King James Version
1 Kings 2:45 in the King James Version says “And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever.” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever.”
1 Kings 2:45 · KJV
Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?
The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;
And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever.
So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“shall be blessed”
H1288to kneel; by implication to bless god (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (god or the king, as
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“shall be established”
H3559properly, to be erect (i.e., stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix,
“before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“for”
H5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
“ever”
H5769properly, concealed, i.e., the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e., (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial
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