1 Kings 8:61

8:61 May you demonstrate wholehearted devotion to the Lord our God ¹  by following ²  his rules and obeying ³  his commandments, as you are presently doing.” ⁴ 

1 Kings 11:4

11:4 When Solomon became old, his wives shifted his allegiance to ⁵  other gods; he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord his God, as his father David had been. ⁶ 

1 Kings 15:14

15:14 The high places were not eliminated, yet Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord throughout his lifetime. ⁷ 

1 Kings 15:2

15:2 He ruled for three years in Jerusalem. ⁸  His mother was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom. ⁹ 

1 Kings 16:9

16:9 His servant Zimri, a commander of half of his chariot force, conspired against him. While Elah was drinking heavily ¹⁰  at the house of Arza, who supervised the palace in Tirzah,

¹ tn Heb “may your hearts be complete with the Lord our God.”

² tn Heb “walking in.”

³ tn Heb “keeping.”

⁴ tn Heb “as this day.”

⁵ tn Heb “bent his heart after.”

⁶ tn Heb “his heart was not complete with the Lord his God, like the heart of David his father.”

⁷ tn Heb “yet the heart of Asa was complete with the Lord all his days.”

⁸ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁹ sn Abishalom (also in v. 10) is a variant of the name Absalom (cf. 2 Chr 11:20). The more common form is used by TEV, NLT.

¹⁰ tn Heb “while he was drinking and drunken.”