1 Kings 10:22

10:22 Along with Hiram’s fleet, the king had a fleet of large merchant ships ¹  that sailed the sea. Once every three years the fleet ²  came into port with cargoes of ³  gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks. ⁴ 

1 Kings 12:18

12:18 King Rehoboam sent Adoniram, ⁵  the supervisor of the work crews, ⁶  out after them, but all Israel stoned him to death. King Rehoboam managed to jump into his chariot and escape to Jerusalem. ⁷ 

1 Kings 16:18

16:18 When Zimri saw that the city was captured, he went into the fortified area of the royal palace. He set the palace on fire and died in the flames. ⁸ 

1 Kings 20:33

20:33 The men took this as a good omen and quickly accepted his offer, saying, “Ben Hadad is your brother.” Ahab ⁹  then said, “Go, get him.” So Ben Hadad came out to him, and Ahab pulled him up into his chariot.

1 Kings 21:4

21:4 So Ahab went into his palace, bitter and angry that Naboth the Jezreelite had said, ¹⁰  “I will not sell to you my ancestral inheritance.” ¹¹  He lay down on his bed, pouted, ¹²  and would not eat.

1 Kings 22:35

22:35 While the battle raged throughout the day, the king stood propped up in his chariot opposite the Syrians. He died in the evening; the blood from the wound ran down into the bottom of the chariot.

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¹ tn Heb “a fleet of Tarshish [ships].” This probably refers to large ships either made in or capable of traveling to the distant western port of Tarshish.

² tn Heb “the fleet of Tarshish [ships].”

³ tn Heb “came carrying.”

⁴ tn The meaning of this word is unclear. Some suggest “baboons.”

⁵ tc The MT has “Adoram” here, but the Old Greek translation and Syriac Peshitta have “Adoniram.” Cf. 1 Kgs 4:6.

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

⁷ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁸ tn Heb “and he burned the house of the king over him with fire and he died.”

⁹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ahab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁰ tn Heb “on account of the word that Naboth the Jezreelite spoke to him.”

¹¹ tn Heb “I will not give to you the inheritance of my fathers.”

¹² tn Heb “turned away his face.”