1 Kings 3:14

Obedience Old age God's will and calling

¹² behold, I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there has never been nor will ever be another like you.

¹³ Moreover, I will give you what you did not request—both riches and honor—so that during all your days no man in any kingdom will be your equal.

So if you walk in My ways and keep My statutes and commandments, just as your father David did, I will prolong your days.”

¹⁵ Then Solomon awoke, and indeed it had been a dream. So he returned to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then he held a feast for all his servants.

¹⁶ At that time two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: So if you walk in My ways and keep My statutes and commandments, just as your father David did, I will prolong your days.”
KJV: 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.
WEB: If you will walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days.”
ASV: 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.
DARBY: 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.
BLB: And if you walk in My ways to keep My statutes and My commandments, as David your father walked, I will prolong your days.”

ÅB: Og dersom du vil vandre på mine veier, så du holder mine lover og mine bud, som din far David gjorde, så vil jeg gi deg et langt liv.
OTB: Og hvis du vandrer på mine veier, holder mine forskrifter og bud, slik som din far David vandret, da vil jeg forlenge dine dager."
B1930: Og dersom du vil vandre på mine veier, så du holder mine lover og mine bud, som din far David gjorde, så vil jeg gi dig et langt liv.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Proverbs 3:2
for they will add length to your days, years and peace to your life.
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Psalms 91:16
With long life I will satisfy him and show him My salvation.”
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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.
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Zechariah 3:7
“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘If you walk in My ways and keep My instructions, then you will govern My house and will also have charge of My courts; and I will give you a place among these who are standing here.
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2 Chronicles 34:2
And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.
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1 Kings 2:3–4
And keep the charge of the LORD your God to walk in His ways and to keep His statutes, commandments, ordinances, and decrees, as is written in the Law of Moses, so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you turn,
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Proverbs 3:16
Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
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1 Kings 3:6
Solomon replied, “You have shown much loving devotion to Your servant, my father David, because he walked before You in faithfulness, righteousness, and uprightness of heart. And You have maintained this loving devotion by giving him a son to sit on his throne this very day.
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