1 Kings 8:17

8:17 Now my father David had a strong desire ¹  to build a temple to honor the Lord God of Israel. ² 

1 Kings 15:14

15:14 The high places were not eliminated, yet Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord throughout his lifetime. ³ 

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. ⁴ 

1 Kings 8:39

8:39 then listen from your heavenly dwelling place, forgive their sin, ⁵  and act favorably toward each one based on your evaluation of his motives. ⁶  (Indeed you are the only one who can correctly evaluate the motives of all people.) ⁷ 

1 Kings 3:6

3:6 Solomon replied, “You demonstrated ⁸  great loyalty to your servant, my father David, as he served ⁹  you faithfully, properly, and sincerely. ¹⁰  You have maintained this great loyalty to this day by allowing his son to sit on his throne. ¹¹ 

¹ tn Heb “and it was with the heart of David my father.”

² tn Heb “to build a house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.” The word “name” in the OT sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor. The “name” of the Lord sometimes designates the Lord himself, being indistinguishable from the proper name.

³ tn Heb “yet the heart of Asa was complete with the Lord all his days.”

⁵ 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.

⁷ tn The words “their sin” are added for clarification.

⁸ tn Heb “and act and give to each one according to all his ways because you know his heart.” In the Hebrew text vv. 37-39a actually contain one lengthy conditional sentence, which the translation has divided up for stylistic reasons.

⁹ tn Heb “Indeed you know, you alone, the heart of all the sons of mankind.”

⁹ tn Heb “did.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “walked before.”

¹¹ tn Heb “in faithfulness and in innocence and in uprightness of heart with you.”

¹² tn Heb “and you have kept to him this great loyalty and you gave to him a son [who] sits on his throne as this day.”