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37 I will select[a] you; you will rule over all you desire to have and you will be king over Israel. 38 You must obey[b] all I command you to do, follow my instructions,[c] do what I approve,[d] and keep my rules and commandments, as my servant David did. Then I will be with you and establish for you a lasting dynasty, as I did for David;[e] I will give you Israel. 39 I will humiliate David’s descendants because of this,[f] but not forever.’”[g]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 11:37 tn Heb “take.”
  2. 1 Kings 11:38 tn Heb “If you obey.” In the Hebrew text v. 38 is actually one long conditional sentence, which has been broken into two parts in the translation for stylistic purposes.
  3. 1 Kings 11:38 tn Heb “walk in my ways.”
  4. 1 Kings 11:38 tn Heb “do what is right in my eyes.”
  5. 1 Kings 11:38 tn Heb “I will build for you a permanent house, like I built for David.”
  6. 1 Kings 11:39 sn Because of this. Reference is made to the idolatry mentioned earlier.
  7. 1 Kings 11:39 tn Heb “but not all the days.”

37 However, as for you, I will take you, and you will rule(A) over all that your heart desires;(B) you will be king over Israel. 38 If you do whatever I command you and walk in obedience to me and do what is right(C) in my eyes by obeying my decrees(D) and commands, as David my servant did, I will be with you. I will build you a dynasty(E) as enduring as the one I built for David and will give Israel to you. 39 I will humble David’s descendants because of this, but not forever.’”

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