1 Kings 2:3-4

2:3 Do the job the Lord your God has assigned you ¹  by following his instructions ²  and obeying ³  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, ⁴  2:4 and the Lord will fulfill his promise to me, ⁵  ‘If your descendants watch their step ⁶  and live faithfully in my presence ⁷  with all their heart and being, ⁸  then,’ he promised, ⁹  ‘you will not fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’ ¹⁰ 

1 Kings 3:14

3:14 If you follow my instructions ¹¹  by obeying ¹²  my rules and regulations, just as your father David did, ¹³  then I will grant you long life.” ¹⁴ 

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, ¹⁵  provided that your descendants watch their step and serve me as you have done.’ ¹⁶ 

1 Kings 9:3-6

9:3 The Lord said to him, “I have answered ¹⁷  your prayer and your request for help that you made to me. I have consecrated this temple you built by making it my permanent home; ¹⁸  I will be constantly present there. ¹⁹  9:4 You must serve me with integrity and sincerity, just as your father David did. Do everything I commanded and obey my rules and regulations. ²⁰  9:5 Then I will allow your dynasty to rule over Israel permanently, ²¹  just as I promised your father David, ‘You will not fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’ ²² 

9:6 “But if you or your sons ever turn away from me, fail to obey the regulations and rules I instructed you to keep, ²³  and decide to serve and worship other gods, ²⁴ 

1 Kings 9:1

The Lord Gives Solomon a Promise and a Warning

9:1 After Solomon finished building the Lord’s temple, the royal palace, and all the other construction projects he had planned, ²⁵ 

1 Kings 12:14-15

12:14 and followed ²⁶  the advice of the younger ones. He said, “My father imposed heavy demands on you; I will make them even heavier. ²⁷  My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.” ²⁸  12:15 The king refused to listen to the people, because the Lord was instigating this turn of events ²⁹  so that he might bring to pass the prophetic announcement he had made ³⁰  through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.

1 Kings 12:1

Rehoboam Loses His Kingdom

12:1 Rehoboam traveled to Shechem, for all Israel had gathered in ³¹  Shechem to make Rehoboam ³²  king.

1 Kings 1:9

1:9 Adonijah sacrificed sheep, cattle, and fattened steers at the Stone of Zoheleth near En Rogel. He invited all his brothers, the king’s sons, ³³  as well as all the men of Judah, the king’s servants.

1 Kings 1:2

1:2 His servants advised ³⁴  him, “A young virgin must be found for our master, the king, ³⁵  to take care of the king’s needs ³⁶  and serve as his nurse. She can also sleep with you ³⁷  and keep our master, the king, warm.” ³⁸ 

1 Kings 7:17-18

7:17 The latticework on the tops of the pillars was adorned with ornamental wreaths and chains; the top of each pillar had seven groupings of ornaments. ³⁹  7:18 When he made the pillars, there were two rows of pomegranate-shaped ornaments around the latticework covering the top of each pillar. ⁴⁰ 

Psalms 132:12

132:12 If your sons keep my covenant

and the rules I teach them,

their sons will also sit on your throne forever.”

Zechariah 3:7

3:7 “The Lord who rules over all says, ‘If you live ⁴¹  and work according to my requirements, you will be able to preside over my temple ⁴²  and attend to my courtyards, and I will allow you to come and go among these others who are standing by you.

Colossians 1:23

1:23 if indeed you remain in the faith, established and firm, ⁴³  without shifting ⁴⁴  from the hope of the gospel that you heard. This gospel has also been preached in all creation under heaven, and I, Paul, have become its servant.

[2:3]  ¹ tn Heb “keep the charge of the Lord your God.”

[2:3]  ² tn Heb “by walking in his ways.”

[2:3]  ³ tn Or “keeping.”

[2:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “then you will cause to succeed all which you do and all which you turn there.”

[2:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “then the Lord will establish his word which he spoke to me, saying.”

[2:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “guard their way.”

[2:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “by walking before me in faithfulness.”

[2:4]  ⁸ tn Or “soul.”

[2:4]  ⁹ tn Heb “saying.”

[2:4]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man from upon the throne of Israel.”

