Discovery Box1 Kings 1:13 
Context1:13 Visit 1 King David and say to him, ‘My master, O king, did you not solemnly promise 2 your servant, “Surely your son Solomon will be king after me; he will sit on my throne”? So why has Adonijah become king?’
1 Kings 1:51
Context1:51 Solomon was told, “Look, Adonijah fears you; 3 see, he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying, ‘May King Solomon solemnly promise 4 me today that he will not kill his servant with the sword.’”
1 Kings 6:12
Context6:12 “As for this temple you are building, if you follow 5 my rules, observe 6 my regulations, and obey all my commandments, 7 I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David. 8
1 tn Heb “come, go to.” The imperative of הָלַךְ (halakh) is here used as an introductory interjection. See BDB 234 s.v. חָלַךְ.
2 tn Or “swear an oath to.”
3 tn Heb “King Solomon.” The name and title have been replaced by the pronoun (“you”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
4 tn Or “swear an oath to.”
5 tn Heb “walk in.”
6 tn Heb “do.”
7 tn Heb “and keep all my commandments by walking in them.”
8 tn Heb “I will establish my word with you which I spoke to David your father.”
