1 Kings 2:32

2:32 May the Lord punish him for the blood he shed; 1  behind my father David’s back he struck down and murdered with the sword two men who were more innocent and morally upright than he 2  – Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.

1 Kings 10:9

10:9 May the Lord your God be praised because he favored 3  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.” 4 

1 Kings 13:6

13:6 The king pled with 5  the prophet, 6  “Seek the favor of 7  the Lord your God and pray for me, so that my hand may be restored.” So the prophet sought the Lord’s favor 8  and the king’s hand was restored to its former condition. 9 

1 Kings 18:27

18:27 At noon Elijah mocked them, “Yell louder! After all, he is a god; he may be deep in thought, or perhaps he stepped out for a moment or has taken a trip. Perhaps he is sleeping and needs to be awakened.” 10 

1 Kings 20:34

20:34 Ben Hadad 11  said, “I will return the cities my father took from your father. You may set up markets 12  in Damascus, just as my father did in Samaria.” 13  Ahab then said, “I want to make a treaty with you before I dismiss you.” 14  So he made a treaty with him and then dismissed him.

1 tn Heb “The Lord will cause his blood to return upon his head.”

2 tn Heb “because he struck down two men more innocent and better than he and he killed them with the sword, and my father David did not know.”

3 tn Or “delighted in.”

4 tn Heb “to do justice and righteousness.”

5 tn Heb “The king answered and said to.”

6 tn Heb “the man of God” (a second time later in this verse, and once in v. 7 and v. 8).

7 tn Heb “appease the face of.”

8 tn Heb “appeased the face of the Lord.”

9 tn Heb “and it was as in the beginning.”

10 sn Elijah’s sarcastic proposals would have been especially offensive and irritating to Baal’s prophets, for they believed Baal was imprisoned in the underworld as death’s captive during this time of drought. Elijah’s apparent ignorance of their theology is probably designed for dramatic effect; indeed the suggestion that Baal is away on a trip or deep in sleep comes precariously close to the truth as viewed by the prophets.

11 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ben Hadad) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

12 tn Heb “streets,” but this must refer to streets set up with stalls for merchants to sell their goods. See HALOT 299 s.v. חוּץ.

13 map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.

14 tn Heb “I will send you away with a treaty.” The words “Ahab then said” are supplied in the translation. There is nothing in the Hebrew text to indicate that the speaker has changed from Ben Hadad to Ahab. Some suggest adding “and he said” before “I will send you away.” Others prefer to maintain Ben Hadad as the speaker and change the statement to, “Please send me away with a treaty.”