◄ 2 Chronicles 7:19 ►
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New International Version
“But if you turn away and forsake the decrees and commands I have given you and go off to serve other gods and worship them,

New Living Translation
“But if you or your descendants abandon me and disobey the decrees and commands I have given you, and if you serve and worship other gods,

English Standard Version
“But if you turn aside and forsake my statutes and my commandments that I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them,

Berean Standard Bible
But if you turn away and forsake the statutes and commandments I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods,

King James Bible
But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;

New King James Version
“But if you turn away and forsake My statutes and My commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods, and worship them,

New American Standard Bible
“But if you turn away and abandon My statutes and My commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them,

NASB 1995
“But if you turn away and forsake My statutes and My commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them,

NASB 1977
“But if you turn away and forsake My statutes and My commandments which I have set before you and shall go and serve other gods and worship them,

Legacy Standard Bible
“But if you turn away and forsake My statutes and My commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them,

Amplified Bible
“But if you [people] turn away and abandon My statutes and My commandments which I have set before you, and you go and serve other gods and worship them,

Christian Standard Bible
However, if you turn away and abandon my statutes and my commands that I have set before you and if you go and serve other gods and bow in worship to them,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
However, if you turn away and abandon My statutes and My commands that I have set before you and if you go and serve other gods and worship them,

American Standard Version
But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;

Contemporary English Version
But if you or any of the people of Israel disobey my laws or start worshiping foreign gods,

English Revised Version
But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
But if you and your descendants turn away from me and abandon my commands and laws that I gave you, and follow and serve other gods and worship them,

Good News Translation
But if you and your people ever disobey the laws and commands I have given you and worship other gods,

International Standard Version
"But if you turn away and abandon my statutes and my commands that I have given you, and if you walk away to serve other gods and worship them,

Majority Standard Bible
But if you turn away and forsake the statutes and commandments I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods,

NET Bible
"But if you people ever turn away from me, fail to obey the regulations and rules I instructed you to keep, and decide to serve and worship other gods,

New Heart English Bible
But if you turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;

Webster's Bible Translation
But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;

World English Bible
But if you turn away and forsake my statutes and my commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them,
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and if you turn back—you—and have forsaken My statutes and My commands that I have placed before you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them—then I have plucked them from off My ground that I have given to them,

Young's Literal Translation
and if ye turn back -- ye -- and have forsaken My statutes, and My commands, that I have placed before you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them -- then I have plucked them from off My ground that I have given to them,

Smith's Literal Translation
And if ye shall turn away and forsake my laws and my covenant which I gave before you, and ye went and served other gods and worshiped to them;
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
But if you turn away, and forsake my justices, and my commandments which I have set before you, and shall go and serve strange gods, and adore them,

Catholic Public Domain Version
But if you will have turned away, and will have forsaken my justices and my precepts, which I have set before you, and going astray, you serve strange gods, and you adore them,

New American Bible
But if ever you turn away and forsake my commandments and statutes which I set before you, and proceed to serve other gods, and bow down to them,

New Revised Standard Version
“But if you turn aside and forsake my statutes and my commandments that I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them,
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
But if you turn away from my ways, both you and your children, and shall not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, and shall go and serve the idols of the nations and worship them;

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And if to turn, you will turn, you and your sons, from my way, and you will not keep my commands and my laws that I have given before you, and you will serve the idols of the Gentiles and you will serve them
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
But if ye turn away, and forsake My statutes and My commandments which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;

Brenton Septuagint Translation
But if ye should turn away, and forsake my ordinances and my commandments, which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods, and worship them;

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The LORD's Response to Solomon
…18then I will establish your royal throne, as I covenanted with your father David when I said, ‘You will never fail to have a man to rule over Israel.’ 19But if you turn away and forsake the statutes and commandments I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods, 20then I will uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. I will make it an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples.…
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:15
If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:

1 Kings 9:6-9
But if indeed you or your sons turn away from following Me and do not keep the commandments and statutes I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods, / then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. Then Israel will become an object of scorn and ridicule among all peoples. / And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’ ...

Jeremiah 22:9
Then people will reply, ‘Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God and have worshiped and served other gods.’”

Deuteronomy 29:25-28
And the people will answer, ‘It is because they abandoned the covenant of the LORD, the God of their fathers, which He made with them when He brought them out of the land of Egypt. / They went and served other gods, and they worshiped gods they had not known—gods that the LORD had not given to them. / Therefore the anger of the LORD burned against this land, and He brought upon it every curse written in this book. ...

Jeremiah 11:10
They have returned to the sins of their forefathers who refused to obey My words. They have followed other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken the covenant I made with their fathers.

2 Kings 17:7-23
All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods / and walked in the customs of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices introduced by the kings of Israel. / The Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city, they built high places in all their cities. ...

Jeremiah 2:13
“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns—broken cisterns that cannot hold water.

Hosea 4:6
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.

Matthew 23:37-38
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! / Look, your house is left to you desolate.

Jeremiah 18:15-17
Yet My people have forgotten Me. They burn incense to worthless idols that make them stumble in their ways, leaving the ancient roads to walk on rutted bypaths instead of on the highway. / They have made their land a desolation, a perpetual object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and shake their heads. / I will scatter them before the enemy like the east wind. I will show them My back and not My face in the day of their calamity.”

Isaiah 1:4
Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children who act corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him.

Ezekiel 18:24
But if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and practices iniquity, committing the same abominations as the wicked, will he live? None of the righteous acts he did will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness and sin he has committed, he will die.

Galatians 1:6
I am amazed how quickly you are deserting the One who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—

2 Peter 2:20-21
If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first. / It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to have known it and then to turn away from the holy commandment passed on to them.

