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then will I perform my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father: <a href="/nkjv/1_kings/6.htm">New King James Version</a> “Concerning this temple which you are building, if you walk in My statutes, execute My judgments, keep all My commandments, and walk in them, then I will perform My word with you, which I spoke to your father David. <a href="/nasb_/1_kings/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “As for this house which you are building, if you will walk in My statutes and execute My ordinances and keep all My commandments by walking in them, then I will fulfill My word with you which I spoke to David your father. <a href="/nasb/1_kings/6.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Concerning this house which you are building, if you will walk in My statutes and execute My ordinances and keep all My commandments by walking in them, then I will carry out My word with you which I spoke to David your father. <a href="/nasb77/1_kings/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Concerning this house which you are building, if you will walk in My statutes and execute My ordinances and keep all My commandments by walking in them, then I will carry out My word with you which I spoke to David your father. <a href="/lsb/1_kings/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> “Concerning this house which you are building, if you will walk in My statutes and do My judgments and keep all My commandments by walking in them, then I will establish My word with you which I spoke to David your father. <a href="/amp/1_kings/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “Concerning this house which you are building, if you will walk in My statutes and execute My precepts and keep all My commandments by walking in them, then I will carry out My word (promises) with you which I made to David your father. <a href="/csb/1_kings/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> “As for this temple you are building—if you walk in my statutes, observe my ordinances, and keep all my commands by walking in them, I will fulfill my promise to you, which I made to your father David. <a href="/hcsb/1_kings/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> As for this temple you are building—if you walk in My statutes, observe My ordinances, and keep all My commands by walking in them, I will fulfill My promise to you, which I made to your father David. <a href="/asv/1_kings/6.htm">American Standard Version</a> Concerning this house which thou art building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute mine ordinances, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I establish my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father. <a href="/erv/1_kings/6.htm">English Revised Version</a> Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I establish my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father. <a href="/gwt/1_kings/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> "This concerns the temple you are building: If you live by my laws, follow my rules, and keep my commands, I will fulfill the promise I made about you to your father David. <a href="/gnt/1_kings/6.htm">Good News Translation</a> "If you obey all my laws and commands, I will do for you what I promised your father David. <a href="/isv/1_kings/6.htm">International Standard Version</a> "Concerning this Temple that you're building, if you live your life according to my statutes, carry out my ordinances, and keep all of my commands, and live according to them, then I will do what I promised to your father David. <a href="/msb/1_kings/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> ?As for this temple you are building, if you walk in My statutes, carry out My ordinances, and keep all My commandments by walking in them, I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David. <a href="/net/1_kings/6.htm">NET Bible</a> "As for this temple you are building, if you follow my rules, observe my regulations, and obey all my commandments, I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David. <a href="/nheb/1_kings/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> "Concerning this house which you are building, if you will walk in my statutes, and execute my ordinances, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I establish my word with you, which I spoke to David your father. <a href="/wbt/1_kings/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spoke to David thy father: <a href="/web/1_kings/6.htm">World English Bible</a> “Concerning this house which you are building, if you will walk in my statutes, and execute my ordinances, and keep all my commandments to walk in them, then I will establish my word with you, which I spoke to David your father. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/1_kings/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> “This house that you are building—if you walk in My statutes, and do My judgments, indeed, have done all My commands, to walk in them, then I have established My word with you, which I spoke to your father David, <a href="/ylt/1_kings/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 'This house that thou art building -- if thou dost walk in My statutes, and My judgments dost do, yea, hast done all My commands, to walk in them, then I have established My word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father, <a href="/slt/1_kings/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> This house which thou didst build, if thou shalt go in my laws, and my judgment thou wilt do, and watch all my commands to go in them; and I lifted up my word with thee which I spake to David thy father.