1 Kings 3:13

3:13 Furthermore, I am giving 1  you what you did not request – riches and honor so that you will be the greatest king of your generation. 2 

1 Kings 15:4

15:4 Nevertheless for David’s sake the Lord his God maintained his dynasty 3  in Jerusalem by giving him a son 4  to succeed him 5  and by protecting Jerusalem. 6 

1 tn The translation assumes that the perfect tense here indicates that the action occurs as the statement is made.

2 tn Heb “so that there is not one among the kings like you all your days.” The LXX lacks the words “all your days.”

3 tn Heb “gave him a lamp.”

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

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

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