1 Kings 1:13
1:13 Visit 1 King David and say to him, ‘My master, O king, did you not solemnly promise 2 your servant, “Surely your son Solomon will be king after me; he will sit on my throne”? So why has Adonijah become king?’
1 Kings 1:37-38
1:37 As the Lord is with my master the king, so may he be with Solomon, and may he make him an even greater king than my master King David!” 3
1:38 So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Kerethites, and the Pelethites 4 went down, put Solomon on King David’s mule, and led him to Gihon.
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. 5
1 Kings 2:38
2:38 Shimei said to the king, “My master the king’s proposal is acceptable. 6 Your servant will do as you say.” 7 So Shimei lived in Jerusalem for a long time. 8
1 Kings 4:24
4:24 His royal court was so large because 9 he ruled over all the kingdoms west of the Euphrates River from Tiphsah 10 to Gaza; he was at peace with all his neighbors. 11
1 Kings 8:8
8:8 The poles were so long their ends were visible from the holy place in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from beyond that point. 12 They have remained there to this very day.
1 Kings 8:59
8:59 May the Lord our God be constantly aware of these requests of mine I have presented to him, 13 so that he might vindicate 14 his servant and his people Israel as the need arises.
1 Kings 10:12
10:12 With the timber the king made supports 15 for the Lord’s temple and for the royal palace and stringed instruments 16 for the musicians. No one has seen so much of this fine timber to this very day. 17 )
1 Kings 11:11
11:11 So the Lord said to Solomon, “Because you insist on doing these things and have not kept the covenantal rules I gave you, 18 I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.
1 Kings 11:36
11:36 I will leave 19 his son one tribe so my servant David’s dynasty may continue to serve me 20 in Jerusalem, the city I have chosen as my home. 21
1 Kings 12:15
12:15 The king refused to listen to the people, because the Lord was instigating this turn of events 22 so that he might bring to pass the prophetic announcement he had made 23 through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.
1 Kings 15:19
15:19 “I want to make a treaty with you, like the one our fathers made. 24 See, I have sent you silver and gold as a present. Break your treaty with King Baasha of Israel, so he will retreat from my land.” 25
1 Kings 16:16
16:16 While deployed there, the army received this report: 26 “Zimri has conspired against the king and assassinated him.” 27 So all Israel made Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel that very day in the camp.
1 Kings 18:1
Elijah Meets the King’s Servant
18:1 Some time later, in the third year of the famine, the Lord told Elijah, 28 “Go, make an appearance before Ahab, so I may send rain on the surface of the ground.”
1 Kings 18:5
18:5 Ahab told Obadiah, “Go through the land to all the springs and valleys. Maybe we can find some grazing areas 29 so we can keep the horses and mules alive and not have to kill 30 some of the animals.”
1 Kings 18:40
18:40 Elijah told them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Don’t let even one of them escape!” So they seized them, and Elijah led them down to the Kishon Valley and executed 31 them there.
1 Kings 18:42-43
18:42 So Ahab went on up to eat and drink, while Elijah climbed to the top of Carmel. He bent down toward the ground and put his face between his knees.
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.” 32 Seven times Elijah sent him to look. 33
1 Kings 19:8
19:8 So he got up and ate and drank. That meal gave him the strength to travel forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.
1 Kings 20:12
20:12 When Ben Hadad received this reply, 34 he and the other kings were drinking in their quarters. 35 He ordered his servants, “Get ready to attack!” So they got ready to attack the city.
1 Kings 20:32-33
20:32 So they put sackcloth around their waists and ropes on their heads and went to the king of Israel. They said, “Your servant 36 Ben Hadad says, ‘Please let me live!’” Ahab 37 replied, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.” 38
20:33 The men took this as a good omen and quickly accepted his offer, saying, “Ben Hadad is your brother.” Ahab 39 then said, “Go, get him.” So Ben Hadad came out to him, and Ahab pulled him up into his chariot.
1 Kings 20:36
20:36 So the prophet 40 said to him, “Because you have disobeyed the Lord, as soon as you leave me a lion will kill you.” When he left him, a lion attacked and killed him.
1 Kings 20:40
20:40 Well, it just so happened that while your servant was doing this and that, he disappeared.” The king of Israel said to him, “Your punishment is already determined by your own testimony.” 41
1 Kings 21:4
21:4 So Ahab went into his palace, bitter and angry that Naboth the Jezreelite had said, 42 “I will not sell to you my ancestral inheritance.” 43 He lay down on his bed, pouted, 44 and would not eat.
1 Kings 21:13
21:13 The two villains arrived and sat opposite him. Then the villains testified against Naboth right before the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king.” So they dragged him 45 outside the city and stoned him to death. 46
1 Kings 21:20
21:20 When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, 47 “So, you have found me, my enemy!” Elijah 48 replied, “I have found you, because you are committed 49 to doing evil in the sight of 50 the Lord.
