1 Kings 2:4

2:4 and the Lord will fulfill his promise to me, ¹  ‘If your descendants watch their step ²  and live faithfully in my presence ³  with all their heart and being, ⁴  then,’ he promised, ⁵  ‘you will not fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’ ⁶ 

1 Kings 6:12

6:12 “As for this temple you are building, if you follow ⁷  my rules, observe ⁸  my regulations, and obey all my commandments, ⁹  I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David. ¹⁰ 

1 Kings 8:23

8:23 He prayed: ¹¹  “O Lord, God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven above or on earth below! You maintain covenantal loyalty ¹²  to your servants who obey you with sincerity. ¹³ 

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, ¹⁴  and decide to serve and worship other gods, ¹⁵ 

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, ¹⁶  I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.

1 Kings 11:34

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 Kings 13:21

13:21 and he cried out to the prophet from Judah, “This is what the Lord says, ‘You ¹⁷  have rebelled against the Lord ¹⁸  and have not obeyed the command the Lord your God gave you.

1 Kings 14:8

14:8 I tore the kingdom away from the Davidic dynasty and gave it to you. But you are not like my servant David, who kept my commandments and followed me wholeheartedly by doing only what I approve. ¹⁹ 

[2:4]  ¹ tn Heb “then the Lord will establish his word which he spoke to me, saying.”

[2:4]  ² tn Heb “guard their way.”

[2:4]  ³ tn Heb “by walking before me in faithfulness.”

[2:4]  ⁴ tn Or “soul.”

[2:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “saying.”

[2:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man from upon the throne of Israel.”

[6:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “walk in.”

[6:12]  ⁸ tn Heb “do.”

[6:12]  ⁹ tn Heb “and keep all my commandments by walking in them.”

[6:12]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “I will establish my word with you which I spoke to David your father.”

[8:23]  ¹³ tn Heb “said.”

[8:23]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “one who keeps the covenant and the loyal love.” The expression is a hendiadys.

[8:23]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “who walk before you with all their heart.”

[9:6]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “which I placed before you.”

[9:6]  ²⁰ tn Heb “and walk and serve other gods and bow down to them.”

[11:11]  ²⁵ tn Heb “Because this is with you, and you have not kept my covenant and my rules which I commanded you.”

[13:21]  ³¹ tn The Hebrew text has “because” at the beginning of the sentence. In the Hebrew text vv. 21-22 are one long sentence comprised of a causal clause giving the reason for divine punishment (vv. 21-22a) and the main clause announcing the punishment (v. 22b). The translation divides this lengthy sentence for stylistic reasons.

[13:21]  ³² tn Heb “the mouth [i.e., command] of the Lord.”

[14:8]  ³⁷ tn Heb “what was right in my eyes.”