1 Kings 9:4

And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, with a heart of integrity and uprightness, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — God addresses Solomon at the temple dedication, responding to his prayer and outlining the conditions for the dynasty's continuation.

The words — The Hebrew אִם־ (’im-) means "if," and תֵּלֵ֣ךְ (te.Lekh) means "you will walk," structuring the passage as a conditional covenant.

The thread — The conditional promise pattern appears in 1 Kings 3:14, while David’s past obedience is stated declaratively in 1 Kings 15:5.

Why it lands — The text requires Solomon to maintain integrity and keep God’s statutes to secure the royal throne.

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The Hebrew words

וְאַתָּ֞הve./'a.Tahand/ you אִם־'im-if תֵּלֵ֣ךְte.Lekhyou will walk לְפָנַ֗יle./fa.Na/i<to>/ before/ me כַּאֲשֶׁ֨רka./'a.Sherjust/ as הָלַ֜ךְha.Lakhhe walked דָּוִ֤דda.VidDavid אָבִ֙יךָ֙'a.Vi./khafather/ your בְּתָם־be./tom-in/ integrity of לֵבָ֣בle.Vavheart וּבְיֹ֔שֶׁרu./ve./Yo.sherand/ in/ uprightness לַעֲשׂ֕וֹתla./'a.Sotby/ doing כְּכֹ֖לke./Kholaccording to/ all אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.Sherthat צִוִּיתִ֑יךָtzi.vi.Ti./khaI have commanded/ you חֻקַּ֥יchu.Ka/istatutes/ my וּמִשְׁפָּטַ֖יu./mish.pa.Ta/iand/ judgments/ my תִּשְׁמֹֽר׃tish.Moryou will keep

King James Version

And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments:

Cross-references

1 Kings 15:5 For David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not turned aside from anything the LORD commanded all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
1 Kings 3:14 So if you walk in My ways and keep My statutes and commandments, just as your father David did, I will prolong your days.”
Genesis 17:1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
1 Kings 11:4 For when Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.
1 Kings 11:6 So Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD; unlike his father David, he did not follow the LORD completely.
Deuteronomy 28:1 “Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.
1 Kings 11:38 If you listen to all that I command you, walk in My ways, and do what is right in My sight in order to keep My statutes and commandments as My servant David did, then I will be with you. I will build you a lasting dynasty just as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.
1 Kings 14:8 I tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you. But you have not been like My servant David, who kept My commandments and followed Me with all his heart, doing only what was right in My eyes.
Psalms 26:11 But I will walk with integrity; redeem me and be merciful to me.
Proverbs 28:18 He who walks with integrity will be kept safe, but whoever is perverse in his ways will suddenly fall.

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