# The word of Yahweh came to Solomon, saying, "Concerning

The idiom "The word of Yahweh came to" is used to introduce a special message from God. AT: "Yahweh gave a message to Solomon. He said, 'Concerning" or "Yahweh spoke this message to Solomon: 'Concerning" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# which you are building

Solomon would have commanded his workers to do the building. AT: "which you are having your workers build" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# walk in my statutes

The word "walk" is a metaphor for "live" or "obey." AT: "continually obey all my statutes" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# do justice

Possible meanings are 1) "carry out all of my laws" or 2) "treat the people whom you are ruling justly."

# keep all my commandments and walk in them

These two phrases mean basically the same thing and emphasize the importance of obeying God's commandments. AT "carefully obey all I tell you to do" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])

# I will confirm my promise with you that I had made to David your father

"I will do everything I promised David your father that I would do for you"

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/word]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/walk]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/statute]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/justice]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/command]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/confirm]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/promise]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/david]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/father]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/life]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/forsaken]]