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# 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. Alternate translation: "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. Alternate translation: "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." Alternate translation: "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"
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00			`# The word of Yahweh came to Solomon, saying, "Concerning`

Replace all AT: with Alternate translation: 2018-02-10 00:34:10 +00:00			`The idiom "The word of Yahweh came to" is used to introduce a special message from God. Alternate translation: "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]])`
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
			`# which you are building`

Replace all AT: with Alternate translation: 2018-02-10 00:34:10 +00:00			`Solomon would have commanded his workers to do the building. Alternate translation: "which you are having your workers build" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])`
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
			`# walk in my statutes`

Replace all AT: with Alternate translation: 2018-02-10 00:34:10 +00:00			`The word "walk" is a metaphor for "live" or "obey." Alternate translation: "continually obey all my statutes" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])`
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
			`# 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"`