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 8:58
8:58 May he make us submissive, 5 so we can follow all his instructions 6 and obey 7 the commandments, rules, and regulations he commanded our ancestors.
1 tn Heb “walk in my ways.”
2 tn Or “keeping.”
3 tn Heb “walked.”
4 tn Heb “I will lengthen your days.”
5 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.
6 tn Heb “to walk in all his ways.”
7 tn Heb “keep.”