1 Kings 1:44

1:44 The king sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Kerethites, and the Pelethites and they put him on the king’s mule.

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. ¹ 

1 Kings 5:1

Solomon Gathers Building Materials for the Temple

5:1 (5:15) ²  King Hiram of Tyre ³  sent messengers ⁴  to Solomon when he heard that he had been anointed king in his father’s place. (Hiram had always been an ally of David.)

1 Kings 5:14

5:14 He sent them to Lebanon in shifts of 10,000 men per month. They worked in Lebanon for one month, and then spent two months at home. Adoniram was supervisor of ⁵  the work crews.

1 Kings 12:18

12:18 King Rehoboam sent Adoniram, ⁶  the supervisor of the work crews, ⁷  out after them, but all Israel stoned him to death. King Rehoboam managed to jump into his chariot and escape to Jerusalem. ⁸ 

1 Kings 15:19

15:19 “I want to make a treaty with you, like the one our fathers made. ⁹  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.” ¹⁰ 

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.” ¹¹  Seven times Elijah sent him to look. ¹² 

1 Kings 19:2

19:2 Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah with this warning, ¹³  “May the gods judge me severely ¹⁴  if by this time tomorrow I do not take your life as you did theirs!” ¹⁵ 

1 Kings 20:10

20:10 Ben Hadad sent another message to him, “May the gods judge me severely ¹⁶  if there is enough dirt left in Samaria for my soldiers to scoop up in their hands.” ¹⁷ 

1 Kings 21:8

21:8 She wrote out orders, ¹⁸  signed Ahab’s name to them, ¹⁹  and sealed them with his seal. She then sent the orders ²⁰  to the leaders ²¹  and to the nobles who lived in Naboth’s city. ²² 

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¹ tn Heb “saying, “In this way Joab spoke and in this way he answered me.”

² sn The verse numbers in the English Bible differ from those in the Hebrew text (BHS) here; 5:1-18 in the English Bible corresponds to 5:15-32 in the Hebrew text. See the note at 4:21.

³ map For location see Map1-A2; Map2-G2; Map4-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.

⁴ tn Heb “his servants.”

⁵ tn Heb “was over.”

⁶ tc The MT has “Adoram” here, but the Old Greek translation and Syriac Peshitta have “Adoniram.” Cf. 1 Kgs 4:6.

⁷ sn The work crews. See the note on this expression in 4:6.

⁸ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁹ tn Heb “[May there be] a covenant between me and you [as there was] between my father and your father.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “so he will go up from upon me.”

¹¹ 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.

¹² tn Heb “He said, ‘Return,’ seven times.”

¹³ tn Heb “saying.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “So may the gods do to me, and so may they add.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “I do not make your life like the life of one of them.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “So may the gods do to me, and so may they add.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “if the dirt of Samaria suffices for the handfuls of all the people who are at my feet.”

¹⁸ tn Heb “scrolls.”

¹⁹ tn Heb “in the name of Ahab.”

²⁰ tn Heb “scrolls.”

²¹ tn Heb “elders.”

²² tn Heb “to the nobles who were in his city, the ones who lived with Naboth.”