1-Kings - 2:45



45 But king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before Yahweh forever."

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Explanation and meaning of 1-Kings 2:45.

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and king Solomon is blessed, and the throne of David is established before Jehovah unto the age.'
But a blessing will be on King Solomon, and the kingdom of David will keep its place before the Lord for ever.

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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.

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.

"And king Solomon will be blessed, and the throne of David be established before Jehovah for ever," namely, because the king does justice (compare the remark on 1-Kings 2:33).

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