Nevertheless, I will not take the whole kingdom away from him but will make him ruler all the days of his life, for the sake of my servant David whom I chose and who did keep my commandments and my statutes,
1 Kings 3:14 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 If you will walk in my ways, keeping my statutes and my commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your life.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And if you will go My way, keep My statutes and My commandments as your father David did, then I will lengthen your days. American Standard Version (1901) And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days. Common English Bible And if you walk in my ways and obey my laws and commands, just as your father David did, then I will give you a very long life.” Catholic Public Domain Version And if you will walk in my ways, and keep my precepts and my commandments, just as your father walked, I will lengthen your days." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And if thou wilt walk in my ways, and keep my precepts, and my commandments, as thy father walked, I will lengthen thy days. |
Nevertheless, I will not take the whole kingdom away from him but will make him ruler all the days of his life, for the sake of my servant David whom I chose and who did keep my commandments and my statutes,
because David did what was right in the sight of the Lord and did not turn aside from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the statutes of his father David, except that he sacrificed and offered incense at the high places.
And Solomon said, “You have shown great and steadfast love to your servant my father David because he walked before you in faithfulness, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart toward you, and you have kept for him this great and steadfast love and have given him a son to sit on his throne today.
I will establish his kingdom forever, if he continues resolute in keeping my commandments and my ordinances, as he is today.’
“And you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve him with single mind and willing heart, for the Lord searches every mind and understands every plan and thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will abandon you forever.
He did what was right in the sight of the Lord, just as his ancestor David had done.
He did what was right in the sight of the Lord and walked in the ways of his ancestor David; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.
If your sons keep my covenant and my decrees that I shall teach them, their sons also, forevermore, shall sit on your throne.”
He asked you for life; you gave it to him— length of days forever and ever.
His glory is great through your help; splendor and majesty you bestow on him.
for length of days and years of life and abundant welfare they will give you.
“Thus says the Lord of hosts: If you will walk in my ways and keep my requirements, then you shall rule my house and have charge of my courts, and I will give you the right of access among those who are standing here.
When he had removed him, he made David their king. In his testimony about him he said, ‘I have found David, son of Jesse, to be a man after my heart, who will carry out all my wishes.’
You shall have only a full and honest weight; you shall have only a full and honest measure, so that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
“ ‘Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
You must follow exactly the path that the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live and that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land that you are to possess.
for, while physical training is of some value, godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.