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 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, ⁶  provided that your descendants watch their step and serve me as you have done.’ ⁷ 

1 Kings 14:21

Rehoboam’s Reign over Judah

14:21 Now Rehoboam son of Solomon ruled in Judah. He ⁸  was forty-one years old when he became king and he ruled for seventeen years in Jerusalem, ⁹  the city the Lord chose from all the tribes of Israel to be his home. ¹⁰  His mother was an Ammonite woman ¹¹  named Naamah.

1 Kings 15:18

15:18 Asa took all the silver and gold that was left in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and of the royal palace and handed it to his servants. He then told them to deliver it ¹²  to Ben Hadad son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, ruler in Damascus, along with this message:

1 Kings 22:8

22:8 The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man through whom we can seek the Lord’s will. ¹³  But I despise ¹⁴  him because he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but disaster. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah. ¹⁵  Jehoshaphat said, “The king should not say such things.”

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

⁸ tn Heb “guard their way by walking before me as you have walked before me.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “Rehoboam.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

¹¹ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

¹² tn Heb “the city where the Lord chose to place his name from all the tribes of Israel.”

¹³ tn Heb “an Ammonite”; the word “woman” is implied.

¹³ tn Heb “King Asa sent it.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “to seek the Lord from him.”

¹⁷ tn Or “hate.”

¹⁸ tn The words “his name is” are supplied for stylistic reasons.