1 Kings 15:4

15:4 Nevertheless for David’s sake the Lord his God maintained his dynasty in Jerusalem by giving him a son to succeed him and by protecting Jerusalem.

1 Kings 3:6

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

tn Heb “gave him a lamp.”

tc The Old Greek has the plural “his sons.”

tn Heb “by raising up his son after him.”

tn Heb “and by causing Jerusalem to stand firm.”

tn Heb “did.”

tn Heb “walked before.”

tn Heb “in faithfulness and in innocence and in uprightness of heart with you.”

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.”