Discovery Box1 Kings 1:1 
Context1:1 King David was very old; 1 even when they covered him with blankets, 2 he could not get warm.
1 Kings 1:32
Context1:32 King David said, “Summon Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, 3 and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” They came before the king,
1 Kings 2:11
Context2:11 David reigned over Israel forty years; he reigned in Hebron seven years, and in Jerusalem 4 thirty-three years.
1 Kings 2:45
Context2:45 But King Solomon will be empowered 5 and David’s dynasty 6 will endure permanently before the Lord.”
1 Kings 8:17
Context8:17 Now my father David had a strong desire 7 to build a temple to honor the Lord God of Israel. 8
1 Kings 8:24
Context8:24 You have kept your word to your servant, my father David; 9 this very day you have fulfilled what you promised. 10
1 Kings 8:26
Context8:26 Now, O God of Israel, may the promise you made 11 to your servant, my father David, be realized. 12
1 Kings 15:8
Context15:8 Abijah passed away 13 and was buried 14 in the city of David. His son Asa replaced him as king.
1 tn Heb “was old, coming into the days” (i.e., advancing in years).
2 tn Or “garments.”
3 sn Summon…Nathan. Nathan must have left the room when Bathsheba reentered.
4 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
5 tn Or “blessed.”
6 tn Heb “throne.”
7 tn Heb “and it was with the heart of David my father.”
8 tn Heb “to build a house for the name of the
9 tn Heb “[you] who kept to your servant David my father that which you spoke to him.”
10 tn Heb “you spoke by your mouth and by your hand you fulfilled, as this day.”
11 tn Heb “the words that you spoke.”
12 tn Or “prove to be reliable.”
13 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.” The Old Greek also has these words: “in the twenty-eighth year of Jeroboam.”
14 tn Heb “and they buried him.”
