1 Kings 9:4

“And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness. etc.] Who, though guilty of many sins and failings in life, yet was sincere and upright in the worship of God, never apostatized from it, or fell into idolatry, which is what is chiefly respected: to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments; observe all the laws of God, moral, ceremonial, and judicial.”

“See 1 Kings 3:14. Solomon’s subsequent fall lends to these repeated warnings a special interest. return to 'Top of Page'”

“And if thou: Kg1 3:14, Kg1 8:25, Kg1 11:4, Kg1 11:6, Kg1 11:38, Kg1 14:8, Kg1 15:5; Gen 17:1; Deu 28:1; Ch2 7:17, Ch2 7:18; Job 23:11, Job 23:12; Psa 15:2, Psa 26:1, Psa 26:11; Pro 20:7; Zac 3:7; Luk 1:6; Th1 4:1, Th1 4:2 in integrity: Pro 10:9, Pro 28:18 3 Kings (1 Kings) 9:5”

“Kg1 9:4, Kg1 9:5 contain the special answer to Kg1 8:25, Kg1 8:26. \- Kg1 9:6-9 refer to the prayer for the turning away of the curse, to which the Lord replies: If ye and your children turn away from me, and do not keep my commandments, but worship other gods, this house will not protect you from the curses threatened in the law, but they will be fulfilled in all their terrible force upon you and upon this temple. This threat follows the Pentateuch exactly in the words in which it is expressed; Kg1 9:7 being founded upon Deu 28:37, Deu 28:45, Deu 28:63, and the curse pronounced upon Israel in Deu 29:23-26 being transferred to the temple in Kg1 9:8, Kg1 9:9. \- פּני מעל שׁלּח, to dismiss,…”