1 Kings 2:7

2:7 “Treat fairly ¹  the sons of Barzillai of Gilead and provide for their needs, ²  because they helped me ³  when I had to flee from your brother Absalom.

1 Kings 3:6

3:6 Solomon replied, “You demonstrated ⁴  great loyalty to your servant, my father David, as he served ⁵  you faithfully, properly, and sincerely. ⁶  You have maintained this great loyalty to this day by allowing his son to sit on his throne. ⁷ 

1 Kings 3:3

3:3 Solomon demonstrated his loyalty to the Lord by following ⁸  the practices ⁹  of his father David, except that he offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places.

1 Kings 16:21

Omri’s Reign over Israel

16:21 At that time the people of Israel were divided in their loyalties. Half the people supported Tibni son of Ginath and wanted to make him king; the other half supported Omri.

1 Kings 8:23

8:23 He prayed: ¹⁰  “O Lord, God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven above or on earth below! You maintain covenantal loyalty ¹¹  to your servants who obey you with sincerity. ¹² 

1 Kings 12:27

12:27 If these people go up to offer sacrifices in the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem, ¹³  their loyalty could shift to their former master, ¹⁴  King Rehoboam of Judah. They might kill me and return to King Rehoboam of Judah.”

[2:7]  ¹ tn Heb “do loyalty with”; or “act faithfully toward.”

[2:7]  ² tn Heb “and let them be among the ones who eat [at] your table.”

[2:7]  ³ tn Heb “drew near to.”

[3:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “did.”

[3:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “walked before.”

[3:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “in faithfulness and in innocence and in uprightness of heart with you.”

[3:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “and you have kept to him this great loyalty and you gave to him a son [who] sits on his throne as this day.”

[3:3]  ⁷ tn Heb “Solomon loved the Lord by walking in.”

[3:3]  ⁸ tn Or “policies, rules.”

[8:23]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “said.”

[8:23]  ¹¹ tn Heb “one who keeps the covenant and the loyal love.” The expression is a hendiadys.

[8:23]  ¹² tn Heb “who walk before you with all their heart.”

[12:27]  ¹³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[12:27]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “the heart of these people could return to their master.”