1 Kings 1:47-48
1:47 The king’s servants have even come to congratulate
our master
King David, saying, ‘May your God
make Solomon more famous than you and make him an even greater king than you!’
Then the king leaned
on the bed
1:48 and said
this: ‘The
Lord God of Israel is worthy of praise because
today he has placed a successor on my throne and allowed me to see it.’”
1 Kings 2:1-4
David’s Final Words to Solomon
2:1 When David was close to death, he told Solomon his son:
2:2 “I am about to die. Be strong and become a man!
2:3 Do the job the Lord your God has assigned you by following his instructions and obeying his rules, commandments, regulations, and laws as written in the law of Moses. Then you will succeed in all you do and seek to accomplish,
2:4 and the Lord will fulfill his promise to me, ‘If your descendants watch their step and live faithfully in my presence with all their heart and being, then,’ he promised, ‘you will not fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’
Jeremiah 23:5-6
23:5 “I, the Lord, promise that a new time will certainly come
when I will raise up for them a righteous branch, a descendant of David.
He will rule over them with wisdom and understanding
and will do what is just and right in the land.
23:6 Under his rule Judah will enjoy safety
and Israel will live in security.
This is the name he will go by:
‘The Lord has provided us with justice.’