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1 Kings 3

1 Kings 3:14 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And if thou wilt 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 my 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
my statutes
choq (Hebrew #2706)
an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
KJV usage: appointed, bound, commandment, convenient, custom, decree(-d), due, law, measure, X necessary, ordinance(- nary), portion, set time, statute, task.
Pronounce: khoke
Origin: from 2710
and my 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
, as thy father
'ab (Hebrew #1)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application)
KJV usage: chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony, principal. Compare names in "Abi-".
Pronounce: awb
Origin: a primitive word
David
David (Hebrew #1732)
Daviyd {daw-veed'}; from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
KJV usage: David.
Pronounce: daw-veed'
Origin: rarely (fully)
did walk
halak (Hebrew #1980)
a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, + be eased, enter, exercise (self), + follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), + greater, grow, be wont to haunt, lead, march, X more and more, move (self), needs, on, pass (away), be at the point, quite, run (along), + send, speedily, spread, still, surely, + tale-bearer, + travel(-ler), walk (abroad, on, to and fro, up and down, to places), wander, wax, (way-)faring man, X be weak, whirl.
Pronounce: haw-lak'
Origin: akin to 3212
, then I will lengthen
'arak (Hebrew #748)
to be (causative, make) long (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: defer, draw out, lengthen, (be, become, make, pro-)long, + (out-, over-)live, tarry (long).
Pronounce: aw-rak'
Origin: a primitive root
z thy days
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
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Deut. 25:15• 15{i}A perfect and just weight shalt thou have; a perfect and just ephah shalt thou have; that thy days may be prolonged in the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee.{/i} (Deut. 25:15)
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Psa. 21:4• 4He asked life from thee;{HR}Thou gavest [it] him—length of days for ever and ever. (Psa. 21:4)
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Psa. 91:16• 16[With] length of days will I satisfy him,{HR}And show him my salvation. (Psa. 91:16)
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Prov. 3:2• 2For length of days and years of life{HR}And peace shall they add to thee. (Prov. 3:2)
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1 Tim. 4:8• 8for bodily exercise is profitable for a little, but piety is profitable for all things, having promise of life that is now and of that which is to come. (1 Tim. 4:8)

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if thou.
1 Kings 2:3‑4• 3{i}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;{/i}
 4{i}that Jehovah may confirm his word which he spoke concerning me, saying, If thy sons take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee, said he, a man upon the throne of Israel.{/i} (1 Kings 2:3‑4)
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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. 28:9• 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. 28:9)
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2 Chron. 7:17‑19• 17{i}And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and mine ordinances;{/i}
 18{i}then will I establish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to rule over Israel.{/i}
 19{i}But if ye turn away and forsake my statutes and my commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them;{/i} (2 Chron. 7:17‑19)
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Psa. 132:12• 12If thy sons will keep my covenant{HR}And my testimony that I will teach them,{HR}Their sons also shall sit upon thy throne forever. (Psa. 132:12)
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Zech. 3:7• 7Thus saith Jehovah of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, {i}and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts; and I will give thee a place to walk among these that stand by.{/i} (Zech. 3:7)
as thy.
1 Kings 3:3• 3{i}And Solomon{/i} loved Jehovah, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places. (1 Kings 3:3)
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1 Kings 9:4‑5• 4{i}And as for thee, 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 mine ordinances;{/i}
 5{i}then will I establish the throne of thy kingdom over Israel forever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.{/i} (1 Kings 9:4‑5)
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1 Kings 15:5• 5because David did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, {i}and turned not aside from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, except in the matter of Urijah the Hittite{/i}. (1 Kings 15:5)
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2 Chron. 17:3‑4• 3{i}And Jehovah was with Jehoshaphat, for he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto the Baals;{/i}
 4{i}but he sought the God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.{/i} (2 Chron. 17:3‑4)
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2 Chron. 29:2• 2{i}And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that David his father had done.{/i} (2 Chron. 29:2)
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2 Chron. 34:2• 2{i}And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, and walked in the ways of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand nor to the left{/i}. (2 Chron. 34:2)
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Acts 13:22• 22And having removed him, he raised up for them David as king, to whom also bearing witness, he said, I found David, son of Jesse, a man according to my heart, who shall do all my will. (Acts 13:22)
I will lengthen.
Deut. 5:16• 16{i}Honour thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may be well with thee in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.{/i} (Deut. 5:16)
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Deut. 25:15• 15{i}A perfect and just weight shalt thou have; a perfect and just ephah shalt thou have; that thy days may be prolonged in the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee.{/i} (Deut. 25:15)
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Psa. 21:4• 4He asked life from thee;{HR}Thou gavest [it] him—length of days for ever and ever. (Psa. 21:4)
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Psa. 91:16• 16[With] length of days will I satisfy him,{HR}And show him my salvation. (Psa. 91:16)
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Prov. 3:2,16• 2For length of days and years of life{HR}And peace shall they add to thee.
 16Length of days [is] in her right hand,{HR}In her left hand riches and honour. (Prov. 3:2,16)
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1 Tim. 4:8• 8for bodily exercise is profitable for a little, but piety is profitable for all things, having promise of life that is now and of that which is to come. (1 Tim. 4:8)
• In 1 Kings 3:14, as in all the books we are studying, the question of the king’s responsibility is brought up. (“Gibeon: 1 Kings 3:4-15” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will prolong thy days.

W. Kelly Translation

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And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will prolong thy days.

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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.)