What Does 1 Kings 2:4 Mean?

properly, heed, i.e., purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that

“may continue”

to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)

“That the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“his word”

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

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

“which he spake”

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

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

“concerning me saying”

to say (used with great latitude)

used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not

“take heed”

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

“If thy children”

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

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“to their way”

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

to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

“before”

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

“me in truth”

stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“with all their heart”

the heart (as the most interior organ)

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“and with all their soul”

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

“concerning me saying”

to say (used with great latitude)

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“there shall not fail”

to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e., make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutt

“he a man”

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)

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

“on the throne”

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

“of Israel”

he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity