1 Kings 1:11

1:11 Nathan said to Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother, “Has it been reported to you ¹  that Haggith’s son Adonijah has become king behind our master David’s back? ² 

1 Kings 2:30

2:30 When Benaiah arrived at the tent of the Lord, he said to him, “The king says, ‘Come out!’” But he replied, “No, I will die here!” So Benaiah sent word to the king and reported Joab’s reply. ³ 

1 Kings 10:7

10:7 I did not believe these things until I came and saw them with my own eyes. Indeed, I didn’t hear even half the story! ⁴  Your wisdom and wealth ⁵  surpass what was reported to me.

1 Kings 13:25

13:25 Some men came by ⁶  and saw the corpse lying in the road with the lion standing beside it. ⁷  They went and reported what they had seen ⁸  in the city where the old prophet lived.

1 Kings 18:43

18:43 He told his servant, “Go on up and look in the direction of the sea.” So he went on up, looked, and reported, “There is nothing.” ⁹  Seven times Elijah sent him to look. ¹⁰ 

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¹ tn Heb “Have you not heard?”

² tn Heb “and our master David does not know.”

³ tn Heb “saying, “In this way Joab spoke and in this way he answered me.”

⁴ tn Heb “the half was not told to me.”

⁵ tn Heb “good.”

⁶ tn Heb “Look, men were passing by.”

⁷ tn Heb “the corpse.” The noun has been replaced by the pronoun (“it”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁸ tn The words “what they had seen” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

⁹ sn So he went on up, looked, and reported, “There is nothing.” Several times in this chapter those addressed by Elijah obey his orders. In vv. 20 and 42 Ahab does as instructed, in vv. 26 and 28 the prophets follow Elijah’s advice, and in vv. 30, 34, 40 and 43 the people and servants do as they are told. By juxtaposing Elijah’s commands with accounts of those commands being obeyed, the narrator emphasizes the authority of the Lord’s prophet.

¹⁰ tn Heb “He said, ‘Return,’ seven times.”