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 3:11

3:11 God said to him, “Because you asked for the ability to make wise judicial decisions, and not for long life, or riches, or vengeance on your enemies, ⁵ 

1 Kings 6:12

6:12 “As for this temple you are building, if you follow ⁶  my rules, observe ⁷  my regulations, and obey all my commandments, ⁸  I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David. ⁹ 

1 Kings 10:9

10:9 May the Lord your God be praised because he favored ¹⁰  you by placing you on the throne of Israel! Because of the Lord’s eternal love for Israel, he made you king so you could make just and right decisions.” ¹¹ 

1 Kings 11:33

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 

[2:3]  ¹ tn Heb “keep the charge of the Lord your God.”

[2:3]  ² tn Heb “by walking in his ways.”

[2:3]  ³ tn Or “keeping.”

[2:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “then you will cause to succeed all which you do and all which you turn there.”

[3:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “because you asked for this thing, and did not ask for yourself many days and did not ask for yourself riches and did not ask for the life of your enemies, but you asked for yourself understanding to hear judgment.”

[6:12]  ⁹ tn Heb “walk in.”

[6:12]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “do.”

[6:12]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and keep all my commandments by walking in them.”

[6:12]  ¹² tn Heb “I will establish my word with you which I spoke to David your father.”

[10:9]  ¹³ tn Or “delighted in.”

[10:9]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “to do justice and righteousness.”

[11:33]  ¹⁷ tn The words “I am taking the kingdom from him” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[11:33]  ¹⁸ tc This is the reading of the MT; the LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate read “he has.”

[11:33]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “walked in my ways.”

[11:33]  ²⁰ tn Heb “by doing what is right in my eyes, my rules and my regulations, like David his father.”