1 Kings 3:14

3:14 If you follow my instructions ¹  by obeying ²  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 Elijah ⁶  replied, “I have not brought disaster ⁷  on Israel. But you and your father’s dynasty have, by abandoning the Lord’s commandments and following the Baals.

[3:14]  ¹ tn Heb “walk in my ways.”

[3:14]  ² tn Or “keeping.”

[3:14]  ³ tn Heb “walked.”

[3:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “I will lengthen your days.”

[9:4]  ⁵ 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.

[18:18]  ⁹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:18]  ¹⁰ tn Or “trouble.”