Discovery Box1 Kings 1:25 
Context1:25 For today he has gone down and sacrificed many cattle, steers, and sheep and has invited all the king’s sons, the army commanders, and Abiathar the priest. At this moment 1 they are having a feast 2 in his presence, and they have declared, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’ 3
1 Kings 2:4
Context2:4 and the Lord will fulfill his promise to me, 4 ‘If your descendants watch their step 5 and live faithfully in my presence 6 with all their heart and being, 7 then,’ he promised, 8 ‘you will not fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’ 9
1 Kings 8:16
Context8:16 He told David, 10 ‘Since the day I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a temple in which to live. 11 But I have chosen David to lead my people Israel.’
1 tn Heb “look.”
2 tn Heb “eating and drinking.”
3 tn Heb “let the king, Adonijah, live!”
4 tn Heb “then the
5 tn Heb “guard their way.”
6 tn Heb “by walking before me in faithfulness.”
7 tn Or “soul.”
8 tn Heb “saying.”
9 tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man from upon the throne of Israel.”
10 tn Heb “saying.”
11 tn Heb “to build a house for my name to be there.”
sn To build a temple in which to live (Heb “to build a house for my name to be there”). In the OT, the word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor. The “name” of the
