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1 Kings 2:3-5
New English Translation
1 Kings 2:3-5
New English Translation
3 Do the job the Lord your God has assigned you[a] by following his instructions[b] and obeying[c] his rules, commandments, regulations, and laws as written in the law of Moses. Then you will succeed in all you do and seek to accomplish,[d] 4 and the Lord will fulfill his promise to me,[e] ‘If your descendants watch their step[f] and live faithfully in my presence[g] with all their heart and being,[h] then,’ he promised,[i] ‘you will not fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’[j]
5 “You know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—how he murdered two commanders of the Israelite armies, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether.[k] During peacetime he struck them down as if in battle;[l] when he shed their blood, he stained the belt on his waist and the sandals on his feet.[m]
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- 1 Kings 2:3 tn Heb “keep the charge of the Lord your God.”
- 1 Kings 2:3 tn Heb “by walking in his ways.”
- 1 Kings 2:3 tn Or “keeping.”
- 1 Kings 2:3 tn Heb “then you will cause to succeed all which you do and all which you turn there.”
- 1 Kings 2:4 tn Heb “then the Lord will establish his word which he spoke to me, saying.”
- 1 Kings 2:4 tn Heb “guard their way.”
- 1 Kings 2:4 tn Heb “by walking before me in faithfulness.”
- 1 Kings 2:4 tn Or “soul.”
- 1 Kings 2:4 tn Heb “saying.”
- 1 Kings 2:4 tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man from upon the throne of Israel.”
- 1 Kings 2:5 tn Heb “what he did to the two commanders…and he killed them.”
- 1 Kings 2:5 tn Heb “he shed the blood of battle in peace.”
- 1 Kings 2:5 tn Heb “and he shed the blood of battle on his belt which is on his waist and on his sandal[s] which are on his feet.” That is, he covered himself with guilt and his guilt was obvious to all who saw him.
1 Kings 2:3-5
New International Version
1 Kings 2:3-5
New International Version
3 and observe(A) what the Lord your God requires: Walk in obedience to him, and keep his decrees and commands, his laws and regulations, as written in the Law of Moses. Do this so that you may prosper(B) in all you do and wherever you go 4 and that the Lord may keep his promise(C) to me: ‘If your descendants watch how they live, and if they walk faithfully(D) before me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’
5 “Now you yourself know what Joab(E) son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to the two commanders of Israel’s armies, Abner(F) son of Ner and Amasa(G) son of Jether. He killed them, shedding their blood in peacetime as if in battle, and with that blood he stained the belt around his waist and the sandals on his feet.
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