1 Kings 15:14

15:14 The high places were not eliminated, yet Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord throughout his lifetime. ¹ 

1 Kings 3:2-3

3:2 Now the people were offering sacrifices at the high places, ²  because in those days a temple had not yet been built to honor the Lord. ³  3:3 Solomon demonstrated his loyalty to the Lord by following ⁴  the practices ⁵  of his father David, except that he offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places.

1 Kings 8:19

8:19 But you will not build the temple; your very own son will build the temple for my honor.’ ⁶ 

1 Kings 11:13

11:13 But I will not tear away the entire kingdom; I will leave ⁷  your son one tribe for my servant David’s sake and for the sake of my chosen city Jerusalem.”

1 Kings 21:25

21:25 (There had never been anyone like Ahab, who was firmly committed ⁸  to doing evil in the sight of ⁹  the Lord, urged on by his wife Jezebel. ¹⁰ 

1 Kings 22:16

22:16 The king said to him, “How many times must I make you solemnly promise in ¹¹  the name of the Lord to tell me only the truth?”

1 Kings 8:9

8:9 There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets Moses had placed there in Horeb. ¹²  It was there that ¹³  the Lord made an agreement with the Israelites after he brought them out of the land of Egypt.

1 Kings 14:8

14:8 I tore the kingdom away from the Davidic dynasty and gave it to you. But you are not like my servant David, who kept my commandments and followed me wholeheartedly by doing only what I approve. ¹⁴ 

1 Kings 15:5

15:5 He did this ¹⁵  because David had done what he approved ¹⁶  and had not disregarded any of his commandments ¹⁷  his entire lifetime, except for the incident involving Uriah the Hittite.

1 Kings 15:23

15:23 The rest of the events of Asa’s reign, including all his successes and accomplishments, as well as a record of the cities he built, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah. ¹⁸  Yet when he was very old he developed a foot disease. ¹⁹ 

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, ²⁰  provided that your descendants watch their step and serve me as you have done.’ ²¹ 

[15:14]  ¹ tn Heb “yet the heart of Asa was complete with the Lord all his days.”

[3:2]  ² sn Offering sacrifices at the high places. The “high places” were places of worship that were naturally or artificially elevated.

[3:2]  ³ tn Heb “for the name of the Lord.” The word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor (thus the translation here, “to honor the Lord”). The “name” of the Lord sometimes designates the Lord himself, being indistinguishable from the proper name.

[3:3]  ³ tn Heb “Solomon loved the Lord by walking in.”

[3:3]  ⁴ tn Or “policies, rules.”

[8:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “your son, the one who came out of your body, he will build the temple for my name.”

[11:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “give.”

[21:25]  ⁶ tn Heb “who sold himself.”

[21:25]  ⁷ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[21:25]  ⁸ tn Heb “like Ahab…whom his wife Jezebel incited.”

[22:16]  ⁷ tn Or “swear an oath by.”

[8:9]  ⁸ sn Horeb is another name for Mount Sinai.

[8:9]  ⁹ tn Heb “in Horeb where.”

[14:8]  ⁹ tn Heb “what was right in my eyes.”

[15:5]  ¹⁰ tn The words “he did this” are added for stylistic reasons.

[15:5]  ¹¹ tn Heb “what was right in the eyes of the Lord.”

[15:5]  ¹² tn Heb “and had not turned aside from all which he commanded him.”

[15:23]  ¹¹ tn Heb “As for the rest of all the events of Asa, and all his strength and all which he did and the cities which he built, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?”

[15:23]  ¹² tn Heb “Yet in the time of his old age he became sick in his feet.”

[8:25]  ¹² tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man from before me sitting on the throne of Israel.”

[8:25]  ¹³ tn Heb “guard their way by walking before me as you have walked before me.”