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/1_kings/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> This house, which thou buildest, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments, walking in them, I will fulfil my word to thee which I spoke to David thy father. <a href="/cpdv/1_kings/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> “Concerning this house, which you are building: if you will walk in my precepts, and carry out my judgments, and keep all my commandments, advancing by them, I will confirm my word to you, which I spoke to your father David. <a href="/nabre/1_kings/6.htm">New American Bible</a> As to this house you are building—if you walk in my statutes, carry out my ordinances, and observe all my commands, walking in them, I will fulfill toward you my word which I spoke to David your father. <a href="/nrsvce/1_kings/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> “Concerning this house that you are building, if you will walk in my statutes, obey my ordinances, and keep all my commandments by walking in them, then I will establish my promise with you, which I made to your father David.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/1_kings/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Concerning this house which you are building, if you will walk in my statutes and execute my judgments and keep all my commandments to walk in them, then I will perform my word with you, which I spoke to David your father; <a href="/hpbt/1_kings/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> “This house that you have built, if you will walk in my covenant and you will keep my judgments, and you will do all my commands and you will walk in them, I shall establish my words with you which I spoke to David your father.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/1_kings/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> As for this house which thou art building, if thou wilt walk in My statutes, and execute Mine ordinances, and keep all My commandments to walk in them; then will I establish My word with thee, which I spoke unto David thy father; <a href="/parallel/1_kings/6-12.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xx9A0AxPaoQ?start=2053" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/1_kings/6.htm">God's Promise</a> 11Then the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying: 12<a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: haz·zeh (Art:: Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">“As for this</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: hab·ba·yiṯ (Art:: N-ms) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">temple</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: ’at·tāh (Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). ">you</a> <a href="/hebrew/1129.htm" title="1129: ḇō·neh (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To build. A primitive root; to build.">are building,</a> <a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">if</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: tê·lêḵ (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">you walk</a> <a href="/hebrew/2708.htm" title="2708: bə·ḥuq·qō·ṯay (Prep-b:: N-fpc:: 1cs) -- Something prescribed, an enactment, statute. Feminine of choq, and meaning substantially the same.">in My statutes,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ta·‘ă·śeh (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">carry out</a> <a href="/hebrew/4941.htm" title="4941: miš·pā·ṭay (N-mpc:: 1cs) -- Judgment. ">My ordinances,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8104.htm" title="8104: wə·šā·mar·tā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2ms) -- To keep, watch, preserve. A primitive root; properly, to hedge about, i.e. Guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.">and keep</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/4687.htm" title="4687: miṣ·wō·ṯay (N-fpc:: 1cs) -- Commandment. From tsavah; a command, whether human or divine.">My commandments</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: lā·le·ḵeṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">by walking</a> <a href="/hebrew/bā·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- ">in them,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6965.htm" title="6965: wa·hă·qi·mō·ṯî (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To arise, stand up, stand. A primitive root; to rise.">I will fulfill</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/854.htm" title="854: ’it·tāḵ (Prep:: 2ms) -- With (denoting proximity). Probably from 'anah; properly, nearness, near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.">through you</a> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697: də·ḇā·rî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- Speech, word. From dabar; a word; by implication, a matter or thing; adverbially, a cause.">the promise</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1696.htm" title="1696: dib·bar·tî (V-Piel-Perf-1cs) -- To speak. A primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively, to speak; rarely to subdue.">I made</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’ā·ḇî·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">your father</a> <a href="/hebrew/1732.htm" title="1732: dā·wiḏ (N-proper-ms) -- Perhaps beloved one, a son of Jesse. Rarely; Daviyd; from the same as dowd; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse.">David.</a> 13And I will dwell among the Israelites and will not abandon My people Israel.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/1_chronicles/22-11.htm">1 Chronicles 22:11-13</a> Now, my son, may the LORD be with you, and may you succeed in building the house of the LORD your God, as He said you would. / Above all, may the LORD give you insight and understanding when He puts you in command over Israel, so that you may keep the Law of the LORD your God. / Then you will succeed, if you carefully follow the statutes and ordinances that the LORD commanded Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged. <a href="/2_chronicles/7-17.htm">2 Chronicles 7:17-18</a> And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances, / then I will establish your royal throne, as I covenanted with your father David when I said, ‘You will never fail to have a man to rule over Israel.’ <a href="/deuteronomy/28-1.htm">Deuteronomy 28:1-2</a> “Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. / And all these blessings will come upon you and overtake you, if you will obey the voice of the LORD your God: <a href="/1_kings/2-3.htm">1 Kings 2:3-4</a> And keep the charge of the LORD your God to walk in His ways and to keep His statutes, commandments, ordinances, and decrees, as written in the Law of Moses, so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you turn, / and so that the LORD may fulfill His promise to me: ‘If your descendants take heed to walk faithfully before Me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’ <a href="/2_samuel/7-12.htm">2 Samuel 7:12-16</a> And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom. / He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. / I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men. ... <a href="/leviticus/26-3.htm">Leviticus 26:3-12</a> If you follow My statutes and carefully keep My commandments, / I will give you rains in their season, and the land will yield its produce, and the trees of the field will bear their fruit. / Your threshing will continue until the grape harvest, and the grape harvest will continue until sowing time; you will have your fill of food to eat and will dwell securely in your land. ... <a href="/deuteronomy/11-22.htm">Deuteronomy 11:22-23</a> For if you carefully keep all these commandments I am giving you to follow—to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, and to hold fast to Him— / then the LORD will drive out all these nations before you, and you will dispossess nations greater and stronger than you. <a href="/joshua/1-7.htm">Joshua 1:7-8</a> Above all, be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe all the law that My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may prosper wherever you go. / This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do. <a href="/psalms/132-12.htm">Psalm 132:12</a> If your sons keep My covenant and the testimony I will teach them, then their sons will also sit on your throne forever and ever.” <a href="/jeremiah/7-5.htm">Jeremiah 7:5-7</a> For if you really correct your ways and deeds, if you act justly toward one another, / if you no longer oppress the foreigner and the fatherless and the widow, and if you no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods to your own harm, / then I will let you live in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever. <a href="/ezekiel/18-9.htm">Ezekiel 18:9</a> He follows My statutes and faithfully keeps My ordinances. That man is righteous; surely he will live, declares the Lord GOD. <a href="/john/14-23.htm">John 14:23</a> Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. <a href="/matthew/7-24.htm">Matthew 7:24-25</a> Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. / The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because its foundation was on the rock. <a href="/luke/11-28.htm">Luke 11:28</a> But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.” <a href="/james/1-22.htm">James 1:22-25</a> Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves. / For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror, / and after observing himself goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. ...</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Concerning this house which you are in building, if you will walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I perform my word with you, which I spoke to David your father:if thou wilt<a href="/1_kings/2-3.htm">1 Kings 2:3,4</a> And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, 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: … <a href="/1_kings/3-14.htm">1 Kings 3:14</a> 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.<a href="/1_kings/8-25.htm">1 Kings 8:25</a> Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me.then will I perform<a href="/2_samuel/7-13.htm">2 Samuel 7:13</a> He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.<a href="/1_chronicles/22-10.htm">1 Chronicles 22:10</a> He shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_kings/6-7.htm">Building</a> <a href="/1_kings/5-9.htm">Carry</a> <a href="/1_kings/3-14.htm">Commandments</a> <a href="/1_kings/3-14.htm">Commands</a> <a href="/1_kings/5-7.htm">David</a> <a href="/2_samuel/22-23.htm">Decisions</a> <a href="/2_samuel/22-23.htm">Decrees</a> <a href="/2_samuel/15-34.htm">Effect</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-4.htm">Establish</a> <a href="/1_samuel/28-18.htm">Execute</a> <a href="/2_samuel/20-11.htm">Follow</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-27.htm">Fulfill</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-6.htm">Guided</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-10.htm">House</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-3.htm">Judgments</a> <a href="/2_samuel/22-23.htm">Laws</a> <a href="/1_kings/3-14.htm">Obey</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-3.htm">Ordinances</a> <a href="/1_kings/5-8.htm">Perform</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/18-14.htm">Practise</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-4.htm">Promise</a> <a href="/1_samuel/10-25.htm">Regulations</a> <a href="/2_samuel/23-3.htm">Rules</a> <a href="/1_kings/3-14.htm">Statutes</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-10.htm">Temple</a> <a href="/1_kings/3-14.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/1_kings/3-3.htm">Walking</a> <a href="/1_kings/3-14.htm">Wilt</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-11.