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1 Kings 2:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And keep
shamar (Hebrew #8104)
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
KJV usage: beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).
Pronounce: shaw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
the charge
mishmereth (Hebrew #4931)
watch, i.e. the act (custody), or (concr.) the sentry, the post; obj. preservation, or (concr.) safe; fig. observance, i.e. (abstr.) duty or (obj.) a usage or party
KJV usage: charge, keep, or to be kept, office, ordinace, safeguard, ward, watch.
Pronounce: mish-mer'-reth
Origin: fem. of 4929
of the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
thy God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
, to walk
yalak (Hebrew #3212)
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
KJV usage: X again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, + follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, + pursue, cause to run, spread, take away ((-journey)), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, X be weak.
Pronounce: yaw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1980)
in his ways
derek (Hebrew #1870)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
KJV usage: along, away, because of, + by, conversation, custom, (east-)ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-)way(-side), whither(-soever).
Pronounce: deh'-rek
Origin: from 1869
, to keep
shamar (Hebrew #8104)
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
KJV usage: beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).
Pronounce: shaw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
his statutes
chuqqah (Hebrew #2708)
feminine of 2706, and meaning substantially the same
KJV usage: appointed, custom, manner, ordinance, site, statute.
Pronounce: khook-kaw'
, and his commandments
mitsvah (Hebrew #4687)
a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
KJV usage: (which was) commanded(-ment), law, ordinance, precept.
Pronounce: mits-vaw'
Origin: from 6680
, and his judgments
mishpat (Hebrew #4941)
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style
KJV usage: + adversary, ceremony, charge, X crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, X worthy, + wrong.
Pronounce: mish-pawt'
Origin: from 8199
, and his testimonies
`eduwth (Hebrew #5715)
testimony
KJV usage: testimony, witness.
Pronounce: ay-dooth'
Origin: feminine of 5707
, as it is written
kathab (Hebrew #3789)
to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
KJV usage: describe, record, prescribe, subscribe, write(-ing, -ten).
Pronounce: kaw-thab'
Origin: a primitive root
l in the law
towrah (Hebrew #8451)
from 3384; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
KJV usage: law.
Pronounce: to-raw'
Origin: or torah {to-raw'}
of Moses
Mosheh (Hebrew #4872)
drawing out (of the water), i.e. rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver
KJV usage: Moses.
Pronounce: mo-sheh'
Origin: from 4871
, thatm thou mayest βprosper
sakal (Hebrew #7919)
to be (causatively, make or act) circumspect and hence, intelligent
KJV usage: consider, expert, instruct, prosper, (deal) prudent(-ly), (give) skill(-ful), have good success, teach, (have, make to) understand(-ing), wisdom, (be, behave self, consider, make) wise(- ly), guide wittingly.
Pronounce: saw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
in all that thou doest
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
, and whithersoever thou turnest
panah (Hebrew #6437)
to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.
KJV usage: appear, at (even-)tide, behold, cast out, come on, X corner, dawning, empty, go away, lie, look, mark, pass away, prepare, regard, (have) respect (to), (re-)turn (aside, away, back, face, self), X right (early).
Pronounce: paw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
thyself:
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Deut. 17:13‑20• 13{i}And all the people shall hear, and fear, and no more act presumptuously.{/i}
 14{i}When thou comest unto the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are about me;{/i}
 15{i}thou shalt only set him king over thee whom Jehovah thy God will choose: from among thy brethren shalt thou set a king over thee; thou mayest not set a foreigner over thee, who is not thy brother.{/i}
 16{i}Only he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor lead back the people to Egypt, to multiply horses; for Jehovah hath said unto you, Ye shall not return again anymore that way.{/i}
 17{i}Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away; neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.{/i}
 18{i}And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write for himself a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests, the Levites;{/i}
 19{i}and it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life; that he may learn to fear Jehovah his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them;{/i}
 20{i}that his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left; that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his sons, in the midst of Israel.{/i} (Deut. 17:13‑20)
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Deut. 29:9• 9{i}Ye shall keep then the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do.{/i} (Deut. 29:9)
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or, do wisely,
1 Sam. 18:5,14,30• 5{i}And{/i} David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.
 14David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and Jehovah was with him.
 30Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by. (1 Sam. 18:5,14,30)
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Law of Moses,
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Ministry on This Verse

