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1 Kings 9:4

1 Kings 9:4
And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments:

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness..... Who, though guilty of many sins and failings in life, yet was sincere and upright in the…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

1 Kings 9:1-9

God had given a real answer to Solomon's prayer, and tokens of his acceptance of it, immediately, by the fire from heaven which consumed the sacrifices (as we find Ch2 7:1); but here we have a more…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

I have commanded thee The LXX. reads -I commanded him," making the clause refer to David.