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_kings/6-14.htm">Building</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-46.htm">Carry</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-58.htm">Commandments</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-58.htm">Commands</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-51.htm">David</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-7.htm">Decisions</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-58.htm">Decrees</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-15.htm">Effect</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-32.htm">Establish</a> <a href="/1_kings/10-9.htm">Execute</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-6.htm">Follow</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-15.htm">Fulfill</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-2.htm">Guided</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-14.htm">House</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-58.htm">Judgments</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-58.htm">Laws</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-61.htm">Obey</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-38.htm">Ordinances</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-11.htm">Perform</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/14-4.htm">Practise</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-20.htm">Promise</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-58.htm">Regulations</a> <a href="/1_kings/21-18.htm">Rules</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-58.htm">Statutes</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-14.htm">Temple</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-23.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-23.htm">Walking</a> <a href="/1_kings/9-4.htm">Wilt</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-15.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">1 Kings 6</div>1. <a href="/1_kings/6-1.htm">The building of Solomon's temple</a> 5. <a href="/1_kings/6-5.htm">The chambers thereof</a> 11. <a href="/1_kings/6-11.htm">God's promise unto it</a> 15. <a href="/1_kings/6-15.htm">The ceiling and adorning of it</a> 23. <a href="/1_kings/6-23.htm">The cherubim</a> 31. <a href="/1_kings/6-31.htm">The doors</a> 36. <a href="/1_kings/6-36.htm">The court</a> 37. <a href="/1_kings/6-37.htm">The time of building it</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The temple was to be the central place of worship for the Israelites, replacing the portable tabernacle. It was located in Jerusalem, on Mount Moriah, a site with deep historical and spiritual significance, as it was where Abraham was to sacrifice Isaac (<a href="/genesis/22-2.htm">Genesis 22:2</a>). The temple symbolized God's presence among His people and was a fulfillment of God's promise to David that his son would build a house for God's name (<a href="/2_samuel/7-13.htm">2 Samuel 7:13</a>).if you walk in My statutes This condition emphasizes the importance of obedience to God's laws. Walking in God's statutes implies a lifestyle of consistent faithfulness and adherence to His decrees. The statutes refer to the specific laws given to Israel, which were meant to set them apart as God's chosen people. This obedience was crucial for maintaining the covenant relationship with God, as seen throughout the Old Testament (<a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28:1-14</a>).carry out My ordinances Ordinances are specific commands or decrees given by God. Carrying them out involves active obedience and implementation of God's will in daily life. This phrase highlights the necessity of not just knowing God's laws but actively living them out. The emphasis on action reflects the biblical principle that faith without works is dead (<a href="/james/2-26.htm">James 2:26</a>).and keep all My commandments by walking in them Keeping God's commandments involves both guarding them in one's heart and practicing them in life. The repetition of "walking" underscores the continuous and habitual nature of obedience. This comprehensive obedience is a recurring theme in the Bible, where love for God is demonstrated through keeping His commandments (<a href="/john/14-15.htm">John 14:15</a>).I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David This promise refers to the Davidic Covenant, where God assured David that his lineage would endure forever and that his throne would be established eternally (<a href="/2_samuel/7-12.htm">2 Samuel 7:12-16</a>). Solomon's role in building the temple was part of this covenantal promise. Ultimately, this promise finds its ultimate fulfillment in Jesus Christ, the Son of David, whose kingdom is everlasting (<a href="/luke/1-32.htm">Luke 1:32-33</a>). The conditional nature of the promise in this context underscores the importance of covenant faithfulness for the realization of God's promises.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/s/solomon.htm">Solomon</a> The king of Israel, son of David, who is responsible for building the temple in Jerusalem. 2. <a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a> Solomon's father, the former king of Israel, to whom God made a covenant promise regarding his lineage and the establishment of his kingdom. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_temple.htm">The Temple</a> The holy place being constructed in Jerusalem as a dwelling place for God among His people. 4. <a href="/topical/g/god's_promise.htm">God's Promise</a> The covenant made with David, which includes the establishment of his throne and the continuation of his lineage. 5. <a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a> The city where the temple is being built, central to Israel's worship and identity.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/o/obedience_as_a_condition_for_blessing.htm">Obedience as a Condition for Blessing</a> God's promises often come with conditions that require our active participation through obedience. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_walking_in_god's_ways.htm">The Importance of Walking in God's Ways</a> Walking in God's statutes involves a daily commitment to live according to His Word, not just a one-time decision. