1 Kings 2:4
2:4 and the Lord will fulfill his promise to me, 1 ‘If your descendants watch their step 2 and live faithfully in my presence 3 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 8:20
8:20 The Lord has kept the promise he made. 7 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 honor 8 of the Lord God of Israel
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, 9 provided that your descendants watch their step and serve me as you have done.’ 10
1 tn Heb “then the Lord will establish his word which he spoke to me, saying.”
2 tn Heb “guard their way.”
3 tn Heb “by walking before me in faithfulness.”
4 tn Or “soul.”
5 tn Heb “saying.”
6 tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man from upon the throne of Israel.”
7 tn Heb “his word that he spoke.”
8 tn Heb “name.”
9 tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man from before me sitting on the throne of Israel.”
10 tn Heb “guard their way by walking before me as you have walked before me.”