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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/1_kings/3.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/1_kings/3.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />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.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/1_kings/3.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />And if you follow me and obey my decrees and my commands as your father, David, did, I will give you a long life.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/1_kings/3.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_kings/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />So if you walk in My ways and keep My statutes and commandments, just as your father David did, I will prolong your days.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_kings/3.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_kings/3.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_kings/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And if you walk in My ways, keeping My statutes and commandments, as your father David walked, then I will prolong your days.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_kings/3.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220If you walk in My ways, keeping My statutes and commandments, as your father David walked, then I will prolong your days.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_kings/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And if you walk in My ways, keeping My statutes and commandments, as your father David walked, then I will prolong your days.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_kings/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Now if you walk in My ways, keeping My statutes and commandments, as your father David walked, then I will prolong your days.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_kings/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />If you walk in My ways, keeping My statutes and My commandments, as your father David did, then I will lengthen your days.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_kings/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_kings/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_kings/3.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_kings/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />If you obey me and follow my commands, as your father David did, I'll let you live a long time. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_kings/3.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_kings/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />And if you follow me and obey my laws and commands as your father David did, then I will also give you a long life."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_kings/3.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />And if you obey me and keep my laws and commands, as your father David did, I will give you a long life." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_kings/3.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />If you will live life my way, keeping my statutes and my commands, just like your father David did, I'll also increase the length of your life."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_kings/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />So if you walk in My ways and keep My statutes and commandments, just as your father David did, I will prolong your days.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_kings/3.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />If you follow my instructions by obeying my rules and regulations, just as your father David did, then I will grant you long life."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_kings/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />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."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_kings/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_kings/3.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />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.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_kings/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and if you walk in My ways to keep My statutes, and My commands, as your father David walked, then I have prolonged your days.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_kings/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and if thou dost walk in My ways to keep My statutes, and My commands, as David thy father walked, then I have prolonged thy days.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_kings/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And if thou wilt go in my way to watch my law and my commands, as David thy father went, I prolonged thy days.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_kings/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And if thou wilt walk in my ways, and Beep my precepts, and my commandments, as thy father walked, I will lengthen thy days. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_kings/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And if you will walk in my ways, and keep my precepts and my commandments, just as your father walked, I will lengthen your days.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_kings/3.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />And if you walk in my ways, keeping my statutes and commandments, as David your father did, I will give you a long life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_kings/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />If you will walk in my ways, keeping my statutes and my commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your life.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_kings/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And if you will walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as your father David did walk, then I will lengthen your days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_kings/3.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And if you will walk in my ways to keep my covenant and my commandments, according to what David your father walked, I shall multiply your days.”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_kings/3.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />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.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/1_kings/3.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And if thou wilt walk in my way, to keep my commandments and my ordinances, as David thy father walked, then will I multiply thy days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_kings/3-14.