1 Kings 1:48

1:48 and said 1  this: ‘The Lord God of Israel is worthy of praise because 2  today he has placed a successor on my throne and allowed me to see it.’” 3 

1 Kings 9:4

9:4 You must serve me with integrity and sincerity, just as your father David did. Do everything I commanded and obey my rules and regulations. 4 

1 Kings 11:11

11:11 So the Lord said to Solomon, “Because you insist on doing these things and have not kept the covenantal rules I gave you, 5  I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.

1 tn The Hebrew text reads, “and the king said.”

2 tn Or “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who….” In this blessing formula אֲשֶׁר (’asher, “who; because”) introduces the reason why the one being blessed deserves the honor.

3 tn Heb “and my eyes are seeing.”

4 tn Heb “As for you, if you walk before me, as David your father walked, in integrity of heart and in uprightness, by doing all which I commanded you, [and] you keep my rules and my regulations.” Verse 4 is actually a lengthy protasis (“if” section) of a conditional sentence, the apodosis (“then” section) of which appears in v. 5.

7 tn Heb “Because this is with you, and you have not kept my covenant and my rules which I commanded you.”