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, 1 provided that your descendants watch their step and serve me as you have done.’ 2
1 Kings 13:2
13:2 With the authority of the Lord 3 he cried out against the altar, “O altar, altar! This is what the Lord says, ‘Look, a son named Josiah will be born to the Davidic dynasty. He will sacrifice on you the priests of the high places who offer sacrifices on you. Human bones will be burned on you.’” 4
1 Kings 18:36
18:36 When it was time for the evening offering, 5 Elijah the prophet approached the altar 6 and prayed: “O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, prove 7 today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command.
1 Kings 19:4
19:4 while he went a day’s journey into the desert. He went and sat down under a shrub 8 and asked the Lord to take his life: 9 “I’ve had enough! Now, O Lord, take my life. After all, I’m no better than my ancestors.” 10
1 tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man from before me sitting on the throne of Israel.”
2 tn Heb “guard their way by walking before me as you have walked before me.”
3 tn Heb “by the word of the Lord.”
4 sn ‘Look…you.’ For the fulfillment of this prophecy see 2 Kgs 23:15-20.
5 tn Heb “at the offering up of the offering.”
6 tn The words “the altar” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
7 tn Heb “let it be known.”
8 tn Or “broom tree” (also in v. 5).
9 tn Heb “and asked with respect to his life to die.”
10 tn Heb “fathers.”