[3:14]  ¹¹ tn Heb “walk in my ways.”

[3:14]  ¹² tn Or “keeping.”

[3:14]  ¹³ tn Heb “walked.”

[3:14]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “I will lengthen your days.”

[8:25]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man from before me sitting on the throne of Israel.”

[8:25]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “guard their way by walking before me as you have walked before me.”

[9:3]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “I have heard.”

[9:3]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “by placing my name there perpetually” (or perhaps, “forever”).

[9:3]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “and my eyes and my heart will be there all the days.”

[9:4]  ²⁰ tn Heb “As for you, if you walk before me, as David your father walked, in integrity of heart and in uprightness, by doing all which I commanded you, [and] you keep my rules and my regulations.” Verse 4 is actually a lengthy protasis (“if” section) of a conditional sentence, the apodosis (“then” section) of which appears in v. 5.

[9:5]  ²¹ tn Heb “I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever.”

[9:5]  ²² tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man from upon the throne of Israel.”

[9:6]  ²³ tn Heb “which I placed before you.”

[9:6]  ²⁴ tn Heb “and walk and serve other gods and bow down to them.”

[9:1]  ²⁵ tn Heb “and all the desire of Solomon which he wanted to do.”

[12:14]  ²⁶ tn Heb “and spoke to them according to.”

[12:14]  ²⁷ tn Heb “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke.”

[12:14]  ²⁸ tn Heb “My father punished you with whips, but I will punish you with scorpions.” See the note on the same phrase in v. 11.

[12:15]  ²⁹ tn Heb “because this turn of events was from the Lord.”

[12:15]  ³⁰ tn Heb “so that he might bring to pass his word which the Lord spoke.”

[12:1]  ³¹ tn Heb “come [to].”

[12:1]  ³² tn Heb “him”; the referent (Rehoboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[1:9]  ³³ tc The ancient Greek version omits this appositional phrase.

[1:2]  ³⁴ tn Heb “said to.”

[1:2]  ³⁵ tn Heb “let them seek for my master, the king, a young girl, a virgin.” The third person plural subject of the verb is indefinite (see GKC 460 §144.f). The appositional expression, “a young girl, a virgin,” is idiomatic; the second term specifically defines the more general first term (see IBHS 230 §12.3b).

[1:2]  ³⁶ tn Heb “and she will stand before the king.” The Hebrew phrase “stand before” can mean “to attend; to serve” (BDB 764 s.v. עָמַד).

[1:2]  ³⁷ tn Heb “and she will lie down in your bosom.” The expression might imply sexual intimacy (see 2 Sam 12:3 [where the lamb symbolizes Bathsheba] and Mic 7:5), though v. 4b indicates that David did not actually have sex with the young woman.

[1:2]  ³⁸ tn Heb “and my master, the king, will be warm.”

[7:17]  ³⁹ tn Heb “there were seven for the first capital, and seven for the second capital.”

[7:18]  ⁴⁰ tn Heb “he made the pillars, and two rows surrounding one latticework to cover the capitals which were on top of the pomegranates, and so he did for the second latticework.” The translation supplies “pomegranates” after “two rows,” and understands “pillars,” rather than “pomegranates,” to be the correct reading after “on top of.” The latter change finds support from many Hebrew mss and the ancient Greek version.

[3:7]  ⁴¹ tn Heb “walk,” a frequent biblical metaphor for lifestyle or conduct; TEV “If you [+ truly CEV] obey.” To “walk” in the ways of the Lord is to live life as he intends (cf. Deut 8:6; 10:12-22; 28:9).

[3:7]  ⁴² sn The statement you will be able to preside over my temple (Heb “house,” a reference to the Jerusalem temple) is a hint of the increasingly important role the high priest played in the postexilic Jewish community, especially in the absence of a monarchy. It also suggests the messianic character of the eschatological priesthood in which the priest would have royal prerogatives.

[1:23]  ⁴³ tn BDAG 276 s.v. ἑδραῖος suggests “firm, steadfast.”

[1:23]  ⁴⁴ tn BDAG 639 s.v. μετακινέω suggests “without shifting from the hope” here.