1 Raja-raja 2:4

2:4 and the Lord will fulfill his promise to me, ¹  ‘If your descendants watch their step ²  and live faithfully in my presence ³  with all their heart and being, ⁴  then,’ he promised, ⁵  ‘you will not fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’ ⁶ 

1 Raja-raja 3:26

3:26 The real mother ⁷  spoke up to the king, for her motherly instincts were aroused. ⁸  She said, “My master, give her the living child! Whatever you do, don’t kill him!” ⁹  But the other woman said, “Neither one of us will have him! Let them cut him in two!”

1 Raja-raja 8:66

8:66 On the fifteenth day after the festival started, ¹⁰  he dismissed the people. They asked God to empower the king ¹¹  and then went to their homes, happy and content ¹²  because of all the good the Lord had done for his servant David and his people Israel.

[2:4]  ¹ tn Heb “then the Lord will establish his word which he spoke to me, saying.”

[2:4]  ² tn Heb “guard their way.”

[2:4]  ³ tn Heb “by walking before me in faithfulness.”

[2:4]  ⁴ tn Or “soul.”

[2:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “saying.”

[2:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man from upon the throne of Israel.”

[3:26]  ⁷ tn Heb “the woman whose son was alive.”

[3:26]  ⁸ tn Heb “for her compassions grew warm for her son.”

[3:26]  ⁹ tn The infinitive absolute before the negated jussive emphasizes the main verb.

[8:66]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “on the eighth day” (that is, the day after the second seven-day sequence).

[8:66]  ¹¹ tn Heb “they blessed the king.”

[8:66]  ¹² tn Heb “good of heart.”