1 Kings 12:28
12:28 After the king had consulted with his advisers, 1 he made two golden calves. Then he said to the people, 2 “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 17:12
17:12 She said, “As certainly as the Lord your God lives, I have no food, except for a handful of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug. Right now I am gathering a couple of sticks for a fire. Then I’m going home to make one final meal for my son and myself. After we have eaten that, we will die of starvation.” 3
1 Kings 18:26
18:26 So they took a bull, as he had suggested, 4 and prepared it. They invoked the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, “Baal, answer us.” But there was no sound and no answer. They jumped 5 around on the altar they had made. 6
1 Kings 22:43
22:43 He followed in his father Asa’s footsteps and was careful to do what the Lord approved. 7 (22:44) 8 However, the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.
1 tn The words “with his advisers” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
2 tn Heb “to them,” although this may be a corruption of “to the people.” Cf. the Old Greek translation.
3 tn Heb “Look, I am gathering two sticks and then I will go and make it for me and my son and we will eat it and we will die.”
4 tn Heb “and they took the bull which he allowed them.”
5 tn Heb “limped” (the same verb is used in v. 21).
6 tc The MT has “which he made,” but some medieval Hebrew mss and the ancient versions have the plural form of the verb.
7 tn Heb “he walked in all the way of Asa his father and did not turn from it, doing what is right in the eyes of the Lord.”
8 sn Beginning with 22:43b, the verse numbers through 22:53 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), because 22:43b in the English Bible = 22:44 in the Hebrew text. The remaining verses in the chapter differ by one, with 22:44-53 ET = 22:45-54 HT.