1 Kings 2:1

David’s Final Words to Solomon

2:1 When David was close to death, ¹  he told ²  Solomon his son:

1 Kings 2:43

2:43 Why then have you broken the oath you made before the Lord and disobeyed the order I gave you?” ³ 

1 Kings 5:17

5:17 By royal order ⁴  they supplied large valuable stones in order to build the temple’s foundation with chiseled stone.

[2:1]  ¹ tn Heb “and the days of David approached to die.”

[2:1]  ² tn Or “commanded.”

[2:43]  ³ tn Heb “Why have you not kept the oath [to] the Lord and the commandment I commanded you?”

[5:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “and the king commanded.”