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_leadership_in_spiritual_faithfulness.htm">The Role of Leadership in Spiritual Faithfulness</a> As leaders, Solomon's obedience would set a precedent for the nation, highlighting the influence of leadership in spiritual matters. <a href="/topical/t/the_continuity_of_god's_promises.htm">The Continuity of God's Promises</a> God's promises to David and Solomon remind us of His faithfulness across generations, encouraging us to trust in His enduring Word. <a href="/topical/t/the_temple_as_a_symbol_of_god's_presence.htm">The Temple as a Symbol of God's Presence</a> The temple represents God's desire to dwell among His people, pointing forward to the ultimate fulfillment in Christ and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_kings_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Kings 6</a> <a href="/q/why_do_ezekiel_42_and_1_kings_6_differ.htm">Why do the measurements in Ezekiel 42 seem to conflict with earlier temple designs described in 1 Kings 6?</a> <a href="/q/why_differ_solomon's_temple_styles.htm">Why do biblical descriptions of Solomon’s temple differ from contemporary architectural styles?</a> <a href="/q/why_is_rehoboam's_reply_only_harsh.htm">Why does 1 Kings 12:14 present Rehoboam's answer as solely harsh, despite other biblical accounts that sometimes provide a balancing perspective?</a> <a href="/q/how_is_genesis_13_14-17_reconciled.htm">In Genesis 13:14-17, God promises Abram that his descendants will inherit the land 'forever'; how can this be reconciled with later biblical or historical events suggesting otherwise?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_kings/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 12. - Concerning [or, as to. There is nothing, however, in the Hebrew] this house which thou art in building [כֹּנֶה Cf. וַיִּבֶן, vers. 5, 9, 10] if thou wilt walk in my statutes [the connexion of ideas seems to be this, "Thou art doing well to build the house; thou art fulfilling my good pleasure (<a href="/2_samuel/7-13.htm">2 Samuel 7:13</a>); if thou wilt go on and in other matters wilt keep," etc. It is to be observed that this promise contains a faint note of warning. Possibly Solomon had already betrayed some slight tokens of declension], and execute my Judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I perform [literally, confirm. Same word as in <a href="/1_kings/2-3.htm">1 Kings 2:3</a>. The "word of the Lord" is the echo of the word of David] my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father [i.e., the word mentioned <a href="/1_kings/2-4.htm">1 Kings 2:4</a> and found <a href="/2_samuel/7-12.htm">2 Samuel 7:12</a> sqq.]. <a href="/commentaries/1_kings/6-12.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>“As for this הַזֶּ֜ה (haz·zeh) Article | Pronoun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> This, that temple הַבַּ֨יִת (hab·ba·yiṯ) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> A house you אַתָּ֣ה (’at·tāh) Pronoun - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> Thou and thee, ye and you are building, בֹנֶ֗ה (ḇō·neh) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1129.htm">Strong's 1129: </a> To build if אִם־ (’im-) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not you walk לָלֶ֣כֶת (lā·le·ḵeṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> To go, come, walk in בָּהֶ֑ם (bā·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> My statutes, בְּחֻקֹּתַי֙ (bə·ḥuq·qō·ṯay) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2708.htm">Strong's 2708: </a> Something prescribed, an enactment, statute carry out תַּֽעֲשֶׂ֔ה (ta·‘ă·śeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make My ordinances, מִשְׁפָּטַ֣י (miš·pā·ṭay) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4941.htm">Strong's 4941: </a> A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style and keep וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֥ (wə·šā·mar·tā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8104.htm">Strong's 8104: </a> To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every My commandments מִצְוֺתַ֖י (miṣ·wō·ṯay) Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4687.htm">Strong's 4687: </a> Commandment by walking in them, תֵּלֵ֤ךְ (tê·lêḵ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> To go, come, walk I will fulfill וַהֲקִמֹתִ֤י (wa·hă·qi·mō·ṯî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6965.htm">Strong's 6965: </a> To arise, stand up, stand through you אִתָּ֔ךְ (’it·tāḵ) Preposition | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_854.htm">Strong's 854: </a> Nearness, near, with, by, at, among the promise דְּבָרִי֙ (də·ḇā·rî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1697.htm">Strong's 1697: </a> A word, a matter, thing, a cause I made דִּבַּ֖רְתִּי (dib·bar·tî) Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1696.htm">Strong's 1696: </a> To arrange, to speak, to subdue to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to your father אָבִֽיךָ׃ (’ā·ḇî·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> Father David. דָּוִ֥ד (dā·wiḏ) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1732.htm">Strong's 1732: </a> David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_kings/6-12.htm">1 Kings 6:12 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/1_kings/6-12.htm">1 Kings 6:12 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/1_kings/6-12.htm">1 Kings 6:12 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/1_kings/6-12.htm">1 Kings 6:12 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/1_kings/6-12.htm">1 Kings 6:12 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/1_kings/6-12.htm">1 Kings 6:12 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_kings/6-12.htm">1 Kings 6:12 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_kings/6-12.htm">1 Kings 6:12 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/1_kings/6-12.htm">1 Kings 6:12 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/1_kings/6-12.htm">1 Kings 6:12 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-12.htm">OT History: 1 Kings 6:12 Concerning this house which you are building (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_kings/6-11.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Kings 6:11"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Kings 6:11" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_kings/6-13.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Kings 6:13"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Kings 6:13" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>