1 Kings 2:3
2:3 Do the job the
Lord your God has assigned you
1 by following his instructions
2 and obeying
3 his rules, commandments, regulations, and laws as written in the law of Moses. Then you will succeed in all you do and seek to accomplish,
4
1 Kings 6:12
6:12 “As for this temple you are building, if you follow
5 my rules, observe
6 my regulations, and obey all my commandments,
7 I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David.
8
1 Kings 9:6
9:6 “But if you or your sons ever turn away from me, fail to obey the regulations and rules I instructed you to keep, 9 and decide to serve and worship other gods, 10
1 Kings 11:11
11:11 So the
Lord said to Solomon, “Because you insist on doing these things and have not kept the covenantal rules I gave you,
11 I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.
1 Kings 11:33-34
11:33 I am taking the kingdom from him
12 because they have
13 abandoned me and worshiped the Sidonian goddess Astarte, the Moabite god Chemosh, and the Ammonite god Milcom. They have not followed my instructions
14 by doing what I approve and obeying my rules and regulations, like Solomon’s father David did.
15
11:34 I will not take the whole kingdom from his hand. I will allow him to be ruler for the rest of his life for the sake of my chosen servant David who kept my commandments and rules.
1 tn Heb “keep the charge of the Lord your God.”
2 tn Heb “by walking in his ways.”
3 tn Or “keeping.”
4 tn Heb “then you will cause to succeed all which you do and all which you turn there.”
5 tn Heb “walk in.”
6 tn Heb “do.”
7 tn Heb “and keep all my commandments by walking in them.”
8 tn Heb “I will establish my word with you which I spoke to David your father.”
9 tn Heb “which I placed before you.”
10 tn Heb “and walk and serve other gods and bow down to them.”
13 tn Heb “Because this is with you, and you have not kept my covenant and my rules which I commanded you.”
17 tn The words “I am taking the kingdom from him” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
18 tc This is the reading of the MT; the LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate read “he has.”
19 tn Heb “walked in my ways.”
20 tn Heb “by doing what is right in my eyes, my rules and my regulations, like David his father.”