Discovery Box1 Kings 2:4 
Context2:4 and the Lord will fulfill his promise to me, 1 ‘If your descendants watch their step 2 and live faithfully in my presence 3 with all their heart and being, 4 then,’ he promised, 5 ‘you will not fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’ 6
1 Kings 2:8
Context2:8 “Note well, you still have to contend with Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim, 7 who tried to call down upon me a horrible judgment when I went to Mahanaim. 8 He came down and met me at the Jordan, and I solemnly promised 9 him by the Lord, ‘I will not strike you down 10 with the sword.’
1 Kings 8:20
Context8:20 The Lord has kept the promise he made. 11 I have taken my father David’s place and have occupied the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised. I have built this temple for the honor 12 of the Lord God of Israel
1 tn Heb “then the
2 tn Heb “guard their way.”
3 tn Heb “by walking before me in faithfulness.”
4 tn Or “soul.”
5 tn Heb “saying.”
6 tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man from upon the throne of Israel.”
7 tn Heb “Look, with you is Shimei….”
8 tn Heb “and he cursed me with a horrible curse on the day I went to Mahanaim.”
9 tn Or “swore an oath to.”
10 tn Heb “kill you.”
11 tn Heb “his word that he spoke.”
12 tn Heb “name.”
