1 Kings 2:26

2:26 The king then told Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your property ¹  in Anathoth. You deserve to die, ²  but today I will not kill you because you did carry the ark of the sovereign Lord before my father David and you suffered with my father through all his difficult times.” ³ 

1 Kings 2:32

2:32 May the Lord punish him for the blood he shed; ⁴  behind my father David’s back he struck down and murdered with the sword two men who were more innocent and morally upright than he ⁵  – Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.

1 Kings 3:26

3:26 The real mother ⁶  spoke up to the king, for her motherly instincts were aroused. ⁷  She said, “My master, give her the living child! Whatever you do, don’t kill him!” ⁸  But the other woman said, “Neither one of us will have him! Let them cut him in two!”

1 Kings 8:25

8:25 Now, O Lord, God of Israel, keep the promise you made to your servant, my father David, when you said, ‘You will never fail to have a successor ruling before me on the throne of Israel, ⁹  provided that your descendants watch their step and serve me as you have done.’ ¹⁰ 

1 Kings 11:38

11:38 You must obey ¹¹  all I command you to do, follow my instructions, ¹²  do what I approve, ¹³  and keep my rules and commandments, like my servant David did. Then I will be with you and establish for you a lasting dynasty, as I did for David; ¹⁴  I will give you Israel.

1 Kings 14:21

Rehoboam’s Reign over Judah

14:21 Now Rehoboam son of Solomon ruled in Judah. He ¹⁵  was forty-one years old when he became king and he ruled for seventeen years in Jerusalem, ¹⁶  the city the Lord chose from all the tribes of Israel to be his home. ¹⁷  His mother was an Ammonite woman ¹⁸  named Naamah.

1 Kings 15:20

15:20 Ben Hadad accepted King Asa’s offer and ordered his army commanders to attack the cities of Israel. ¹⁹  They conquered ²⁰  Ijon, Dan, Abel Beth Maacah, and all the territory of Naphtali, including the region of Kinnereth. ²¹ 

1 Kings 20:28

20:28 The prophet ²²  visited the king of Israel and said, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Because the Syrians said, “The Lord is a god of the mountains and not a god of the valleys,” I will hand over to you this entire huge army. ²³  Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”

¹ tn Or “field.”

² tn Heb “you are a man of death.”

³ tn Heb “and because you suffered through all which my father suffered.”

⁴ tn Heb “The Lord will cause his blood to return upon his head.”

⁵ tn Heb “because he struck down two men more innocent and better than he and he killed them with the sword, and my father David did not know.”

⁷ tn Heb “the woman whose son was alive.”

⁸ tn Heb “for her compassions grew warm for her son.”

⁹ tn The infinitive absolute before the negated jussive emphasizes the main verb.

¹⁰ tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man from before me sitting on the throne of Israel.”

¹¹ tn Heb “guard their way by walking before me as you have walked before me.”

¹³ tn Heb “If you obey.” In the Hebrew text v. 38 is actually one long conditional sentence, which has been broken into two parts in the translation for stylistic purposes.

¹⁴ tn Heb “walk in my ways.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “do what is right in my eyes.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “I will build for you a permanent house, like I built for David.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “Rehoboam.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

¹⁷ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

¹⁸ tn Heb “the city where the Lord chose to place his name from all the tribes of Israel.”

¹⁹ tn Heb “an Ammonite”; the word “woman” is implied.

¹⁹ tn Heb “and Ben Hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of the armies which belonged to him against the cities of Israel.”

²⁰ tn Heb “he struck down.”

²¹ tn Heb “and all Kinnereth together with all the land of Naphtali.”

²² tn Heb “the man of God.”

²³ tn Heb “I will place all this great horde in your hand.”