1 KINGS 2

David’s final instructions before he died

1 When David knew that he was about to die, he gave these final instructions to his son Solomon:

2 "I am about to die [EUP], like everyone else on earth does. Be courageous and conduct yourself as an adult should. 3 Do what Yahweh our God tells you to do. Conduct yourself as he wants you to do. Obey all of his laws and commands and precepts and instructions that are written in the laws that Moses gave us. Do this in order that you will prosper in all that you do and wherever you go. 4 If you continually do that, Yahweh will do what he promised me: He said, ‘If your descendants do what I tell them to do, and faithfully obey my commands with all their inner beings, they will always be [LIT] the ones who will rule [MTY] Israel.’