1 Kings 2:3

“And keep the charge of YHWH your Elohim, walking in his ways and keeping his statutes, his commandments, his rules, and his testimonies, as it is written in the instruction of Moses, so that you may act wisely in all that you do and wherever you turn,”

1 Kings 2:3 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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1 Kings 2:3, word by word

And keepשָׁמַרְתָּshamarta

keep

To obey the covenant or the commands.

Where else “shamarta” appears
the chargeמִשְׁמֶרֶתmishmeret

charge

What one is entrusted to keep or carry out.

Where else “mishmeret” appears
of YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

Where else “yehva” appears
your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

Where else “elohe” appears
walkingלֶכֶתlechet

walk

To conduct oneself day by day in a certain way, as one walks along a road.

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in his waysדְרָכָיderachay

ways of YHWH

YHWH's ways: what he does and commands.

Where else “derachay” appears
his statutesחֻקֹּתָיchukotay

statute

Statute: a fixed rule, laid down to be kept always.

Where else “chukotay” appears
his commandmentsמִצְוֺתָיmitsvotay

commandment

An order of God that must be kept.

Where else “mitsvotay” appears
his rulesמִשְׁפָּטָיmishpatay

rule

Each of the rules the law gives for concrete cases of life.

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and his testimoniesעֵדְוֺתָיedvotay

testimony

Testimony: the tablets of the covenant, which bear witness to what God commanded; "the ark of the testimony" holds them.

Where else “edvotay” appears
it is writtenכָּתוּבkatuv

write

To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.

Where else “katuv” appears
in the instructionתוֹרַתtorat

teaching of YHWH

What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.

Where else “torat” appears
of Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe

Moses

Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).

Where else “moshe” appears
you may act wiselyתַּשְׂכִּילtaskil

succeed

For what one undertakes to turn out well.

Where else “taskil” appears
you doתַּעֲשֶׂהtaase

do

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

Where else “taase” appears
you turnתִּפְנֶהtifne

turn

To turn toward something, someone or God.

Where else “tifne” appears

Translation note

“The instruction of Moses”: the Torah, which is also called “the law of Moses.”

The context

2“I am going the way of all the earth. Be strong, and be a man.

3 · This verse (above)

4so that YHWH may confirm his word that he spoke concerning me, saying, ‘If your sons keep their way, walking before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul,’ saying, ‘there shall not be cut off for you a man from the throne of Israel.’

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