1 Kings 2:43

2:43 Why then have you broken the oath you made before the Lord and disobeyed the order I gave you?” ¹ 

1 Kings 8:61

8:61 May you demonstrate wholehearted devotion to the Lord our God ²  by following ³  his rules and obeying ⁴  his commandments, as you are presently doing.” ⁵ 

1 Kings 3:14

3:14 If you follow my instructions ⁶  by obeying ⁷  my rules and regulations, just as your father David did, ⁸  then I will grant you long life.” ⁹ 

1 Kings 8:58

8:58 May he make us submissive, ¹⁰  so we can follow all his instructions ¹¹  and obey ¹²  the commandments, rules, and regulations he commanded our ancestors.

1 Kings 18:18

18:18 Elijah ¹³  replied, “I have not brought disaster ¹⁴  on Israel. But you and your father’s dynasty have, by abandoning the Lord’s commandments and following the Baals.

1 Kings 2:3

2:3 Do the job the Lord your God has assigned you ¹⁵  by following his instructions ¹⁶  and obeying ¹⁷  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, ¹⁸ 

1 Kings 6:12

6:12 “As for this temple you are building, if you follow ¹⁹  my rules, observe ²⁰  my regulations, and obey all my commandments, ²¹  I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David. ²² 

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, ²³  and decide to serve and worship other gods, ²⁴ 

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 ²⁵  have rebelled against the Lord ²⁶  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. ²⁷ 

1 Kings 11:38

11:38 You must obey ²⁸  all I command you to do, follow my instructions, ²⁹  do what I approve, ³⁰  and keep my rules and commandments, like my servant David did. Then I will be with you and establish for you a lasting dynasty, as I did for David; ³¹  I will give you Israel.

[2:43]  ¹ tn Heb “Why have you not kept the oath [to] the Lord and the commandment I commanded you?”

[8:61]  ² tn Heb “may your hearts be complete with the Lord our God.”

[8:61]  ³ tn Heb “walking in.”

[8:61]  ⁴ tn Heb “keeping.”

[8:61]  ⁵ tn Heb “as this day.”

[3:14]  ³ tn Heb “walk in my ways.”

[3:14]  ⁴ tn Or “keeping.”

[3:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “walked.”

[3:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “I will lengthen your days.”

[8:58]  ⁴ 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]  ⁵ tn Heb “to walk in all his ways.”

[8:58]  ⁶ tn Heb “keep.”

[18:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:18]  ⁶ tn Or “trouble.”

[2:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “keep the charge of the Lord your God.”

[2:3]  ⁷ tn Heb “by walking in his ways.”

[2:3]  ⁸ tn Or “keeping.”

[2:3]  ⁹ tn Heb “then you will cause to succeed all which you do and all which you turn there.”

[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.”

[9:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “which I placed before you.”

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

[13:21]  ⁹ 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]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the mouth [i.e., command] of the Lord.”

[14:8]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “what was right in my eyes.”

[11:38]  ¹¹ tn Heb “If you obey.” In the Hebrew text v. 38 is actually one long conditional sentence, which has been broken into two parts in the translation for stylistic purposes.

[11:38]  ¹² tn Heb “walk in my ways.”

[11:38]  ¹³ tn Heb “do what is right in my eyes.”

[11:38]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “I will build for you a permanent house, like I built for David.”