1 Kings 9:5

“Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.”

"Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel." - 1 Kings 9:5
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What does 1 Kings 9:5 mean?

1 Kings 9:5 (KJV) states, "Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel forever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel." This passage from the book of 1 Kings is a powerful and significant promise made…

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An Enduring Kingdom: Promises Fulfilled Through Faithfulness

In 1 Kings 9:5, we encounter a profound promise from God that reverberates through both the Old and New Testaments: "Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne…

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A Prayer for an Established Kingdom

O Lord God, Sovereign and Majestic, I come before Thee in humility and reverence as I meditate upon Thy promise recorded in 1 Kings 9:5. In this verse, Thou hast declared, ‘Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father…

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1 Kings 9:18 - "And Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land,"
1 Kings 9:14 - "And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold."
1 Kings 5:2 - "And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,"
2 Kings 9:5 - "And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said, I have an errand to thee, O captain. And Jehu said, Unto which of all us? And he said, To thee, O captain."
1 Kings 9:17 - "And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether,"
1 Kings 16:5 - "Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?"
1 Kings 15:9 - "¶ And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah."
1 Kings 22:9 - "Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten hither Micaiah the son of Imlah."
1 Chronicles 9:5 - "And of the Shilonites; Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons."
1 Kings 4:9 - "The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan:"
1 Kings 5:9 - "My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea: and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive them: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household."
"And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold." - 1 Kings 9:14
1 Kings 5:13 - "¶ And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men."
1 Kings 6:9 - "So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar."
1 Corinthians 5:9 - "I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:"
"And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether," - 1 Kings 9:17
"And Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land," - 1 Kings 9:18
1 Kings 9:1 - "And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do,"
1 Kings 5:17 - "And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house."
1 Kings 9:2 - "That the LORD appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon."
1 Kings 21:9 - "And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:"
1 Kings 9:27 - "And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon."
1 Kings 4:5 - "And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer, and the king's friend:"
1 Kings 9:28 - "And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon."