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 3:9

3:9 So give your servant a discerning mind² so he can make judicial decisions for³ your people and distinguish right from wrong.⁴ Otherwise⁵ no one is able⁶ to make judicial decisions for⁷ this great nation of yours.”⁸

1 Kings 3:18

3:18 Then three days after I had my baby, this woman also had a baby. We were alone; there was no one else in the house except the two of us.⁹

1 Kings 8:23

8:23 He prayed:¹⁰ “O Lord, God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven above or on earth below! You maintain covenantal loyalty¹¹ to your servants who obey you with sincerity.¹²

1 Kings 10:12

10:12 With the timber the king made supports¹³ for the Lord’s temple and for the royal palace and stringed instruments¹⁴ for the musicians. No one has seen so much of this fine timber to this very day.¹⁵)

1 Kings 12:20

12:20 When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. No one except the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the Davidic dynasty.¹⁶

1 Kings 15:22

15:22 King Asa ordered all the men of Judah (no exemptions were granted) to carry away the stones and wood that Baasha had used to build Ramah.¹⁷ King Asa used the materials to build up¹⁸ Geba (in Benjamin) and Mizpah.

1 Kings 17:1

Elijah Visits a Widow in Sidonian Territory

17:1 Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As certainly as the Lord God of Israel lives (whom I serve),¹⁹ there will be no dew or rain in the years ahead unless I give the command.”²⁰

1 Kings 21:15

21:15 When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned to death, she²¹ said to Ahab, “Get up, take possession of the vineyard Naboth the Jezreelite refused to sell you for silver, for Naboth is no longer alive; he’s dead.”

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

²tn Heb “a hearing heart.” (The Hebrew term translated “heart” often refers to the mental faculties.)

³tn Heb “to judge.”

⁴tn Heb “to understand between good and evil.”

⁵tn Heb “for”; the word “otherwise” is used to reflect the logical sense of the statement.

⁶tn Heb “who is able?” The rhetorical question anticipates the answer, “no one.”

⁷tn Heb “to judge.”

⁸tn Heb “your numerous people.”

⁹sn There was no one else in the house except the two of us. In other words, there were no other witnesses to the births who could identify which child belonged to which mother.

¹⁰tn Heb “said.”

¹¹tn Heb “one who keeps the covenant and the loyal love.” The expression is a hendiadys.

¹²tn Heb “who walk before you with all their heart.”

¹³tn This Hebrew architectural term occurs only here. The meaning is uncertain; some have suggested “banisters” or “parapets”; cf. TEV, NLT “railings.” The parallel passage in 2 Chr 9:11 has a different word, meaning “tracks,” or perhaps “steps.”

¹⁴tn Two types of stringed instruments are specifically mentioned, the כִּנּוֹר (kinnor, “zither” [?]), and נֶבֶל (nevel, “harp”).

¹⁵tn Heb “there has not come thus, the fine timber, and there has not been seen to this day.”

¹⁶tn Heb “there was no one [following] after the house of David except the tribe of Judah, it alone.”

¹⁷tn Heb “and King Asa made a proclamation to all Judah, there was no one exempt, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its wood which Baasha had built.”

¹⁸tn Heb “and King Asa built with them.”

¹⁹tn Heb “before whom I stand.”

²⁰tn Heb “except at the command of my word.”

²¹tn Heb “Jezebel”; the proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“she”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.