1 Kings 9:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And as for thee, 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, and wilt keep my statutes and mine ordinances;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאַתָּ֞ה אִם־תֵּלֵ֣ךְ לְפָנַ֗י כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר הָלַ֜ךְ דָּוִ֤ד אָבִ֙יךָ֙ בְּתָם־לֵבָ֣ב וּבְיֹ֔שֶׁר לַעֲשׂ֕וֹת כְּכֹ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוִּיתִ֑יךָ חֻקַּ֥י וּמִשְׁפָּטַ֖י תִּשְׁמֹֽר׃

Transliteration

And wəʾattāh if-tēlēk before-me, as which hālak dāwid your-ʾābîkā in-tōm-lēbāb and in-yōšer to laʿăśôt according to-all which ṣiwwîtîkā, my-ḥuqqay and my-mišpāṭay tišmōr.

Grammar Details

*wəʾattāh*: conjunction + personal pronoun 2ms - and you
*tēlēk*: qal imperfect 2ms - you will walk
*hālak*: qal perfect 3ms - he walked
*dāwid*: proper noun - David
*ʾābîkā*: noun, masculine singular construct + 2ms suffix - your father
*tōm*: noun, masculine singular construct - integrity of
*lēbāb*: noun, masculine singular - heart
*yōšer*: noun, masculine singular - uprightness
*laʿăśôt*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - to do
*ṣiwwîtîkā*: piel perfect 1cs + 2ms suffix - I commanded you
*ḥuqqay*: noun, masculine plural construct + 1cs suffix - my statutes
*mišpāṭay*: noun, masculine plural construct + 1cs suffix - my judgments
*tišmōr*: qal imperfect 2ms - you will keep

Word Meanings

*hālak*: walked/went/followed
*tōm*: integrity/completeness/perfection
*lēbāb*: heart/mind/inner person
*yōšer*: uprightness/straightness/honesty
*ḥuqqay*: my statutes/decrees/ordinances
*mišpāṭay*: my judgments/ordinances/laws
*tišmōr*: you will keep/observe/guard

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Referenced Verses

Gen 17:1 : 1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
1 Kgs 11:4 : 4 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not perfect with Jehovah his God, as was the heart of David his father.
1 Kgs 11:6 : 6 And Solomon did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and went not fully after Jehovah, as did David his father.
1 Kgs 15:5 : 5 because David did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, and turned not aside from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
1 Kgs 11:38 : 38 And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that which is right in mine eyes, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with thee, and will build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee.
1 Kgs 14:8 : 8 and rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee; and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in mine eyes,
1 Kgs 3:14 : 14 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.
1 Kgs 8:25 : 25 Now therefore, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me as thou hast walked before me.
Deut 28:1 : 1 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that Jehovah thy God will set thee on high above all the nations of the earth:
2 Chr 7:17-18 : 17 And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me as David thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and mine ordinances; 18 then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel.
Job 23:11-12 : 11 My foot hath held fast to his steps; His way have I kept, and turned not aside. 12 I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
Ps 15:2 : 2 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, And speaketh truth in his heart;
Ps 26:1 : 1 [ A Psalm of David.] Judge me, O Jehovah, for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in Jehovah without wavering.
Ps 26:11 : 11 But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: Redeem me, and be merciful unto me.
Prov 10:9 : 9 He that walketh uprightly walketh surely; But he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
Prov 20:7 : 7 A righteous man that walketh in his integrity, Blessed are his children after him.
Prov 28:18 : 18 Whoso walketh uprightly shall be delivered; But he that is perverse in [his] ways shall fall at once.
Zech 3:7 : 7 Thus says Jehovah of hosts: If you will walk in my ways, and if you will keep my charge, then you also shall judge my house, and shall also keep my courts, and I will give you a place of access among these that stand by.
Luke 1:6 : 6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
1 Thess 4:1-2 : 1 Finally then, brethren, we beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that, as ye received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, even as ye do walk, — that ye abound more and more. 2 For ye know what charge we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

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