Discovery Box1 Kings 8:20 
Context8:20 The Lord has kept the promise he made. 1 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 2 of the Lord God of Israel
1 Kings 8:25
Context8:25 Now, O Lord, God of Israel, keep the promise you made to your servant, my father David, when you said, ‘You will never fail to have a successor ruling before me on the throne of Israel, 3 provided that your descendants watch their step and serve me as you have done.’ 4
1 Kings 10:9
Context10:9 May the Lord your God be praised because he favored 5 you by placing you on the throne of Israel! Because of the Lord’s eternal love for Israel, he made you king so you could make just and right decisions.” 6
1 Kings 14:15
Context14:15 The Lord will attack Israel, making it like a reed that sways in the water. 7 He will remove Israel from this good land he gave to their ancestors 8 and scatter them beyond the Euphrates River, 9 because they angered the Lord by making Asherah poles. 10
1 Kings 18:36
Context18:36 When it was time for the evening offering, 11 Elijah the prophet approached the altar 12 and prayed: “O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, prove 13 today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command.
1 tn Heb “his word that he spoke.”
2 tn Heb “name.”
3 tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man from before me sitting on the throne of Israel.”
4 tn Heb “guard their way by walking before me as you have walked before me.”
5 tn Or “delighted in.”
6 tn Heb “to do justice and righteousness.”
7 tn The elliptical Hebrew text reads literally “and the
8 tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 22, 31).
9 tn Heb “the River.” In biblical Hebrew this is a typical reference to the Euphrates River. The name “Euphrates” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
10 tn Heb “because they made their Asherah poles that anger the
sn Asherah was a leading deity of the Canaanite pantheon, wife/sister of El and goddess of fertility. She was commonly worshiped at shrines in or near groves of evergreen trees, or, failing that, at places marked by wooden poles. These were to be burned or cut down (Deut 12:3; 16:21; Judg 6:25, 28, 30; 2 Kgs 18:4).
11 tn Heb “at the offering up of the offering.”
12 tn The words “the altar” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
13 tn Heb “let it be known.”
