1 Kings 6:12
6:12 “As for this temple you are building, if you follow 1 my rules, observe 2 my regulations, and obey all my commandments, 3 I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David. 4
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 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. 5
1 Kings 15:5
15:5 He did this 6 because David had done what he approved 7 and had not disregarded any of his commandments 8 his entire lifetime, except for the incident involving Uriah the Hittite.
1 Kings 18:18
18:18 Elijah 9 replied, “I have not brought disaster 10 on Israel. But you and your father’s dynasty have, by abandoning the Lord’s commandments and following the Baals.
1 tn Heb “walk in.”
2 tn Heb “do.”
3 tn Heb “and keep all my commandments by walking in them.”
4 tn Heb “I will establish my word with you which I spoke to David your father.”
5 tn Heb “what was right in my eyes.”
6 tn The words “he did this” are added for stylistic reasons.
7 tn Heb “what was right in the eyes of the Lord.”
8 tn Heb “and had not turned aside from all which he commanded him.”
9 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
10 tn Or “trouble.”