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, ¹  provided that your descendants watch their step and serve me as you have done.’ ² 

1 Kings 8:2

8:2 All the men of Israel assembled before King Solomon during the festival ³  in the month Ethanim ⁴  (the seventh month).

1 Kings 7:12-13

7:12 Around the great courtyard were three rows of chiseled stones and one row of cedar beams, like the inner courtyard of the Lord’s temple and the hall of the palace. ⁵ 

Solomon Commissions Hiram to Supply the Temple

7:13 King Solomon sent for Hiram ⁶  of Tyre. ⁷ 

1 Kings 7:16

7:16 He made two bronze tops for the pillars; each was seven-and-a-half feet high. ⁸ 

Psalms 37:9

37:9 Wicked men ⁹  will be wiped out, ¹⁰ 

but those who rely on the Lord are the ones who will possess the land. ¹¹ 

Psalms 37:22

37:22 Surely ¹²  those favored by the Lord ¹³  will possess the land,

but those rejected ¹⁴  by him will be wiped out. ¹⁵ 

Zechariah 14:2

14:2 For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem ¹⁶  to wage war; the city will be taken, its houses plundered, and the women raped. Then half of the city will go into exile, but the remainder of the people will not be taken away. ¹⁷ 

¹ tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man from before me sitting on the throne of Israel.”

² tn Heb “guard their way by walking before me as you have walked before me.”

³ sn The festival. This was the Feast of Tabernacles, see Lev 23:34.

⁴ sn The month Ethanim. This would be September-October in modern reckoning.

⁵ tn Or “the porch of the temple.”

⁶ tn Heb “King Solomon sent and took Hiram from Tyre.” In 2 Chr 2:13 (MT v. 12) and 4:11, 16 his name is spelled “Huram.”

⁷ map For location see Map1-A2; Map2-G2; Map4-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.

⁸ tn Heb “two capitals he made to place on the tops of the pillars, cast in bronze; five cubits was the height of the first capital, and five cubits was the height of the second capital.”

⁹ tn Heb “for evil men.” The conjunction כִּי (ki, “for”) relates to the exhortations in v. 8; there is no reason to be frustrated, for the evildoers will be punished in due time.

¹⁰ tn Or “cut off, removed.”

¹¹ tn Heb “and those who wait on the Lord, they will possess the land.”

¹² tn The particle כִּי is best understood as asseverative or emphatic here.

¹³ tn Heb “those blessed by him.” The pronoun “him” must refer to the Lord (see vv. 20, 23), so the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁴ tn Heb “cursed.”

¹⁵ tn Or “cut off”; or “removed” (see v. 9).

¹⁶ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

¹⁷ tn Heb “not be cut off from the city” (so NRSV); NAB “not be removed.”