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# may fulfill his word
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"do everything he promised he would do"
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# If your sons ... you will never cease
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Yahweh is talking to David, so the words "you" and "your" refer to David.
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# to walk before me faithfully
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Yahweh is talking to David, so the word "me" refers to Yahweh.
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# with all their heart and with all their soul
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The idiom "with all ... heart" means "completely" and "with all ... soul" means "with all ... being." These two phrases have similar meanings. Alternate translation: "with all their being" or "with all their energy" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])
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# you will never cease to have a man on the throne of Israel
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The word "throne" is a metonym for the king who sits on the throne. The litotes "will never cease to have" can be stated positively. Alternate translation: "your descendants will never cease to be kings of Israel" or "one of your descendants will always be the king of Israel" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-litotes]])
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