Discovery Box1 Kings 9:21 
Context9:21 Their descendants remained in the land (the Israelites were unable to wipe them out completely). Solomon conscripted them for his work crews, and they continue in that role to this very day. 1
1 Kings 11:36
Context11:36 I will leave 2 his son one tribe so my servant David’s dynasty may continue to serve me 3 in Jerusalem, the city I have chosen as my home. 4
1 Kings 16:19
Context16:19 This happened because of the sins he committed. He did evil in the sight of 5 the Lord and followed in Jeroboam’s footsteps and encouraged Israel to continue sinning. 6
1 tn Heb “their sons who were left after them in the land, whom the sons of Israel were unable to wipe out, and Solomon raised them up for a crew of labor to this day.”
2 tn Heb “give.”
3 tn Heb “so there might be a lamp for David my servant all the days before me in Jerusalem.” The metaphorical “lamp” symbolizes the Davidic dynasty. Because this imagery is unfamiliar to the modern reader, the translation “so my servant David’s dynasty may continue to serve me” has been used.
4 tn Heb “so there might be a lamp for David my servant all the days before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen for myself to put my name there.”
5 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
6 tn Heb “walking in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin which he did to make Israel sin.”
