Discovery Box1 Kings 11:6 
Context11:6 Solomon did evil in the Lord’s sight; 1 he did not remain loyal to 2 the Lord, like his father David had.
1 Kings 11:38
Context11:38 You must obey 3 all I command you to do, follow my instructions, 4 do what I approve, 5 and keep my rules and commandments, like my servant David did. Then I will be with you and establish for you a lasting dynasty, as I did for David; 6 I will give you Israel.
1 tn Heb “in the eyes of the
2 tn The idiomatic statement reads in Hebrew, “he did not fill up after.”
3 tn Heb “If you obey.” In the Hebrew text v. 38 is actually one long conditional sentence, which has been broken into two parts in the translation for stylistic purposes.
4 tn Heb “walk in my ways.”
5 tn Heb “do what is right in my eyes.”
6 tn Heb “I will build for you a permanent house, like I built for David.”
