1 Kings 1:13

1:13 Visit ¹  King David and say to him, ‘My master, O king, did you not solemnly promise ²  your servant, “Surely your son Solomon will be king after me; he will sit on my throne”? So why has Adonijah become king?’

1 Kings 2:4

2:4 and the Lord will fulfill his promise to me, ³  ‘If your descendants watch their step ⁴  and live faithfully in my presence ⁵  with all their heart and being, ⁶  then,’ he promised, ⁷  ‘you will not fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’ ⁸ 

1 Kings 18:36

18:36 When it was time for the evening offering, ⁹  Elijah the prophet approached the altar ¹⁰  and prayed: “O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, prove ¹¹  today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command.

[1:13]  ¹ tn Heb “come, go to.” The imperative of הָלַךְ (halakh) is here used as an introductory interjection. See BDB 234 s.v. חָלַךְ.

[1:13]  ² tn Or “swear an oath to.”

[2:4]  ³ tn Heb “then the Lord will establish his word which he spoke to me, saying.”

[2:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “guard their way.”

[2:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “by walking before me in faithfulness.”

[2:4]  ⁶ tn Or “soul.”

[2:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “saying.”

[2:4]  ⁸ tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man from upon the throne of Israel.”

[18:36]  ⁵ tn Heb “at the offering up of the offering.”

[18:36]  ⁶ tn The words “the altar” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[18:36]  ⁷ tn Heb “let it be known.”