Hebrews 3:12
See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God.


Treasury of Scripture

But if you turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;

if ye turn away

Leviticus 26:14,33
But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments; …

Deuteronomy 28:15,36,37
But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee: …

1 Samuel 12:25
But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.

shall go

Deuteronomy 4:23-27
Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee…

Joshua 23:15,16
Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come upon you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall the LORD bring upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you…

1 Kings 9:6,7
But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them: …

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2 Chronicles 7
1. God having given testimony to Solomon's prayer by fire from heaven,
2. and glory in the temple, the people worship him
4. Solomon's solemn sacrifice
8. Solomon having kept the feasts of tabernacles and dedication, dismisses the people
12. God appearing to Solomon, gives him promises upon condition














Berean Study Bible
But if you turn away
The phrase "turn away" in Hebrew is "שׁוּב" (shuv), which means to turn back or retreat. This word is often used in the context of repentance, but here it signifies a negative turning away from God. Historically, Israel's relationship with God was conditional upon their obedience. The turning away implies a deliberate choice to abandon the covenant relationship with God, which is a recurring theme in the Old Testament. This serves as a warning to remain steadfast in faith and commitment to God.

and forsake
The Hebrew word for "forsake" is "עָזַב" (azab), meaning to leave, abandon, or desert. This term is significant in the context of covenantal faithfulness. Forsaking God's statutes and commandments is akin to breaking a solemn vow. In the historical context of Israel, forsaking God often led to dire consequences, including exile and suffering. This highlights the importance of loyalty and the dangers of spiritual neglect.

the statutes and commandments
The "statutes and commandments" refer to the laws given by God to Israel, primarily through Moses. The Hebrew words "חֻקִּים" (chuqqim) for statutes and "מִצְוֹת" (mitzvot) for commandments emphasize the comprehensive nature of God's law, covering moral, ceremonial, and civil aspects of life. These were not merely rules but a way of life intended to set Israel apart as God's chosen people. The historical adherence to these laws was crucial for maintaining the nation's identity and relationship with God.

I have given you
This phrase underscores the divine origin of the statutes and commandments. They are not human inventions but gifts from God, meant to guide and protect His people. The personal nature of "I have given you" emphasizes God's direct involvement and care for Israel. It is a reminder of the covenant relationship where God is the lawgiver, and Israel is the recipient, expected to respond with obedience and gratitude.

and go off
The phrase "go off" suggests a departure from the path set by God. In Hebrew, this is often expressed as "הָלַךְ" (halak), meaning to walk or proceed. It implies a conscious decision to pursue a different direction, often leading to spiritual and moral decline. This departure is not just physical but also spiritual, indicating a shift in allegiance and priorities.

to serve and worship other gods
Serving and worshiping "other gods" was a direct violation of the first commandment, which forbids idolatry. The Hebrew word for "serve" is "עָבַד" (avad), meaning to work or serve, and "worship" is "שָׁחָה" (shachah), meaning to bow down or prostrate oneself. Historically, Israel was surrounded by nations with polytheistic practices, and the temptation to adopt these practices was strong. This phrase serves as a stern warning against idolatry, which is seen as spiritual adultery and betrayal of the one true God. It underscores the importance of exclusive devotion to God, as idolatry leads to spiritual ruin and separation from God's blessings.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers
(19) But.--And. Kings omits, but emphasises the verb, "If ye will turn," or, "if turn ye will."

The order of words in the Heb. implies that ?-bnekem, "and your children," has fallen out of the text: "And if ye turn, ye and your children." So Kings, and Syriac and Arabic here. Kings adds, "From after me."

And forsake.--Kings, "and keep not." So Syriac and Arabic.

Pulpit Commentary
Verses 19, 20. - And forsake. The parallel (1 Kings 9:6) puts it, according to the Authorized Version, "If ye shall at all turn from following me," etc., which rendering on the part of the Authorized Version probably errs by excess. Much mercy, much forbearing, long-suffering, and slowness to anger, were sure to mark the Divine rule; nor would condemnation take effect, nor did it take effect, till the revolt of the people was a thorough revolt, as finally testifying itself in the crucifixion of Christ (see also, as comments on the expressions of these two verses, Leviticus 26:14; Deuteronomy 4:26, 27; Deuteronomy 28:37, and generally 15-64). The same Hebrew words for a proverb and a byword among all nations are found in ver. 37, as just quoted.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
But if
וְאִם־ (wə·’im-)
Conjunctive waw | Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

you
אַתֶּ֔ם (’at·tem)
Pronoun - second person masculine plural
Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

turn away
תְּשׁוּב֣וּן (tə·šū·ḇūn)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | Paragogic nun
Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

and forsake
וַעֲזַבְתֶּם֙ (wa·‘ă·zaḇ·tem)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 5800: To loosen, relinquish, permit

the statutes
חֻקּוֹתַ֣י (ḥuq·qō·w·ṯay)
Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 2708: Something prescribed, an enactment, statute

and the commandments
וּמִצְוֺתַ֔י (ū·miṣ·wō·ṯay)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 4687: Commandment

I have set
נָתַ֖תִּי (nā·ṯat·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

before you,
לִפְנֵיכֶ֑ם (lip̄·nê·ḵem)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 6440: The face

and if you go off
וַהֲלַכְתֶּ֗ם (wa·hă·laḵ·tem)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

to serve
וַעֲבַדְתֶּם֙ (wa·‘ă·ḇaḏ·tem)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave

and worship
וְהִשְׁתַּחֲוִיתֶ֖ם (wə·hiš·ta·ḥă·wî·ṯem)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 7812: To depress, prostrate

other
אֲחֵרִ֔ים (’ă·ḥê·rîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 312: Hinder, next, other

gods,
אֱלֹהִ֣ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative


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