 በ1ኛ ነገሥት 2፡2-4 ዳዊት ይህንን ቃል ኪዳን ለሰሎሞን ሲያስተላልፍ ግልጽ እንዳደረገው "የምታደርገውንና የምትሄድበትን ሁሉ ታከናውን ዘንድ፥ በሙሴ ሕግ እንደ ተጻፈ ሥርዓቱንና ትእዛዛቱን ፍርዱንና ምስክሩንም ትጠብቅ ዘንድ፥ በመንገዱም ትሄድ ዘንድ፥ የአምላክህን የእግዚአብሔርን ትእዛዝ ጠብቅ።
Before King David's death, he gave Solomon his final admonition saying, "Keep the charge of the Lord your God: to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, his commandments, his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn. . . for you are a wise man" (1 Kings 2).