¹³ So if you faithfully obey^(A) the commands I am giving you today—to love^(B) the Lord your God and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul^(C)—

³ Solomon showed his love^(A) for the Lord by walking^(B) according to the instructions^(C) given him by his father David, except that he offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places.^(D)

³⁸ If you do whatever I command you and walk in obedience to me and do what is right^(A) in my eyes by obeying my decrees^(B) and commands, as David my servant did, I will be with you. I will build you a dynasty^(C) as enduring as the one I built for David and will give Israel to you.

² He did what was right^(A) in the eyes of the Lord and followed completely the ways of his father David, not turning aside to the right^(B) or to the left.