1 Kings 3:14

1 Kings 3:14 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)And if you walk in obedience to me and keep my decrees and commands as David your father did, I will give you a long life.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And if you will walk in my ways, keeping my statutes and my commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days."
• New King James Version (NKJV)So if you walk in My ways, to keep My statutes and My commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days.”

Context of 1 Kings 3:14

12I will therefore do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and understanding heart, so that there has never been anyone like you before and never will be again. 13In addition, I will give you what you did not ask for: both riches and honor, so that no king will be your equal during your entire life. If you walk in my ways and keep my statutes and commands just as your father David did, I will give you a long life.” 15Then Solomon woke up and realized it had been a dream. He went to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the Lord’s covenant, and offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. Then he held a feast for all his servants. 16Then two women who were prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.

1 Kings 3:14 word by word

וְאִ֣ם׀ תֵּלֵ֣ךְ בִּדְרָכַ֗י לִשְׁמֹ֤ר חֻקַּי֙ וּמִצְוֹתַ֔י כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר הָלַ֖ךְ דָּוִ֣יד אָבִ֑יךָ וְהַאַרַכְתִּ֖י אֶת־יָמֶֽיךָ׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And if thou wilt walkיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• in my waysדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: conductH1870
• to keepשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: obeyH8104
• my statutesחֹקchôq · statute: decreeH2706
• and my commandmentsמִצְוָהmitsvâh · commandmentH4687
• as thy fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
• Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• did walkהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• then I will lengthenאָרַךְ'ârak · to prolongH748
• thy daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117

Cross-references for 1 Kings 3:14

• 1 Kings 2:3and keep your obligation to the Lord your God to walk in his ways and to keep his statutes, commands, ordinances, and decrees. This is written in the law of Moses, so that you will have success in everything you do and wherever you turn,
• 1 Chronicles 22:12Above all, may the Lord give you insight and understanding when he puts you in charge of Israel so that you may keep the law of the Lord your God.
• 1 Chronicles 28:9“As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart and understands the intention of every thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you abandon him, he will reject you forever.
• 2 Chronicles 7:17As for you, if you walk before me as your father David walked, doing everything I have commanded you, and if you keep my statutes and ordinances,
• Psalms 132:12If your sons keep my covenant and my decrees that I will teach them, their sons will also sit on your throne forever.”
• Zechariah 3:7“This is what the Lord of Armies says: If you walk in my ways and keep my mandates, you will both rule my house and take care of my courts; I will also grant you access among these who are standing here.
• 1 Kings 3:3Solomon loved the Lord by walking in the statutes of his father David, but he also sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
• 1 Kings 9:4As for you, if you walk before me as your father David walked, with a heart of integrity and in what is right, doing everything I have commanded you, and if you keep my statutes and ordinances,
• 1 Kings 15:5For David did what was right in the Lord’s sight, and he did not turn aside from anything he had commanded him all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hethite.
• 2 Chronicles 17:3Now the Lord was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in the former ways of his ancestor David. He did not seek the Baals
• 2 Chronicles 29:2He did what was right in the Lord’s sight just as his ancestor David had done.
• 2 Chronicles 34:2He did what was right in the Lord’s sight and walked in the ways of his ancestor David; he did not turn aside to the right or the left.
• Acts 13:22After removing him, he raised up David as their king and testified about him, ‘I have found David the son of Jesse to be a man after my own heart, who will carry out all my will.’
• Deuteronomy 5:16Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and so that you may prosper in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
• Deuteronomy 25:15You must have a full and honest weight, a full and honest dry measure, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
• Psalms 21:4He asked you for life, and you gave it to him — length of days forever and ever.

Commentaries on 1 Kings 3:14

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14I will lengthen thy days - The promise here was only conditional. As the condition was not observed 1 Kings 11:1-8, the right to the promise was forfeited, and it was not fulfilled. Solomon can scarcely have been more than fifty-nine or sixty at his death.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-15Verses 5-15 Solomon's dream was not a common one. While his bodily powers were locked up in sleep, the powers of his soul were strengthened; he was enabled to receive the Divine vision, and to make a suitable choice. God, in like manner, puts us in the ready way to be happy, by assuring us we shall have what we need, and pray for. Solomon's making such a choice when asleep, and the powers of reason least active, showed it came from the grace of God…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-15The story of God giving wisdom to Solomon is told as a chiasm (a mirrored structure where A and B reflect B' and A'). It highlights Solomon's interaction with the Lord: A: While Solomon was sacrificing at Gibeon, the Lord appeared to him in a dream (1 Kings 3:4–5). B: Solomon asked for wisdom to govern his people fairly and effectively (1 Kings 3:6–9). B’: The Lord agreed to his request and gave him extra blessings (1 Kings 3:10–14). A’: Solomon woke up…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Kings 3:14

• Blessing
• Communion
• Contingencies
• David
• Dream
• Longevity
• Obedience
• Prayer
• Probation
• Solomon

In the dictionaries

• David
• Affinity
• Divide
• Gibeon
• Solomon
• Yearn
• Abishag
• Day
• Divination
• Dream; Dreamer

Commentaries on 1 Kings 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings