1 Kings 1:35

1:35 Then follow him up as he comes and sits on my throne. He will be king in my place; I have decreed ¹  that he will be ruler over Israel and Judah.”

1 Kings 2:46

2:46 The king then gave the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada who went and executed Shimei. ² 

So Solomon took firm control of the kingdom. ³ 

1 Kings 8:58

8:58 May he make us submissive, ⁴  so we can follow all his instructions ⁵  and obey ⁶  the commandments, rules, and regulations he commanded our ancestors.

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. ⁷ 

1 Kings 13:9

13:9 For the Lord gave me strict orders, ⁸  ‘Do not eat or drink ⁹  there and do not go home the way you came.’”

1 Kings 17:9

17:9 “Get up, go to Zarephath in Sidonian territory, and live there. I have already told ¹⁰  a widow who lives there to provide for you.”

[1:35]  ¹ tn Or “commanded.”

[2:46]  ² tn “The king commanded Benaiah son of Jehoiada and he went out and struck him down and he died.”

[2:46]  ³ tn “And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.”

[8:58]  ³ tn Heb “to bend our hearts toward him.” The infinitive is subordinate to the initial prayer, “may the Lord our God be with us.” The Hebrew term לֵבָב (levav, “heart”) here refers to the people’s volition and will.

[8:58]  ⁴ tn Heb “to walk in all his ways.”

[8:58]  ⁵ tn Heb “keep.”

[9:4]  ⁴ tn 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.

[13:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “for this he commanded me by the word of the Lord, saying.”

[13:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “eat food and drink water.”

[17:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “Look, I have commanded.”