If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore.
If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore. This condition, which David's descendants had not kept, explains why the state of David's race and people was now, as a matter of fact, so different from what the Lord's gracious promise had contemplated. Still, though the non-fulfillment of the condition caused a suspension, it did not abrogate forever the promise. When the condition shall be fulfilled through the repentance and obedience of Israel, the promise resumes its unabated force. So 2 Samuel 7:14-15. The teaching of the Lord's testimony here is that internally imparted by God's Holy Spirit (Psalms 143:10; Psalms 94:12; and Psalms 119:1-176:throughout). God alone can give the will and the power to keep His covenant.