1 Raja-raja 1:2

1:2 His servants advised ¹  him, “A young virgin must be found for our master, the king, ²  to take care of the king’s needs ³  and serve as his nurse. She can also sleep with you ⁴  and keep our master, the king, warm.” ⁵ 

1 Raja-raja 3:14

3:14 If you follow my instructions ⁶  by obeying ⁷  my rules and regulations, just as your father David did, ⁸  then I will grant you long life.” ⁹ 

1 Raja-raja 6:12

6:12 “As for this temple you are building, if you follow ¹⁰  my rules, observe ¹¹  my regulations, and obey all my commandments, ¹²  I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David. ¹³ 

1 Raja-raja 8:61

8:61 May you demonstrate wholehearted devotion to the Lord our God ¹⁴  by following ¹⁵  his rules and obeying ¹⁶  his commandments, as you are presently doing.” ¹⁷ 

1 Raja-raja 9:6

9:6 “But if you or your sons ever turn away from me, fail to obey the regulations and rules I instructed you to keep, ¹⁸  and decide to serve and worship other gods, ¹⁹ 

[1:2]  ¹ tn Heb “said to.”

[1:2]  ² tn Heb “let them seek for my master, the king, a young girl, a virgin.” The third person plural subject of the verb is indefinite (see GKC 460 §144.f). The appositional expression, “a young girl, a virgin,” is idiomatic; the second term specifically defines the more general first term (see IBHS 230 §12.3b).

[1:2]  ³ tn Heb “and she will stand before the king.” The Hebrew phrase “stand before” can mean “to attend; to serve” (BDB 764 s.v. עָמַד).

[1:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “and she will lie down in your bosom.” The expression might imply sexual intimacy (see 2 Sam 12:3 [where the lamb symbolizes Bathsheba] and Mic 7:5), though v. 4b indicates that David did not actually have sex with the young woman.

[1:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “and my master, the king, will be warm.”

[3:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “walk in my ways.”

[3:14]  ⁷ tn Or “keeping.”

[3:14]  ⁸ tn Heb “walked.”

[3:14]  ⁹ tn Heb “I will lengthen your days.”

[6:12]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “walk in.”

[6:12]  ¹¹ tn Heb “do.”

[6:12]  ¹² tn Heb “and keep all my commandments by walking in them.”

[6:12]  ¹³ tn Heb “I will establish my word with you which I spoke to David your father.”

[8:61]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “may your hearts be complete with the Lord our God.”

[8:61]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “walking in.”

[8:61]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “keeping.”

[8:61]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “as this day.”

[9:6]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “which I placed before you.”

[9:6]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “and walk and serve other gods and bow down to them.”