1 Kings 8:17

8:17 Now my father David had a strong desire ¹  to build a temple to honor the Lord God of Israel. ² 

1 Kings 8:24

8:24 You have kept your word to your servant, my father David; ³  this very day you have fulfilled what you promised. ⁴ 

1 Kings 8:26

8:26 Now, O God of Israel, may the promise you made ⁵  to your servant, my father David, be realized. ⁶ 

1 Kings 22:46

22:46 He removed from the land any male cultic prostitutes who had managed to survive the reign of his father Asa. ⁷ 

1 Kings 22:53

22:53 He worshiped and bowed down to Baal, ⁸  angering the Lord God of Israel just as his father had done. ⁹ 

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¹ tn Heb “and it was with the heart of David my father.”

² tn Heb “to build a house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.” The word “name” in the OT sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor. The “name” of the Lord sometimes designates the Lord himself, being indistinguishable from the proper name.

³ tn Heb “[you] who kept to your servant David my father that which you spoke to him.”

⁴ tn Heb “you spoke by your mouth and by your hand you fulfilled, as this day.”

⁵ tn Heb “the words that you spoke.”

⁶ tn Or “prove to be reliable.”

⁷ tn Heb “and the rest of the male cultic prostitutes who were left in the days of Asa his father, he burned from the land.” Some understand the verb בִּעֵר (bi’er) to mean “sweep away” here rather than “burn.” See the note at 1 Kgs 14:10.

sn Despite Asa’s opposition to these male cultic prostitutes (see 1 Kgs 15:12) some of them had managed to remain in the land. Jehoshaphat finished what his father had started.

⁸ tn Heb “he served Baal and bowed down to him.”

⁹ tn Heb “according to all which his father had done.”