OET interlinear 1 KI 15:4

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

נִ֖יר

lamp

See how you translated the similar expression in 11:36. Alternate translation: [a successor]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

לְ⁠הָקִ֤ים אֶת־בְּנ⁠וֹ֙

by,raising_up DOM (Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when for_~_sake Dāvid's he/it_gave YHWH his/its=god to=him/it lamp in,Jerusalem by,raising_up DOM his/its=son after,him and,by,establishing DOM Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) )

See how you translated the similar expression in 14:7. Alternate translation: [by bringing his son to power] or [by allowing his son to rule as king]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וּֽ⁠לְ⁠הַעֲמִ֖יד אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם

and,by,establishing DOM (Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when for_~_sake Dāvid's he/it_gave YHWH his/its=god to=him/it lamp in,Jerusalem by,raising_up DOM his/its=son after,him and,by,establishing DOM Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) )

The author is speaking of Jerusalem as if it had actually been a building or some other structure that Yahweh could have made stand. The author means that Yahweh kept Jerusalem secure. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [and by making Jerusalem secure] or [and by protecting Jerusalem]