1 Kings 4:19

4:19 Geber son of Uri was in charge of the land of Gilead (the territory which had once belonged to King Sihon of the Amorites and to King Og of Bashan). He was sole governor of the area.

1 Kings 9:4

9:4 You must serve me with integrity and sincerity, just as your father David did. Do everything I commanded and obey my rules and regulations. ¹ 

1 Kings 9:21

9:21 Their descendants remained in the land (the Israelites were unable to wipe them out completely). Solomon conscripted them for his work crews, and they continue in that role to this very day. ² 

1 Kings 11:36

11:36 I will leave ³  his son one tribe so my servant David’s dynasty may continue to serve me ⁴  in Jerusalem, the city I have chosen as my home. ⁵ 

1 Kings 20:14

20:14 Ahab asked, “By whom will this be accomplished?” ⁶  He answered, “This is what the Lord says, ‘By the servants of the district governors.’” Ahab ⁷  asked, “Who will launch the attack?” He answered, “You will.”

¹ tn Heb “As for you, if you walk before me, as David your father walked, in integrity of heart and in uprightness, by doing all which I commanded you, [and] you keep my rules and my regulations.” Verse 4 is actually a lengthy protasis (“if” section) of a conditional sentence, the apodosis (“then” section) of which appears in v. 5.

¹ tn Heb “their sons who were left after them in the land, whom the sons of Israel were unable to wipe out, and Solomon raised them up for a crew of labor to this day.”

¹ tn Heb “give.”

² tn Heb “so there might be a lamp for David my servant all the days before me in Jerusalem.” The metaphorical “lamp” symbolizes the Davidic dynasty. Because this imagery is unfamiliar to the modern reader, the translation “so my servant David’s dynasty may continue to serve me” has been used.

³ tn Heb “so there might be a lamp for David my servant all the days before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen for myself to put my name there.”

¹ tn The words “will this be accomplished” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ahab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.