1 Kings 2:24

2:24 Now, as certainly as the Lord lives (he who made me secure, allowed me to sit on my father David’s throne, and established a dynasty¹ for me as he promised), Adonijah will be executed today!”

1 Kings 2:31

2:31 The king told him, “Do as he said! Strike him down and bury him. Take away from me and from my father’s family² the guilt of Joab’s murderous, bloody deeds.³

1 Kings 2:44

2:44 Then the king said to Shimei, “You are well aware of the way you mistreated my father David.⁴ The Lord will punish you for what you did.⁵

1 Kings 5:3

5:3 “You know that my father David was unable to build a temple to honor the Lord⁶ his God, for he was busy fighting battles on all fronts while the Lord subdued his enemies.⁷

1 Kings 5:5

5:5 So I have decided⁸ to build a temple to honor the Lord⁹ my God, as the Lord instructed my father David, ‘Your son, whom I will put on your throne in your place, is the one who will build a temple to honor me.’¹⁰

1 Kings 8:20

8:20 The Lord has kept the promise he made.¹¹ I have taken my father David’s place and have occupied the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised. I have built this temple for the honor¹² of the Lord God of Israel

1 Kings 12:10

12:10 The young advisers with whom Rehoboam¹³ had grown up said to him, “Say this to these people who have said to you, ‘Your father made us work hard, but now lighten our burden.’¹⁴ Say this to them: ‘I am a lot harsher than my father!¹⁵

1 Kings 15:19

15:19 “I want to make a treaty with you, like the one our fathers made.¹⁶ See, I have sent you silver and gold as a present. Break your treaty with King Baasha of Israel, so he will retreat from my land.”¹⁷

1 Kings 21:29

21:29 “Have you noticed how Ahab shows remorse¹⁸ before me? Because he shows remorse before me, I will not bring disaster on his dynasty during his lifetime, but during the reign of his son.”¹⁹

¹tn Heb “house.”

²tn Heb “house.”

³tn Heb “take away the undeserved bloodshed which Joab spilled from upon me and from upon the house of my father.”

³tn Heb “You know all the evil, for your heart knows, which you did to David my father.”

⁴tn Heb “The Lord will cause your evil to return upon your head.”

⁴tn Heb “a house for the name of the Lord.” The word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor. The “name” of the Lord sometimes designates the Lord himself, being indistinguishable from the proper name.

⁵tn Heb “because of the battles which surrounded him until the Lord placed them under the soles of his feet.”

⁵tn Heb “Look, I am saying.”

⁶tn Heb “a house for the name of the Lord.” The word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor. The “name” of the Lord sometimes designates the Lord himself, being indistinguishable from the proper name.

⁷tn Heb “a house for my name.” The word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor. The “name” of the Lord sometimes designates the Lord himself, being indistinguishable from the proper name.

⁶tn Heb “his word that he spoke.”

⁷tn Heb “name.”

⁷tn Heb “he”; the referent (Rehoboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁸tn Heb “Your father made our yoke heavy, but make it lighter upon us.”

⁹tn Heb “My little one is thicker than my father’s hips.” The referent of “my little one” is not clear. The traditional view is that it refers to the little finger. As the following statement makes clear, Rehoboam’s point is that he is more harsh and demanding than his father.

⁸tn Heb “[May there be] a covenant between me and you [as there was] between my father and your father.”

⁹tn Heb “so he will go up from upon me.”

⁹tn Or “humbles himself.” The expression occurs a second time later in this verse.

¹⁰tn Heb “I will not bring the disaster during his days, [but] in the days of his son I will bring the disaster on his house.”