1 Kings 22:6
22:6 So the king of Israel assembled about four hundred prophets and asked them, “Should I attack Ramoth Gilead or not?” 51 They said, “Attack! The sovereign one 52 will hand it over to the king.”
1 Kings 22:30
22:30 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and then enter 53 into the battle; but you wear your royal robes.” So the king of Israel disguised himself and then entered into the battle.
1 tn Heb “come, go to.” The imperative of הָלַךְ (halakh) is here used as an introductory interjection. See BDB 234 s.v. חָלַךְ.
2 tn Or “swear an oath to.”
3 tn Heb “and may he make his throne greater than the throne of my master King David.”
4 sn The Kerethites and Pelethites were members of David’s royal guard (see 2 Sam 8:18). The Kerethites may have been descendants of an ethnic group originating in Crete.
5 tn Heb “saying, “In this way Joab spoke and in this way he answered me.”
6 tn Heb “Good is the word, as my master the king has spoken.”
7 tn Heb “so your servant will do.”
8 tn Heb “many days.”
9 tn Heb “because.” The words “his royal court was so large” are added to facilitate the logical connection with the preceding verse.
10 sn Tiphsah. This was located on the Euphrates River.
11 tn Heb “for he was ruling over all [the region] beyond the River, from Tiphsah to Gaza, over all the kingdoms beyond the River, and he had peace on every side all around.”
12 tn Heb “they could not be seen outside.”
13 tn Heb “May these words of mine, which I have requested before the Lord, be near the Lord our God day and night.”
14 tn Heb “accomplish the justice of.”
15 tn This Hebrew architectural term occurs only here. The meaning is uncertain; some have suggested “banisters” or “parapets”; cf. TEV, NLT “railings.” The parallel passage in 2 Chr 9:11 has a different word, meaning “tracks,” or perhaps “steps.”
16 tn Two types of stringed instruments are specifically mentioned, the כִּנּוֹר (kinnor, “zither” [?]), and נֶבֶל (nevel, “harp”).
17 tn Heb “there has not come thus, the fine timber, and there has not been seen to this day.”
18 tn Heb “Because this is with you, and you have not kept my covenant and my rules which I commanded you.”
19 tn Heb “give.”
20 tn Heb “so there might be a lamp for David my servant all the days before me in Jerusalem.” The metaphorical “lamp” symbolizes the Davidic dynasty. Because this imagery is unfamiliar to the modern reader, the translation “so my servant David’s dynasty may continue to serve me” has been used.
21 tn Heb “so there might be a lamp for David my servant all the days before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen for myself to put my name there.”
22 tn Heb “because this turn of events was from the Lord.”
23 tn Heb “so that he might bring to pass his word which the Lord spoke.”
24 tn Heb “[May there be] a covenant between me and you [as there was] between my father and your father.”
25 tn Heb “so he will go up from upon me.”
26 tn Heb “and the people who were encamped heard.”
27 tn Heb “has conspired against and also has struck down the king.”
28 tn Heb “the word of the Lord came to Elijah.”
29 tn Heb “grass.”
30 tn Heb “to cut off.”
31 tn Or “slaughtered.”
32 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.
33 tn Heb “He said, ‘Return,’ seven times.”
34 tn Heb “When he heard this word.”
35 tn Heb “in the temporary shelters.” This is probably referring to tents.
36 sn Your servant. By referring to Ben Hadad as Ahab’s servant, they are suggesting that Ahab make him a subject in a vassal treaty arrangement.
37 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ahab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
38 sn He is my brother. Ahab’s response indicates that he wants to make a parity treaty and treat Ben Hadad as an equal partner.
39 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ahab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
40 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the prophet) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
41 tn Heb “so [i.e., in accordance with his testimony] is your judgment, you have determined [it].”
42 tn Heb “on account of the word that Naboth the Jezreelite spoke to him.”
43 tn Heb “I will not give to you the inheritance of my fathers.”
44 tn Heb “turned away his face.”
45 tn Heb “led him.”
46 tn Heb “and they stoned him with stones and he died.”
47 tn Heb “and Ahab said to Elijah.” The narrative is elliptical and streamlined. The words “when Elijah arrived” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
48 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
49 tn Heb “you have sold yourself.”
50 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
51 tn Heb “Should I go against Ramoth Gilead for war or should I refrain?”
52 tn Though Jehoshaphat requested an oracle from “the Lord” (יְהוָה, Yahweh), they stop short of actually using this name and substitute the title אֲדֹנָי (’adonai, “lord; master”). This ambiguity may explain in part Jehoshaphat’s hesitancy and caution (vv. 7-8). He seems to doubt that the four hundred are genuine prophets of the Lord.
53 tn The Hebrew verbal forms could be imperatives (“Disguise yourself and enter”), but this would make no sense in light of the immediately following context. The forms are better interpreted as infinitives absolute functioning as cohortatives. See IBHS 594 §35.5.2a. Some prefer to emend the forms to imperfects.