1 Kings 2:45

Easy-to-Read Version

But the Lord will bless me and keep David's throne before him forever."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
but King Solomon will be blessed, and David’s throne will remain established before the Lord forever.”

Hebrew Names Version
But king Shlomo shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD forever.

King James Version
And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the Lord for ever.

English Standard Version
But King Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the Lord forever."

New Century Version
But the Lord will bless me and make the rule of David safe before the Lord forever."

New English Translation
But King Solomon will be empowered and David's dynasty will endure permanently before the Lord ."

Amplified Bible
"But King Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD forever."

New American Standard Bible
"But King Solomon will be blessed, and the throne of David will be established before the LORD forever."

Geneva Bible (1587)
And let King Salomon be blessed, and the throne of Dauid stablished before the Lorde for euer.

Legacy Standard Bible
But King Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before Yahweh forever."

Contemporary English Version
But the Lord will bless me and make my father's kingdom strong forever.

Complete Jewish Bible
But King Shlomo will be blessed, and the throne of David will be established before Adonai forever."

Darby Translation
and king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before Jehovah for ever.

George Lamsa Translation
And King Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever.

Good News Translation
But he will bless me, and he will make David's kingdom secure forever."

Lexham English Bible
but King Solomon will be blessed and the throne of David will be established before Yahweh forever."

Literal Translation
And King Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before Jehovah forever.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And kynge Salomon is blessed, and the seate of Dauid shalbe stablished before ye LORDE for euer.

American Standard Version
But king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before Jehovah for ever.

Bible in Basic English
But a blessing will be on King Solomon, and the kingdom of David will keep its place before the Lord for ever.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And king Solomon shalbe blessed, and the seate of Dauid stablished before the Lorde for euer.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
But king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever.'

King James Version (1611)
And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of Dauid shall bee established before the Lord for euer.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And king Solomon is blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the Lord for ever.

English Revised Version
But king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever.

Berean Standard Bible
But King Solomon will be blessed and David's throne will remain secure before the LORD forever."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And kyng Salomon schal be blessid; and the trone of Dauid schal be stable bifor the Lord til in to with outen ende.

Young's Literal Translation
and king Solomon [is] blessed, and the throne of David is established before Jehovah unto the age.'

Update Bible Version
But king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before Yahweh forever.

Webster's Bible Translation
And king Solomon [shall be] blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever.

World English Bible
But king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before Yahweh forever.

New King James Version
But King Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD forever."

New Living Translation
But may I, King Solomon, receive the Lord 's blessings, and may one of David's descendants always sit on this throne in the presence of the Lord ."

New Life Bible
But good will come to King Solomon. The throne of David will keep its place before the Lord forever."

New Revised Standard
But King Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the Lord forever."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, King Solomon, shall be blessed, - and, the throne of David, shall be established before Yahweh, unto times age-abiding.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the Lord for ever.

Revised Standard Version
But King Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"But King Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD forever."

Contextual Overview

³⁵ Solomon then made Benaiah son of Jehoiada the commander of the army in Joab's place. Solomon also made Zadok the new high priest in Abiathar's place. ³⁶ Next, the king sent for Shimei and said to him, "Build yourself a house here in Jerusalem to live in and don't leave the city. ³⁷ If you leave the city and go any further than Kidron Brook, you will be killed, and it will be your own fault." ³⁸ Shimei answered, "Yes, my king. I will obey you." So Shimei lived in Jerusalem for a long time. ³⁹ But three years later, two of Shimei's slaves ran away. They went to King Achish of Gath, who was the son of Maacah. Shimei heard that his slaves were in Gath, ⁴⁰ so he saddled his donkey and went to King Achish at Gath to find them. He found them there and brought them back home. ⁴¹ But someone told Solomon that Shimei had left Jerusalem and gone to Gath and back. ⁴² So Solomon sent for him and said, "I made you promise in the Lord 's name not to leave Jerusalem. And I warned you that if you went anywhere, you would die. And you agreed to what I said. You said that you would obey me. ⁴³ So why didn't you obey me? Why did you break your promise to the Lord ? ⁴⁴ You know all the bad things you did to my father David. Now the Lord will punish you for it.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

blessed: Psalms 21:6, Psalms 72:17

the throne: 1 Kings 2:24, 1 Kings 2:33, 1 Kings 2:34, Proverbs 25:5, Isaiah 9:6, Isaiah 9:7

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 16:5 - whose name 1 Kings 2:46 - the kingdom

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And King Solomon [shall be] blessed,.... With a long and peaceable reign, and large dominions, notwithstanding all the attempts to make him unhappy:

and the throne of David shall be established before the Lord for ever; the kingdom of David over Judah for a long time, in his natural line; and the kingdom of Israel, spiritual Israel, for ever in his son the Messiah; and that in the presence of the Lord, he observing, ordering, and succeeding all things to that purpose.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 2:45. King Solomon shall be blessed — He seems to think that, while such bad men remained unpunished, the nation could not prosper; that it was an act of justice which God required him to perform, in order to the establishment and perpetuity of his throne.