1 Raja-raja 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 Raja-raja 3:1

The Lord Gives Solomon Wisdom

3:1 Solomon made an alliance by marriage with Pharaoh, king of Egypt; he married Pharaoh’s daughter. He brought her to the City of David ⁵  until he could finish building his residence and the temple of the Lord and the wall around Jerusalem. ⁶ 

1 Tawarikh 28:9

28:9 “And you, Solomon my son, obey ⁷  the God of your father and serve him with a submissive attitude and a willing spirit, ⁸  for the Lord examines all minds and understands every motive of one’s thoughts. If you seek him, he will let you find him, ⁹  but if you abandon him, he will reject you permanently.

Amsal 4:4

4:4 he taught me, and he said to me:

“Let your heart lay hold of my words;

keep my commands so that ¹⁰  you will live.

[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.”

[3:1]  ⁵ sn The phrase City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

[3:1]  ⁶ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[28:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “know.”

[28:9]  ⁸ tn Heb “with a complete heart and a willing being.”

[28:9]  ⁹ tn Heb “he will allow himself to be found by you.”

[4:4]  ¹⁰ tn The imperative with the vav expresses volitional sequence after the preceding imperative: “keep and then you will live,” meaning “keep so that you may live.”