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xx9A0AxPaoQ?start=1269" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_kings/3.htm">God Grants Wisdom, Riches, and Honor</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">13</span>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. <span class="reftext">14</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: wə·’im (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">So 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/1870.htm" title="1870: biḏ·rā·ḵay (Prep-b:: N-cpc:: 1cs) -- Way, road, distance, journey, manner. From darak; a road; figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb.">in My ways</a> <a href="/hebrew/8104.htm" title="8104: liš·mōr (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- 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/2706.htm" title="2706: ḥuq·qay (N-mpc:: 1cs) -- Something prescribed or owed, a statute. From chaqaq; an enactment; hence, an appointment.">My statutes</a> <a href="/hebrew/4687.htm" title="4687: ū·miṣ·wō·ṯay (Conj-w:: N-fpc:: 1cs) -- Commandment. From tsavah; a command, whether human or divine.">and commandments,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ka·’ă·šer (Prep-k:: Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">just as</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·wîḏ (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> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: hā·laḵ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">did,</a> <a href="/hebrew/748.htm" title="748: wə·ha·’a·raḵ·tî (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To be long. A primitive root; to be long.">I will prolong</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/3117.htm" title="3117: yā·me·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">your days.”</a> </span><span class="reftext">15</span>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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/5-33.htm">Deuteronomy 5:33</a></span><br />You must walk in all the ways that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/6-2.htm">Deuteronomy 6:2</a></span><br />so that you and your children and grandchildren may fear the LORD your God all the days of your lives by keeping all His statutes and commandments that I give you, and so that your days may be prolonged.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/30-16.htm">Deuteronomy 30:16</a></span><br />For I am commanding you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, statutes, and ordinances, so that you may live and increase, and the LORD your God may bless you in the land that you are entering to possess.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/1-7.htm">Joshua 1:7-8</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/2-3.htm">1 Kings 2:3-4</a></span><br />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.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/9-4.htm">1 Kings 9:4-5</a></span><br />And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, with a heart of integrity and uprightness, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances, / then I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised your father David when I said, ‘You will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/20-3.htm">2 Kings 20:3</a></span><br />“Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/22-13.htm">1 Chronicles 22:13</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/28-7.htm">1 Chronicles 28:7</a></span><br />I will establish his kingdom forever, if he resolutely carries out My commandments and ordinances, as is being done this day.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/7-17.htm">2 Chronicles 7:17-18</a></span><br />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.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/1-1.htm">Psalm 1:1-3</a></span><br />Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers. / But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night. / He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/119-1.htm">Psalm 119:1-3</a></span><br />Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Law of the LORD. / Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart. / They do no iniquity; they walk in His ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/3-1.htm">Proverbs 3:1-2</a></span><br />My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments; / for they will add length to your days, years and peace to your life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/38-3.htm">Isaiah 38:3</a></span><br />saying, “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/18-9.htm">Ezekiel 18:9</a></span><br />He follows My statutes and faithfully keeps My ordinances. That man is righteous; surely he will live, declares the Lord GOD.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And if you will walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as your father David did walk, then I will lengthen your days.</p><p class="hdg">if thou</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/2-3.htm">1 Kings 2:3,4</a></b></br> 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: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/22-12.htm">1 Chronicles 22:12,13</a></b></br> Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the LORD thy God… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/28-9.htm">1 Chronicles 28:9</a></b></br> And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.</p><p class="hdg">as thy</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/3-3.htm">1 Kings 3:3</a></b></br> And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/9-4.htm">1 Kings 9:4,5</a></b></br> And 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, <i>and</i> wilt keep my statutes and my judgments: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/15-5.htm">1 Kings 15:5</a></b></br> Because David did <i>that which was</i> right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any <i>thing</i> that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.</p><p class="hdg">I will lengthen</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/5-16.htm">Deuteronomy 5:16</a></b></br> Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/25-15.htm">Deuteronomy 25:15</a></b></br> <i>But</i> thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/21-4.htm">Psalm 21:4</a></b></br> He asked life of thee, <i>and</i> thou gavest <i>it</i> him, <i>even</i> length of days for ever and ever.