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And keep.
Deut. 29:9• 9{i}Ye shall keep then the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do.{/i} (Deut. 29:9)
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Josh. 1:7• 7Only be thou strong and very courageous, {i}that thou mayest take heed to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded thee. Turn not from it to the right or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest{/i}. (Josh. 1:7)
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Josh. 22:5• 5{i}Only, take great heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded you, to love Jehovah your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.{/i} (Josh. 22:5)
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1 Chron. 22:12‑13• 12{i}Only, Jehovah give thee wisdom and understanding, and place thee over Israel, and to keep the law of Jehovah thy God.{/i}
 13{i}Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to perform the statutes and ordinances which Jehovah commanded Moses for Israel: be strong and courageous; fear not, neither be dismayed.{/i} (1 Chron. 22:12‑13)
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1 Chron. 28:8‑9• 8{i}And now in the sight of all Israel, the congregation of Jehovah, and in the audience of our God, —keep and seek for all the commandments of Jehovah your God; that ye may possess the good land, and leave it as an inheritance to your children after you forever.{/i}
 9{i}And thou, Solomon my son, know the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Jehovah searches all hearts, and discerns all the imaginations of the thoughts. If thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cut thee off forever.{/i} (1 Chron. 28:8‑9)
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1 Chron. 29:19• 19and give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, {i}and to do all, and to build the palace, for which I have made provision.{/i} (1 Chron. 29:19)
statues.
Deut. 4:1,5,8• 1Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the Jehovah God of your fathers giveth you.
 5Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as Jehovah my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.
 8And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day. (Deut. 4:1,5,8)
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Deut. 5:1• 1And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep and do them. (Deut. 5:1)
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Deut. 6:1‑2• 1{i}And these are the commandments, the statutes, and the ordinances, which Jehovah your God commanded to teach you, that ye may do them in the land whereunto ye pass over to possess it,{/i}
 2{i}that thou mayest fear Jehovah thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.{/i} (Deut. 6:1‑2)
testimonies.
Deut. 4:45• 45{i}these are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances that Moses declared to the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt,{/i} (Deut. 4:45)
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Psa. 19:7• 7The law of Jehovah [is] perfect, restoring the soul;{HR}The testimony of Jehovah [is] true, making wise the simple. (Psa. 19:7)
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Psa. 119:2,111,138• 2Blessed [are] they that observe his testimonies,{HR}That seek him with a whole heart.
 111I inherit thy testimonies forever,{HR}For they [are] my heart's rejoicing.
 138Thou hast commanded thy testimonies [in] righteousness{HR}And exceeding faithfulness. (Psa. 119:2,111,138)
written.
Deut. 17:18‑20• 18{i}And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write for himself a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests, the Levites;{/i}
 19{i}and it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life; that he may learn to fear Jehovah his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them;{/i}
 20{i}that his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left; that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his sons, in the midst of Israel.{/i} (Deut. 17:18‑20)
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Mal. 4:4• 4{i}Remember the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, the statutes and ordinances.{/i} (Mal. 4:4)
that thou.
Deut. 29:9• 9{i}Ye shall keep then the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do.{/i} (Deut. 29:9)
prosper.
or, do wisely.
Josh. 1:7‑8• 7Only be thou strong and very courageous, {i}that thou mayest take heed to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded thee. Turn not from it to the right or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest{/i}.
 8This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. (Josh. 1:7‑8)
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Josh. 1•  (Josh. 1)
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1 Sam. 18:5,14,30• 5{i}And{/i} David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.
 14David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and Jehovah was with him.
 30Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by. (1 Sam. 18:5,14,30)
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2 Chron. 31:20‑21• 20Thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that which was good and right and truth before Jehovah his God.
 21And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered. (2 Chron. 31:20‑21)
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Psa. 1:2‑3• 2But in the law of Jehovah [is] his delight,{HR}And in his law doth he meditate by day and by night.
 3And he is as a tree planted by the waterbrooks,{HR}Which yieldeth its fruit in its season,{HR}And its leaf fadeth not;{HR}And all that he doeth prospereth. (Psa. 1:2‑3)
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Psa. 119:98‑100• 98Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies,{HR}For they [are] ever mine.
 99More than all my teachers I have understanding:{HR}For thy testimonies [are] my meditation.
 100More than aged [men] I understand,{HR}For thy precepts I have observed. (Psa. 119:98‑100)
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Prov. 3:1‑4• 1My son, forget not my teaching,{HR}But let thy heart keep my commandments:
 2For length of days and years of life{HR}And peace shall they add to thee.
 3Let not mercy and truth forsake thee:{HR}Bind them about thy neck;{HR}Write them upon the tablet of thy heart;
 4And thou shalt find favour{HR}And good understanding in the sight of God and man. (Prov. 3:1‑4)
whithersoever.
2 Sam. 8:6,14• 6{i}And David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought gifts. And Jehovah preserved David whithersoever he went.{/i}
 14{i}And he put garrisons in Edom: throughout Edom did he put garrisons; and all they of Edom became servants to David. And Jehovah preserved David whithersoever he went.{/i} (2 Sam. 8:6,14)
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2 Kings 18:7• 7{i}And Jehovah was with him;{/i} he prospered whithersoever he went forth; and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, {i}and served him not{/i}. (2 Kings 18:7)
• Obedience to the Lord and dependence upon Him are the proofs of this strength which is to be used to “walk in his ways.” The walk itself is directed by the Word of God, as we see here and in Psalm 119. (“David?s Last Recommendation: 1 Kings 2:1-12” by H.L. Rossier)
• His statutes are the things He has established and to which His authority is attached; His commandments, the expression of His will to which we are obliged to submit ourselves; His ordinances (or judgments), the principles He conveys and according to which He acts; and finally, His testimonies are the thoughts He has communicated to us and which faith must receive. All this constituted “the law of Moses” (“David?s Last Recommendation: 1 Kings 2:1-12” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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and keep the charge of Jehovah thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his ordinances, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosperb in all that thou doest and whithersoever thou turnest thyself;

JND Translation Notes

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Or "act with intelligence."

W. Kelly Translation

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and keep the charge of Jehovah thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his ordinances, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest and whithersoever thou turnest thyself;

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)