1 Kings 2:45

New Life Version

But good will come to King Solomon. The throne of David will keep its place before the Lord 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.

Easy-to-Read Version
But the Lord will bless me and keep David's throne before him forever."

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 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 The king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada over the army in Joab's place. And the king put Zadok the religious leader in the place of Abiathar. ³⁶ Then the king sent for Shimei and said to him, "Build a house for yourself in Jerusalem and live there. Do not leave there. ³⁷ For on the day you go out and cross the river Kidron, you will know for sure that you will die. Your blood will be on your own head." ³⁸ Shimei said to the king, "What you say is good. Your servant will do as my lord the king has said." So Shimei lived in Jerusalem many days. ³⁹ But at the end of three years, two of Shimei's servants ran away to Achish the son of Maacah, king of Gath. Shimei was told, "See, your servants are in Gath." ⁴⁰ Then Shimei got up and made his donkey ready to travel. And he went to Achish in Gath to look for his servants. Shimei went and brought his servants from Gath. ⁴¹ Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had returned. ⁴² So the king sent for Shimei and said to him, "Did I not make you promise by the Lord and tell you of danger, saying, ‘You will know for sure that on the day you leave and go anywhere, you will die'? And you said to me, ‘What you have said is good.' ⁴³ Then why have you not kept the promise of the Lord? Why have you not done what I told you?" ⁴⁴ And the king said to Shimei, "You know in your heart all the bad things you did to my father David. So the Lord will return your sin upon your own head.

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.