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_kings/2-3.htm">Commandments</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-30.htm">Commands</a> <a href="/1_kings/3-7.htm">David</a> <a href="/2_samuel/8-4.htm">Keeping</a> <a href="/isaiah/54-2.htm">Lengthen</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-43.htm">Obey</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-46.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-47.htm">Prolong</a> <a href="/judges/2-7.htm">Prolonged</a> <a href="/1_kings/3-3.htm">Statutes</a> <a href="/1_kings/3-3.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/1_kings/3-6.htm">Walked</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-3.htm">Ways</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-9.htm">Wilt</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_kings/6-12.htm">Commandments</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-12.htm">Commands</a> <a href="/1_kings/5-1.htm">David</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-23.htm">Keeping</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-8.htm">Lengthen</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-12.htm">Obey</a> <a href="/1_kings/5-17.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/job/6-11.htm">Prolong</a> <a href="/proverbs/13-12.htm">Prolonged</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-12.htm">Statutes</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-12.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-25.htm">Walked</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-39.htm">Ways</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-12.htm">Wilt</a><div class="vheading2">1 Kings 3</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/3-1.htm">Solomon marries Pharaoh's daughter</a></span><br><span class="reftext">2. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/3-2.htm">High places being in use, Solomon sacrifices at Gibeon</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/3-5.htm">Solomon at Gibeon, in the choice which God gave him, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/3-10.htm">preferring wisdom, obtains wisdom, riches, and honor</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/3-16.htm">Solomon's judgment makes him renowned</a></span><br></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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Walking in God's ways implies living a life in accordance with His will and guidance. Biblically, "walking" often symbolizes one's conduct or lifestyle (<a href="/psalms/1.htm">Psalm 1:1</a>; <a href="/micah/6-8.htm">Micah 6:8</a>). It suggests a continuous, active relationship with God, requiring obedience and faithfulness.<p><b>and keep My statutes and commandments,</b><br>The statutes and commandments refer to the laws given by God, primarily through Moses, which are found in the Torah. These laws were central to the covenant relationship between God and Israel (<a href="/deuteronomy/6.htm">Deuteronomy 6:1-3</a>). Keeping them was a sign of loyalty and devotion to God. This requirement underscores the importance of adherence to divine law as a measure of faithfulness.<p><b>just as your father David did,</b><br>David is presented as a model of faithfulness, despite his moral failings. His heart was devoted to God, and he sought forgiveness and restoration when he sinned (<a href="/1_samuel/13-14.htm">1 Samuel 13:14</a>; <a href="/psalms/51.htm">Psalm 51</a>). This reference to David highlights the importance of a repentant heart and a sincere commitment to God. It also establishes a dynastic continuity, linking Solomon's reign to the promises made to David (<a href="/2_samuel/7-12.htm">2 Samuel 7:12-16</a>).<p><b>I will prolong your days.”</b><br>The promise of prolonged life is a common biblical blessing associated with obedience (<a href="/deuteronomy/5-33.htm">Deuteronomy 5:33</a>; <a href="/proverbs/3.htm">Proverbs 3:1-2</a>). In the context of Solomon, it implies not only a long life but also a prosperous and stable reign. This promise is conditional, reflecting the broader biblical theme that blessings are often contingent upon faithfulness to God's covenant. Solomon's eventual failure to fully adhere to God's commands (<a href="/1_kings/11.htm">1 Kings 11:1-13</a>) serves as a cautionary tale about the consequences of disobedience.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/s/solomon.htm">Solomon</a></b><br>The son of King David and Bathsheba, Solomon is the newly anointed king of Israel. Known for his wisdom, Solomon is the central figure in this passage, receiving God's promise.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The sovereign Lord who appears to Solomon in a dream, offering him wisdom and promising blessings contingent on his obedience.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>The former king of Israel and Solomon's father, David is referenced as a model of obedience to God's statutes and commandments.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The nation over which Solomon reigns, representing God's chosen people and the context for the unfolding of His promises.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/g/gibeon.htm">Gibeon</a></b><br>The place where Solomon offers sacrifices and where God appears to him in a dream, marking a significant spiritual encounter.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_as_a_path_to_blessing.htm">Obedience as a Path to Blessing</a></b><br>God's promise to Solomon is conditional upon his obedience. This principle remains true for believers today; walking in God's ways leads to spiritual and sometimes material blessings.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_legacy_of_faithfulness.htm">The Legacy of Faithfulness</a></b><br>David's example of faithfulness is set as a standard for Solomon. Our lives can similarly serve as a legacy of faithfulness for future generations.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_god's_statutes.htm">The Importance of God's Statutes</a></b><br>Keeping God's statutes and commandments is not just about rule-following but about aligning our lives with His will, which leads to true fulfillment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_wisdom_in_leadership.htm">The Role of Wisdom in Leadership</a></b><br>Solomon's request for wisdom and God's subsequent promise highlight the importance of wisdom in leadership. Leaders today should seek divine wisdom to guide their decisions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/conditional_promises.htm">Conditional Promises</a></b><br>Many of God's promises are conditional, requiring our active participation through obedience and faithfulness.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_kings_3.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Kings 3</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_healing.htm">What does the Bible say about divine healing?