1 Kings 3:14

3:14 If you follow my instructions¹ by obeying² my rules and regulations, just as your father David did,³ then I will grant you long life.”⁴

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.⁵

1 Kings 18:18

18:18 Elijah⁶ replied, “I have not brought disaster⁷ on Israel. But you and your father’s dynasty have, by abandoning the Lord’s commandments and following the Baals.

¹tn Heb “walk in my ways.”

²tn Or “keeping.”

³tn Heb “walked.”

⁴tn Heb “I will lengthen your days.”

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.

⁹tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁰tn Or “trouble.”