4. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 1 Kings 9:4:1 ⧉וְאַתָּ֞הveataand you 1 Kings 9:4:2 ⧉אִם־תֵּלֵ֣ךְimtelekhif you will walk 1 Kings 9:4:3 ⧉לְפָנַ֗יlefanaibefore me 1 Kings 9:4:4 ⧉כַּאֲשֶׁ֨רkaasheras, just as 1 Kings 9:4:5 ⧉הָלַ֜ךְhalakhwalked 1 Kings 9:4:6 ⧉דָּוִ֤דdavidDavid 1 Kings 9:4:7 ⧉אָבִ֙יךָ֙avikhayour father 1 Kings 9:4:8 ⧉בְּתָם־לֵבָ֣בbetamlevavin integrity of heart 1 Kings 9:4:9 ⧉וּבְיֹ֔שֶׁרuveyosherand in uprightness 1 Kings 9:4:10 ⧉לַעֲשׂ֕וֹתlaasotto do 1 Kings 9:4:11 ⧉כְּכֹ֖לkekholaccording to all 1 Kings 9:4:12 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֣רasherthat, which 1 Kings 9:4:13 ⧉צִוִּיתִ֑יךָtsivitikhaI have commanded you 1 Kings 9:4:14 ⧉חֻקַּ֥יkhukaimy statutes 1 Kings 9:4:15 ⧉וּמִשְׁפָּטַ֖יumishpataiand my judgments 1 Kings 9:4:16 ⧉תִּשְׁמֹֽר׃tishmoryou shall keep, you will keep |
4. Formal Translation And you—if you walk before Me {Yahweh, Sovereign Judge} just as David your father walked, in integrity of heart and in uprightness, to do according to all that I commanded you, and keep My statutes and My ordinances. |
4. Dynamic Translation But you—if you live before Me {Yahweh, Divine King} as David your father did, with a wholehearted disposition and uprightness, and do all that I have told you, faithfully keeping my statutes and my ordinances. |