Common misinterpretations treat the promise as unconditional, ignoring the explicit 'only if' clause tying security in the land to obedience, which led to later exiles like the Babylonian captivity due to persistent idolatry and law-breaking under kings like Manasseh; others apply it directly to the modern nation of Israel, overlooking its historical context in the divided monarchy and old covenant, or misconstrue it as God's blanket endorsement of the wicked reign described in the chapter.
II Kings 21:8
King James Version (1769)
8 Neither will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers; only if they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them.
This passage conveys God's conditional promise to prevent Israel from being driven out of the Promised Land again, as long as they diligently obey all His commandments and the law given through Moses, reaffirming the covenant's emphasis on faithfulness as the basis for enjoying divine protection and inheritance in the land given to their forefathers.