1 Kings 2:26

2:26 The king then told Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your property ¹  in Anathoth. You deserve to die, ²  but today I will not kill you because you did carry the ark of the sovereign Lord before my father David and you suffered with my father through all his difficult times.” ³ 

1 Kings 16:34

16:34 During Ahab’s reign, ⁴  Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho. ⁵  Abiram, his firstborn son, died when he laid the foundation; ⁶  Segub, his youngest son, died when he erected its gates, ⁷  just as the Lord had warned ⁸  through Joshua son of Nun. ⁹ 

1 Kings 22:8

22:8 The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man through whom we can seek the Lord’s will. ¹⁰  But I despise ¹¹  him because he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but disaster. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah. ¹²  Jehoshaphat said, “The king should not say such things.”

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¹ tn Or “field.”

² tn Heb “you are a man of death.”

³ tn Heb “and because you suffered through all which my father suffered.”

⁴ tn Heb “in his days.”

⁵ map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.

⁶ tn Heb “with Abiram, his firstborn, he founded it.”

⁷ tn Heb “with Segub, his youngest, he set up its gates.”

⁸ tn Heb “according to the word of the Lord which he spoke.”

⁹ 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.

¹⁰ tn Heb “to seek the Lord from him.”

¹¹ tn Or “hate.”

¹² tn The words “his name is” are supplied for stylistic reasons.