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# which you are building
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Solomon would have commanded his workers to do the building. Alternate translation: "which you are having your workers build" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# walk in my statutes
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The word "walk" is a metaphor for "live" or "obey." Alternate translation: "continually obey all my statutes" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# do justice
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Possible meanings are 1) "carry out all of my laws" or 2) "treat the people whom you are ruling justly."
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# keep all my commandments and walk in them
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These two phrases mean basically the same thing and emphasize the importance of obeying God's commandments. Alternate translation: "carefully obey all I tell you to do" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]])
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# I will confirm my promise with you that I had made to David your father
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"I will do everything I promised David your father that I would do for you"
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