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_was_jehoiada_in_the_bible.htm">Who was Jehoiada in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_reconcile_deut._12_30-31_with_2_kings_16.htm">In Deuteronomy 12:30-31, how can the warning against adopting pagan rites be reconciled with other passages (e.g., 2 Kings 16:10-15) where Israelite leaders incorporated foreign practices?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_job_9_8's_sea-walking_metaphorical.htm">Job 9:8 portrays God walking on the sea, yet there is no historical or scientific evidence of such a literal phenomenon--should this be seen as metaphorical?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_kings/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(14) <span class= "bld">I will lengthen.</span>--In this promise only one point, "length of days," is conditional; and it was not fulfilled. For though Solomon's age at the time of death is not given, yet, as his reign is given as lasting forty years, it could hardly have exceeded sixty. (Josephus, indeed, with his usual tendency to amplification, extends the reign to eighty years, and makes Solomon die in extreme old age.) The rest received an extraordinary fulfilment. The greatness of Solomon's kingdom stands out remarkable in its sudden and unique development, the fruit of David's long career of conquest and improvement, destined to wither at once at Solomon's death. Then, for the first and last time, did the monarchy assume something of the character of an empire, unequalled in peaceful prosperity of wealth and power, and in splendour of civilisation.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_kings/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 14.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes</span> and my <span class="cmt_word">commandments, as thy father David did walk</span> [ver. 6; 15:4. This is the Divine confirmation of David's words to his son (<a href="/1_kings/2-3.htm">1 Kings 2:3, 4</a>) and of the son's description of his father's piety (ver. 6 <span class="accented">supra</span>)]<span class="accented">,<span class="cmt_word"></span> then I will lengthen thy days</span> [Solomon's days were not of an unusual length, as he can hardly have been more than sixty (if so much), although called <span class="hebrew">זִקֵן</span> (<a href="/1_kings/11-41.htm">1 Kings 11:41</a> at the time of his decease. But he had not fulfilled the condition (<a href="/1_kings/11-9.htm">1 Kings 11:9-12</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_kings/3-14.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">So if</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאִ֣ם ׀</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’im)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you walk</span><br /><span class="heb">תֵּלֵ֣ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(tê·lêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in My ways</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּדְרָכַ֗י</span> <span class="translit">(biḏ·rā·ḵay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - common plural construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1870.htm">Strong's 1870: </a> </span><span class="str2">A road, a course of life, mode of action</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and keep</span><br /><span class="heb">לִשְׁמֹ֤ר</span> <span class="translit">(liš·mōr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8104.htm">Strong's 8104: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">My statutes</span><br /><span class="heb">חֻקַּי֙</span> <span class="translit">(ḥuq·qay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2706.htm">Strong's 2706: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something prescribed or owed, a statute</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and commandments,</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמִצְוֺתַ֔י</span> <span class="translit">(ū·miṣ·wō·ṯay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4687.htm">Strong's 4687: </a> </span><span class="str2">Commandment</span><br /><br /><span class="word">just as</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(ka·’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your father</span><br /><span class="heb">אָבִ֑יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·ḇî·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> </span><span class="str2">Father</span><br /><br /><span class="word">David</span><br /><span class="heb">דָּוִ֣יד</span> <span class="translit">(dā·wîḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1732.htm">Strong's 1732: </a> </span><span class="str2">David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse</span><br /><br /><span class="word">did,</span><br /><span class="heb">הָלַ֖ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(hā·laḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">then I will prolong</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהַאַרַכְתִּ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ha·’a·raḵ·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_748.htm">Strong's 748: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be, long</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your days.”</span><br /><span class="heb">יָמֶֽיךָ׃</span> <span class="translit">(yā·me·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_kings/3-14.htm">1 Kings 3:14 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_kings/3-14.htm">1 Kings 3:14 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_kings/3-14.htm">1 Kings 3:14 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_kings/3-14.htm">1 Kings 3:14 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_kings/3-14.htm">1 Kings 3:14 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_kings/3-14.htm">1 Kings 3:14 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_kings/3-14.htm">1 Kings 3:14 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_kings/3-14.htm">1 Kings 3:14 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_kings/3-14.htm">1 Kings 3:14 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_kings/3-14.htm">1 Kings 3:14 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_kings/3-14.htm">OT History: 1 Kings 3:14 If you will walk in my ways (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_kings/3-13.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Kings 3:13"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Kings 3:13" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_kings/3-15.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Kings 3:15"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Kings 3:15" /></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>