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# Connecting Statement:
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King Solomon continues praying.
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# carry out what you have promised
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This is a request. To carry out what one has said is an idiom meaning to do what one has said. AT: "please do what you have promised" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# You will not fail to have a man
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God speaking in terms of David having a man implies that the man would be a descendant of David. This can be stated positively. AT: "you will always have a descendant" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublenegatives]])
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# a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel
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The phrase "in my sight" here implies that God would choose the man and the man would want to obey God. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# to sit on the throne of Israel
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The throne is a metonym for the activity of the one who sits on the throne. AT: "to rule over Israel" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# to walk in my law, as you have walked before me
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The way a person behaves is spoken of as if that person were walking on a path. AT: "to obey my law, as you have obeyed me" or "to be faithful to my law as you have been faithful to me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# that the promise you made to your servant David will come true
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"that the things that you promised your servant David will happen"
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/israel]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/descendant]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/lawofmoses]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/pray]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/true]] |