1 Kings 1:37

1:37 As the Lord is with my master the king, so may he be with Solomon, and may he make him an even greater king than my master King David!”¹

1 Kings 2:38

2:38 Shimei said to the king, “My master the king’s proposal is acceptable.² Your servant will do as you say.”³ So Shimei lived in Jerusalem for a long time.⁴

1 Kings 3:14

3:14 If you follow my instructions⁵ by obeying⁶ my rules and regulations, just as your father David did,⁷ then I will grant you long life.”⁸

1 Kings 5:12

5:12 So the Lord gave Solomon wisdom, as he had promised him. And Hiram and Solomon were at peace and made a treaty.⁹

1 Kings 9:4

9:4 You must serve me with integrity and sincerity, just as your father David did. Do everything I commanded and obey my rules and regulations.¹⁰

1 Kings 12:12

12:12 Jeroboam and all the people reported¹¹ to Rehoboam on the third day, just as the king had ordered when he said, “Return to me on the third day.”

¹tn Heb “and may he make his throne greater than the throne of my master King David.”

²tn Heb “Good is the word, as my master the king has spoken.”

³tn Heb “so your servant will do.”

⁴tn Heb “many days.”

³tn Heb “walk in my ways.”

⁴tn Or “keeping.”

⁵tn Heb “walked.”

⁶tn Heb “I will lengthen your days.”

⁴tn Heb “a covenant,” referring to a formal peace treaty or alliance.

⁵tn Heb “As for you, if you walk before me, as David your father walked, in integrity of heart and in uprightness, by doing all which I commanded you, [and] you keep my rules and my regulations.” Verse 4 is actually a lengthy protasis (“if” section) of a conditional sentence, the apodosis (“then” section) of which appears in v. 5.

⁶tn Heb “came.”