1 Kings 2:4

2:4 and the Lord will fulfill his promise to me, ¹  ‘If your descendants watch their step ²  and live faithfully in my presence ³  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 4:21

4:21 (5:1) ⁷  Solomon ruled all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River ⁸  to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms paid tribute as Solomon’s subjects throughout his lifetime. ⁹ 

1 Kings 8:23

8:23 He prayed: ¹⁰  “O Lord, God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven above or on earth below! You maintain covenantal loyalty ¹¹  to your servants who obey you with sincerity. ¹² 

1 Kings 8:48

8:48 When they return to you with all their heart and being ¹³  in the land where they are held prisoner, ¹⁴  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, ¹⁵ 

1 Kings 9:7

9:7 then I will remove Israel from the land ¹⁶  I have given them, I will abandon this temple I have consecrated with my presence, ¹⁷  and Israel will be mocked and ridiculed ¹⁸  among all the nations.

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. ¹⁹ 

1 Kings 22:43

22:43 He followed in his father Asa’s footsteps and was careful to do what the Lord approved. ²⁰  (22:44) ²¹  However, the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.

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

² tn Heb “guard their way.”

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

⁴ tn Or “soul.”

⁵ tn Heb “saying.”

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

⁷ sn Beginning with 4:21, the verse numbers through 5:18 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 4:21 ET = 5:1 HT, 4:22 ET = 5:2 HT, etc., through 5:18 ET = 5:32 HT. Beginning with 6:1 the numbering of verses in the English Bible and the Hebrew text is again the same.

⁸ tn Heb “the River” (also in v. 24). This is the standard designation for the Euphrates River in biblical Hebrew.

⁹ tn Heb “[They] were bringing tribute and were serving Solomon all the days of his life.”

¹³ tn Heb “said.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “one who keeps the covenant and the loyal love.” The expression is a hendiadys.

¹⁵ tn Heb “who walk before you with all their heart.”

¹⁹ tn Or “soul.”

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

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

²⁵ tn Heb “I will cut off Israel from upon the surface of the land.”

²⁶ tn Heb “and the temple which I consecrated for my name I will send away from before my face.”

²⁷ tn Heb “will become a proverb and a taunt,” that is, a proverbial example of destruction and an object of reproach.

³¹ tn Heb “what was right in my eyes.”

³⁷ tn Heb “he walked in all the way of Asa his father and did not turn from it, doing what is right in the eyes of the Lord.”

³⁸ sn Beginning with 22:43b, the verse numbers through 22:53 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), because 22:43b in the English Bible = 22:44 in the Hebrew text. The remaining verses in the chapter differ by one, with 22:44-53 ET = 22:45-54 HT.