Text: 1 Kings 2:1
OT Text Referred to: 2 Samuel 7:14
Subject: David commissions Solomon
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Promise-Fulfillment
Anchor Text: 2 Sam 7:12-16 — The Davidic Covenant
Significance: David's deathbed charge to Solomon in 1 Kings 2:1 implicitly invokes the Davidic covenant of 2 Samuel 7:14, where God declared, "I will be a father to him, and he will be a son to Me" (אֲנִי אֶהְיֶה־לּוֹ לְאָב וְהוּא יִהְיֶה־לִּי לְבֵן). David's commission — "keep the charge of the LORD... so that the LORD may fulfill His promise to me" (1 Kgs 2:3-4) — directly grounds Solomon's obedience in the dynastic promise of 2 Samuel 7. The conditional element in David's charge ("if your descendants take heed to walk faithfully before Me") draws on 2 Samuel 7:14b's warning that disobedience would bring discipline, while the promise itself remains unconditional at the covenantal level.