1 Kings 2:4

2:4 and the Lord will fulfill his promise to me,¹ ‘If your descendants watch their step² and live faithfully in my presence³ with all their heart and being,⁴ then,’ he promised,⁵ ‘you will not fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’⁶

1 Kings 2:44

2:44 Then the king said to Shimei, “You are well aware of the way you mistreated my father David.⁷ The Lord will punish you for what you did.⁸

1 Kings 8:38

8:38 When all your people Israel pray and ask for help,⁹ as they acknowledge their pain¹⁰ and spread out their hands toward this temple,

1 Kings 8:48

8:48 When they return to you with all their heart and being¹¹ in the land where they are held prisoner,¹² and direct their prayers to you toward the land you gave to their ancestors, your chosen city, and the temple I built for your honor,¹³

1 Kings 10:2

10:2 She arrived in Jerusalem¹⁴ with a great display of pomp,¹⁵ bringing with her camels carrying spices,¹⁶ a very large quantity of gold, and precious gems. She visited Solomon and discussed with him everything that was on her mind.

1 Kings 11:2

11:2 They came from nations about which the Lord had warned the Israelites, “You must not establish friendly relations with them!¹⁷ If you do, they will surely shift your allegiance to their gods.”¹⁸ But Solomon was irresistibly attracted to them.¹⁹

1 Kings 14:8

14:8 I tore the kingdom away from the Davidic dynasty and gave it to you. But you are not like my servant David, who kept my commandments and followed me wholeheartedly by doing only what I approve.²⁰

¹tn Heb “then the Lord will establish his word which he spoke to me, saying.”

²tn Heb “guard their way.”

³tn Heb “by walking before me in faithfulness.”

⁴tn Or “soul.”

⁵tn Heb “saying.”

⁶tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man from upon the throne of Israel.”

⁷tn Heb “You know all the evil, for your heart knows, which you did to David my father.”

⁸tn Heb “The Lord will cause your evil to return upon your head.”

¹³tn Heb “every prayer, every request for help which will be to all the people, to all your people Israel.”

¹⁴tn Heb “which they know, each the pain of his heart.”

¹⁹tn Or “soul.”

²⁰tn Heb “in the land of their enemies.”

²¹tn Heb “your name.” See the note on the word “reputation” in v. 41.

²⁵map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

²⁶tn Heb “with very great strength.” The Hebrew term חַיִל (khayil, “strength”) may refer here to the size of her retinue (cf. NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV) or to the great wealth she brought with her.

²⁷tn Or “balsam oil.”

³¹tn Heb “you must not go into them, and they must not go into you.”

³²tn Heb “Surely they will bend your heart after their gods.” The words “if you do” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

³³tn Heb “Solomon clung to them for love.” The pronominal suffix, translated “them,” is masculine here, even though it appears the foreign women are in view. Perhaps this is due to attraction to the masculine forms used of the nations earlier in the verse.

³⁷tn Heb “what was right in my eyes.”