1 Kings 8:60
8:60 Then
all the nations of the earth will recognize that the
Lord is the only genuine God.
1 Kings 11:12
11:12 However, for your father David’s sake I will not do this while you are alive. I will tear it away from your son’s hand instead.
1 Kings 11:39
11:39 I will humiliate David’s descendants because of this,
but not forever.”
1 Kings 8:40-41
8:40 Then they will obey
you throughout their lifetimes as
they live on the land you gave to our ancestors.
8:41 “Foreigners, who do not belong to your people Israel, will come from a distant land because of your reputation.
1 Kings 11:13
11:13 But I will not tear away the entire kingdom; I will leave
your son one tribe for my servant David’s sake and for the sake of my chosen city Jerusalem.”
1 Kings 11:32
11:32 He will retain one tribe, for my servant David’s sake and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.
1 Kings 15:4
15:4 Nevertheless for David’s sake the
Lord his God maintained his dynasty
in Jerusalem by giving him a son
to succeed him
and by protecting Jerusalem.
1 Kings 2:3-4
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.’
1 Kings 11:34
11:34 I will not take the whole kingdom from his hand. I will allow him to be ruler for the rest of his life for the sake of my chosen servant David who kept my commandments and rules.
1 Kings 11:36
11:36 I will leave
his son one tribe so my servant David’s dynasty may continue to serve me
in Jerusalem, the city I have chosen as my home.
1 Kings 12:15
12:15 The king refused to listen to the people, because the
Lord was instigating this turn of events
so that he might bring to pass the prophetic announcement he had made
through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.
1 Kings 8:43
8:43 Then listen from your heavenly dwelling place and answer all the prayers of the foreigners.
Then all the nations of the earth will acknowledge your reputation,
obey
you like your people Israel do, and recognize that this temple I built belongs to you.