1 Kings 14:8 Cross References - NSB

⁸ »I took the kingdom away from David's descendants and gave it to you. You have not been like my servant David. He was completely loyal to me. He obeyed my commands, and did only what I approve of.

¹⁴ »If you obey me and keep my laws and commands, as your father David did, I will give you a long life.«

³⁰ Ahijah took his new robe in his hands and tore it into twelve pieces. ³¹ He said to Jeroboam: »Take ten of the parts, for this is what Jehovah said: ‘I will take the kingdom away from Solomon by force. I will give ten tribes to you.

³³ »‘I am going to do this because Solomon has rejected me and has worshiped foreign gods. Astarte, the goddess of Sidon; Chemosh, the god of Moab; and Molech, the god of Ammon. Solomon disobeyed me. He has done wrong! He has not obeyed my laws and commands as his father David did. ³⁴ »‘I will not take the entire kingdom away from Solomon. I will keep him in power as long as he lives. This I will do for the sake of my servant David, whom I chose and who obeyed my laws and commands. ³⁵ »‘I will take the kingdom away from Solomon's son and will give you ten tribes. ³⁶ »‘I will let Solomon's son keep one tribe. That way I will always have a descendant of my servant David ruling in Jerusalem, the city I have chosen as the place where I am worshiped. ³⁷ »‘Jeroboam, I will make you king of Israel. You will rule over all the territory that you want. ³⁸ »‘If you obey me completely I will always be with you. You must live by my laws, and win my approval by doing what I command, as my servant David did. I will make you king of Israel and will make sure that your descendants rule after you, just as I have done for David.

⁵ Jehovah did this because David had done what was right in Jehovah’s eyes. He obeyed his commandments, except in the case of Uriah the Hittite.

³ Jehovah blessed Jehoshaphat because he followed the example of his father’s early life and did not worship Baal.

¹ Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to rule. He ruled for sixteen years in Jerusalem. He did not do what Jehovah considered right, as his ancestor David had done.

²² »When he removed him, he made David their king. He testified about him when he said: I found David the son of Jesse is a man after my own heart. He will do my will.

³⁶ »After David served his own generation by doing the will of God he died and was buried with his fathers. His body decayed.