⁴ and so that the Lord will fulfil his promise that he made to me: “If your sons take care to walk faithfully before me with all their heart and all their soul,^(A) you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.”^(B)

¹⁸ I will establish your royal throne, as I promised your father David: You will never fail to have a man ruling in Israel.^(A)