Discovery Box1 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, 1 provided that your descendants watch their step and serve me as you have done.’ 2
1 Kings 8:66
Context8:66 On the fifteenth day after the festival started, 3 he dismissed the people. They asked God to empower the king 4 and then went to their homes, happy and content 5 because of all the good the Lord had done for his servant David and his people Israel.
1 Kings 16:7
Context16:7 The prophet Jehu son of Hanani received from the Lord the message predicting the downfall of Baasha and his family because of all the evil Baasha had done in the sight of the Lord. 6 His actions angered the Lord (including the way he had destroyed Jeroboam’s dynasty), so that his family ended up like Jeroboam’s. 7
1 Kings 18:34
Context18:34 Then he said, “Fill four water jars and pour the water on the offering and the wood.” When they had done so, 8 he said, “Do it again.” So they did it again. Then he said, “Do it a third time.” So they did it a third time.
1 Kings 18:36
Context18:36 When it was time for the evening offering, 9 Elijah the prophet approached the altar 10 and prayed: “O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, prove 11 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 “there will not be cut off from you a man from before me sitting on the throne of Israel.”
2 tn Heb “guard their way by walking before me as you have walked before me.”
3 tn Heb “on the eighth day” (that is, the day after the second seven-day sequence).
4 tn Heb “they blessed the king.”
5 tn Heb “good of heart.”
6 tn Heb “and also through Jehu son of Hanani the word of the
7 tn Heb “angering him by the work of his hands, so that he was like the house of Jeroboam, and because of how he struck it down.”
8 tn The words “when they had done so” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
9 tn Heb “at the offering up of the offering.”
10 tn The words “the altar” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
11 tn Heb “let it be known.”
