1 Kings 2:4

2:4 and the Lord will fulfill his promise to me,¹ ‘If your descendants watch their step² and live faithfully in my presence³ with all their heart and being,⁴ then,’ he promised,⁵ ‘you will not fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’⁶

1 Kings 2:8

2:8 “Note well, you still have to contend with Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim,⁷ who tried to call down upon me a horrible judgment when I went to Mahanaim.⁸ He came down and met me at the Jordan, and I solemnly promised⁹ him by the Lord, ‘I will not strike you down¹⁰ with the sword.’

1 Kings 8:20

8:20 The Lord has kept the promise he made.¹¹ I have taken my father David’s place and have occupied the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised. I have built this temple for the honor¹² of the Lord God of Israel

¹tn Heb “then the Lord will establish his word which he spoke to me, saying.”

²tn Heb “guard their way.”

³tn Heb “by walking before me in faithfulness.”

⁴tn Or “soul.”

⁵tn Heb “saying.”

⁶tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man from upon the throne of Israel.”

⁷tn Heb “Look, with you is Shimei….”

⁸tn Heb “and he cursed me with a horrible curse on the day I went to Mahanaim.”

⁹tn Or “swore an oath to.”

¹⁰tn Heb “kill you.”

¹¹tn Heb “his word that he spoke.”

¹²tn Heb “name.”