1 Kings 10:9

10:9 May the Lord your God be praised because he favored 1  you by placing you on the throne of Israel! Because of the Lord’s eternal love for Israel, he made you king so you could make just and right decisions.” 2 

1 Kings 12:28

12:28 After the king had consulted with his advisers, 3  he made two golden calves. Then he said to the people, 4  “It is too much trouble for you to go up to Jerusalem. Look, Israel, here are your gods who brought you up from the land of Egypt.”

1 Kings 13:2

13:2 With the authority of the Lord 5  he cried out against the altar, “O altar, altar! This is what the Lord says, ‘Look, a son named Josiah will be born to the Davidic dynasty. He will sacrifice on you the priests of the high places who offer sacrifices on you. Human bones will be burned on you.’” 6 

1 Kings 13:18

13:18 The old prophet then said, 7  “I too am a prophet like you. An angel told me with the Lord’s authority, 8  ‘Bring him back with you to your house so he can eat and drink.’” 9  But he was lying to him. 10 

1 Kings 14:15

14:15 The Lord will attack Israel, making it like a reed that sways in the water. 11  He will remove Israel from this good land he gave to their ancestors 12  and scatter them beyond the Euphrates River, 13  because they angered the Lord by making Asherah poles. 14 

1 Kings 16:34

16:34 During Ahab’s reign, 15  Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho. 16  Abiram, his firstborn son, died when he laid the foundation; 17  Segub, his youngest son, died when he erected its gates, 18  just as the Lord had warned 19  through Joshua son of Nun. 20 

1 Kings 18:10

18:10 As certainly as the Lord your God lives, my master has sent to every nation and kingdom in an effort to find you. When they say, ‘He’s not here,’ he makes them 21  swear an oath that they could not find you.

1 Kings 18:12

18:12 But when I leave you, the Lord’s spirit will carry you away so I can’t find you. 22  If I go tell Ahab I’ve seen you, he won’t be able to find you and he will kill me. 23  That would not be fair, 24  because your servant has been a loyal follower of 25  the Lord from my youth.

1 Kings 19:4

19:4 while he went a day’s journey into the desert. He went and sat down under a shrub 26  and asked the Lord to take his life: 27  “I’ve had enough! Now, O Lord, take my life. After all, I’m no better than my ancestors.” 28 

1 Kings 21:6

21:6 He answered her, “While I was talking to Naboth the Jezreelite, I said to him, ‘Sell me your vineyard for silver, or if you prefer, I will give you another vineyard in its place.’ But he said, ‘I will not sell you my vineyard.’” 29 

1 tn Or “delighted in.”

2 tn Heb “to do justice and righteousness.”

3 tn The words “with his advisers” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

4 tn Heb “to them,” although this may be a corruption of “to the people.” Cf. the Old Greek translation.

5 tn Heb “by the word of the Lord.”

6 sn ‘Look…you.’ For the fulfillment of this prophecy see 2 Kgs 23:15-20.

7 tn Heb “and he said to him.”

8 tn Heb “by the word of the Lord.”

9 tn Heb “eat food and drink water.”

10 tn Or “deceiving him.”

sn He was lying to him. The motives and actions of the old prophet are difficult to understand. The old man’s response to the prophet’s death (see vv. 26-32) suggests he did not trick him with malicious intent. The old prophet probably wanted the honor of entertaining such a celebrity, or perhaps simply desired some social interaction with a fellow prophet.

11 tn The elliptical Hebrew text reads literally “and the Lord will strike Israel as a reed sways in the water.”

12 tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 22, 31).

13 tn Heb “the River.” In biblical Hebrew this is a typical reference to the Euphrates River. The name “Euphrates” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

14 tn Heb “because they made their Asherah poles that anger the Lord”; or “their images of Asherah”; ASV, NASB “their Asherim”; NCV “they set up idols to worship Asherah.”

sn Asherah was a leading deity of the Canaanite pantheon, wife/sister of El and goddess of fertility. She was commonly worshiped at shrines in or near groves of evergreen trees, or, failing that, at places marked by wooden poles. These were to be burned or cut down (Deut 12:3; 16:21; Judg 6:25, 28, 30; 2 Kgs 18:4).

15 tn Heb “in his days.”

16 map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.

17 tn Heb “with Abiram, his firstborn, he founded it.”

18 tn Heb “with Segub, his youngest, he set up its gates.”

19 tn Heb “according to the word of the Lord which he spoke.”

20 sn Warned through Joshua son of Nun. For the background to this statement, see Josh 6:26, where Joshua pronounces a curse on the one who dares to rebuild Jericho. Here that curse is viewed as a prophecy spoken by God through Joshua.

21 tn Heb “he makes the kingdom or the nation swear an oath.”

22 tn Heb “to [a place] which I do not know.”

23 tn Heb “and I will go to inform Ahab and he will not find you and he will kill me.”

24 tn The words “that would not be fair” are added to clarify the logic of Obadiah’s argument.

25 tn Heb “has feared the Lord” (also see the note at 1 Kgs 18:3).

26 tn Or “broom tree” (also in v. 5).

27 tn Heb “and asked with respect to his life to die.”

28 tn Heb “fathers.”

29 tn Heb “While I was talking…, I said…, he said….” Ahab’s explanation is one lengthy sentence in the Hebrew text, which is divided in the English translation for stylistic reasons.