1 Kings 2:2

2:2 “I am about to die. ¹  Be strong and become a man!

1 Kings 2:4

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

[2:2]  ¹ tn Heb “going the way of all the earth.”

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

[2:4]  ³ tn Heb “guard their way.”

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

[2:4]  ⁵ tn Or “soul.”

[2:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “saying.”

[2:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man from upon the throne of Israel.”