Discovery Box1 Kings 3:13 
Context3:13 Furthermore, I am giving 1 you what you did not request – riches and honor so that you will be the greatest king of your generation. 2
1 Kings 15:4
Context15:4 Nevertheless for David’s sake the Lord his God maintained his dynasty 3 in Jerusalem by giving him a son 4 to succeed him 5 and by protecting Jerusalem. 6
1 tn The translation assumes that the perfect tense here indicates that the action occurs as the statement is made.
2 tn Heb “so that there is not one among the kings like you all your days.” The LXX lacks the words “all your days.”
3 tn Heb “gave him a lamp.”
4 tc The Old Greek has the plural “his sons.”
5 tn Heb “by raising up his son after him.”
6 tn Heb “and by causing Jerusalem to stand firm.”
