1 Kings 1:13

1:13 Visit¹ King David and say to him, ‘My master, O king, did you not solemnly promise² 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 5:18

5:18 Solomon’s and Hiram’s construction workers,³ along with men from Byblos,⁴ did the chiseling and prepared the wood and stones for the building of the temple.⁵

1 Kings 9:8

9:8 This temple will become a heap of ruins;⁶ everyone who passes by it will be shocked and will hiss out their scorn,⁷ saying, ‘Why did the Lord do this to this land and this temple?’

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!⁸ Your wisdom and wealth⁹ surpass what was reported to me.

1 Kings 13:33

A Prophet Announces the End of Jeroboam’s Dynasty

13:33 After this happened, Jeroboam still did not change his evil ways;¹⁰ he continued to appoint common people¹¹ as priests at the high places. Anyone who wanted the job he consecrated as a priest.¹²

1 Kings 14:4

14:4 Jeroboam’s wife did as she was told. She went to Shiloh and visited Ahijah.¹³ Now Ahijah could not see; he had lost his eyesight in his old age.¹⁴

1 Kings 15:5

15:5 He did this¹⁵ because David had done what he approved¹⁶ and had not disregarded any of his commandments¹⁷ his entire lifetime, except for the incident involving Uriah the Hittite.

1 Kings 16:11

16:11 When he became king and occupied the throne, he killed Baasha’s entire family. He did not spare any male belonging to him; he killed his relatives and his friends.¹⁸

1 Kings 16:19

16:19 This happened because of the sins he committed. He did evil in the sight of¹⁹ the Lord and followed in Jeroboam’s footsteps and encouraged Israel to continue sinning.²⁰

1 Kings 19:2

19:2 Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah with this warning,²¹ “May the gods judge me severely²² if by this time tomorrow I do not take your life as you did theirs!”²³

1 Kings 20:7

20:7 The king of Israel summoned all the leaders²⁴ of the land and said, “Notice how this man is looking for trouble.²⁵ Indeed, he demanded my wives, sons, silver, and gold, and I did not resist him.”

1 Kings 20:25

20:25 Muster an army like the one you lost, with the same number of horses and chariots.²⁶ Then we will fight them in the plains; we will certainly overpower them.” He approved their plan and did as they advised.²⁷

1 Kings 22:24

22:24 Zedekiah son of Kenaanah approached, hit Micaiah on the jaw, and said, “Which way did the Lord’s spirit go when he went from me to speak to you?”

1 Kings 22:52

22:52 He did evil in the sight of²⁸ the Lord and followed in the footsteps²⁹ of his father and mother; like Jeroboam son of Nebat, he encouraged Israel to sin.³⁰

¹tn Heb “come, go to.” The imperative of הָלַךְ (halakh) is here used as an introductory interjection. See BDB 234 s.v. חָלַךְ.

²tn Or “swear an oath to.”

³tn Heb “builders.”

⁴tn Heb “the Gebalites.” The reading is problematic and some emend to a verb form meaning, “set the borders.”

⁵tc The LXX includes the words “for three years.”

⁶tn Heb “and this house will be high [or elevated].” The statement makes little sense in this context, which predicts the desolation that judgment will bring. Some treat the clause as concessive, “Even though this temple is lofty [now].” Others, following the lead of several ancient versions, emend the text to, “this temple will become a heap of ruins.”

⁷tn Heb “hiss,” or perhaps “whistle.” This refers to a derisive sound one would make when taunting an object of ridicule.

⁸tn Heb “the half was not told to me.”

⁹tn Heb “good.”

¹⁰tn Heb “did not turn from his evil way.”

¹¹sn The expression common people refers to people who were not Levites. See 1 Kgs 12:31.

¹²tn Heb “and one who had the desire he was filling his hand so that he became [one of] the priests of the high places.”

¹³tn Heb “and the wife of Jeroboam did so; she arose and went to Shiloh and entered the house of Ahijah.”

¹⁴tn Heb “his eyes were set because of his old age.”

¹⁵tn The words “he did this” are added for stylistic reasons.

¹⁶tn Heb “what was right in the eyes of the Lord.”

¹⁷tn Heb “and had not turned aside from all which he commanded him.”

¹⁸tn Heb “and he did not spare any belonging to him who urinate against a wall, [including] his kinsmen redeemers and his friends.”

¹⁹tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

²⁰tn Heb “walking in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin which he did to make Israel sin.”

²¹tn Heb “saying.”

²²tn Heb “So may the gods do to me, and so may they add.”

²³tn Heb “I do not make your life like the life of one of them.”

²⁴tn Heb “elders.”

²⁵tn Heb “Know and see that this [man] is seeking trouble.”

²⁶tn Heb “And you, you muster an army like the one that fell from you, horse like horse and chariot like chariot.”

²⁷tn Heb “he listened to their voice and did so.”

²⁸tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

²⁹tn Or “way.”

³⁰tn Heb “and walked in the way of his father and in the way of his mother and in the way of Jeroboam son of Nebat who made Israel sin.”