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1 Kings 9:6

1 Kings 9:6
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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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

But if you shall at all turn from following me, you or your children,.... From my worship, as the Targum; either Solomon or his successors, or the people of Israel and their posterity; should they…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

At all turn - Rather, “If ye shall wholly turn from following Me.” (See 2Ch 7:19.) The Israelites were not to be cut off, except for an entire defection.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

1 Kings 9:1-9

God had given a real answer to Solomon's prayer, and tokens of his acceptance of it, immediately, by the fire from heaven which consumed the sacrifices (as we find Ch2 7:1); but here we have a more…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

But if you shall at all turn from following me The insertion of -at all" here is an attempt to give some force to the Hebrew construction. It is a peculiarity of that language to use the infinitive of…