1 Kings 11:36
ContextNETBible | I will leave 1 his son one tribe so my servant David’s dynasty may continue to serve me 2 in Jerusalem, the city I have chosen as my home. 3 |
XREF | 2Sa 7:16,29; 2Sa 21:17; 1Ki 9:3; 1Ki 11:13; 1Ki 15:4; 2Ki 8:19; 2Ch 21:7; Ps 132:17; Jer 33:17-21; Am 9:11,12; Lu 1:69,70,78,79; Ac 15:16,17; Ga 4:25,26; Heb 12:22; Re 21:10 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “give.” 2 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. 3 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.” |