Melachim Alef 2:1-3

Orthodox Jewish Bible

2 Now the days of Dovid drew near that he should die; and he charged Sh’lomo Bno, saying,

² I go the derech kol ha’aretz; be thou chazak therefore, and show thyself a man;

³ And be shomer over the mishmeret (requirement, charge) of Hashem Eloheicha, to walk in His derakhim, to be shomer over His chukkot (decrees), and His mitzvot, and His mishpatim (ordinances), and His edot (testimonies), as it is written in the Torat Moshe, so that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and wherever thou turnest;