1 Kings 9:3

9:3 The Lord said to him, “I have answered ¹  your prayer and your request for help that you made to me. I have consecrated this temple you built by making it my permanent home; ²  I will be constantly present there. ³ 

1 Kings 9:16

9:16 (Pharaoh, king of Egypt, had attacked and captured Gezer. He burned it and killed the Canaanites who lived in the city. He gave it as a wedding present to his daughter, who had married Solomon.)

1 Kings 15:19

15:19 “I want to make a treaty with you, like the one our fathers made. ⁴  See, I have sent you silver and gold as a present. Break your treaty with King Baasha of Israel, so he will retreat from my land.” ⁵ 

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¹ tn Heb “I have heard.”

² tn Heb “by placing my name there perpetually” (or perhaps, “forever”).

³ tn Heb “and my eyes and my heart will be there all the days.”

⁴ tn Heb “[May there be] a covenant between me and you [as there was] between my father and your father.”

⁵ tn Heb “so he will go up from upon me.”