you</span><br /><br /><span class="word">if</span><br /><span class="heb">אִם־</span> <span class="translit">(’im-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you walk</span><br /><span class="heb">תֵּלֵ֣ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(tê·lêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">before</span><br /><span class="heb">לְפָנַ֗י</span> <span class="translit">(lə·p̄ā·nay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Me as</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר</span> <span class="translit">(ka·’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your father</span><br /><span class="heb">אָבִ֔יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·ḇî·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> </span><span class="str2">Father</span><br /><br /><span class="word">David</span><br /><span class="heb">דָּוִ֣יד</span> <span class="translit">(dā·wîḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1732.htm">Strong's 1732: </a> </span><span class="str2">David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse</span><br /><br /><span class="word">walked,</span><br /><span class="heb">הָלַךְ֙</span> <span class="translit">(hā·laḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">doing</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלַעֲשׂ֕וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(wə·la·‘ă·śō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּכֹ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(kə·ḵōl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I have commanded you,</span><br /><span class="heb">צִוִּיתִ֑יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(ṣiw·wî·ṯî·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6680.htm">Strong's 6680: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and if you keep</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּשְׁמֽוֹר׃</span> <span class="translit">(tiš·mō·wr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8104.htm">Strong's 8104: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">My statutes</span><br /><span class="heb">וְחֻקַּ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḥuq·qay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2706.htm">Strong's 2706: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something prescribed or owed, a statute</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and ordinances,</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמִשְׁפָּטַ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(ū·miš·pā·ṭay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4941.htm">Strong's 4941: </a> </span><span class="str2">A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_chronicles/7-17.htm">2 Chronicles 7:17 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/7-17.htm">2 Chronicles 7:17 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_chronicles/7-17.htm">2 Chronicles 7:17 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/7-17.htm">2 Chronicles 7:17 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/7-17.htm">2 Chronicles 7:17 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_chronicles/7-17.htm">2 Chronicles 7:17 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_chronicles/7-17.htm">2 Chronicles 7:17 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_chronicles/7-17.htm">2 Chronicles 7:17 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_chronicles/7-17.htm">2 Chronicles 7:17 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_chronicles/7-17.htm">2 Chronicles 7:17 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_chronicles/7-17.htm">OT History: 2 Chronicles 7:17 As for you if you will walk (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_chronicles/7-16.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Chronicles 7:16"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 7:16" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_chronicles/7-18.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Chronicles 7:18"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 7:18" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>