1 Kings 8:58

8:58 May he make us submissive, ¹  so we can follow all his instructions ²  and obey ³  the commandments, rules, and regulations he commanded our ancestors.

1 Kings 2:3

2:3 Do the job the Lord your God has assigned you ⁴  by following his instructions ⁵  and obeying ⁶  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, ⁷ 

[8:58]  ¹ 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]  ² tn Heb “to walk in all his ways.”

[8:58]  ³ tn Heb “keep.”

[2:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “keep the charge of the Lord your God.”

[2:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “by walking in his ways.”

[2:3]  ⁶ tn Or “keeping.”

[2:3]  ⁷ tn Heb “then you will cause to succeed all which you do and all which you turn there.”