Passage

1 Kings 9

• Glossary Term

  Covenant

  HIGH RISK: 'pacto' in everyday and folk-religious Spanish can carry occult connotations (pacto con el diablo, a bargain with a spirit for power or favor).

  1KI.9.4-9

• Doctrine

  Covenant Conditionality

  CRITICAL: God's warning that continued blessing on Solomon's dynasty and the temple itself is conditioned on covenant obedience is the narrative's central theological hinge for everything that follows (the division, both kingdoms' eventual exile).

  1KI.9.4-9

• Doctrine

  Davidic Covenant Continuity

  God's promise to establish David's line is unconditional in its ultimate fulfillment but conditioned, in this narrative, on each king's covenant faithfulness for continued blessing -- both halves must be preserved.

  1KI.9.5

• Glossary Term

  Dynasty

  Standard term for the promised continuation of David's royal line.

  1KI.9.5