1 Kings 2:42

2:42 the king summoned¹ Shimei and said to him, “You will recall² that I made you take an oath by the Lord, and I solemnly warned you, ‘If you ever leave and go anywhere,³ know for sure that you will certainly die.’ You said to me, ‘The proposal is acceptable; I agree to it.’⁴

1 Kings 3:1

The Lord Gives Solomon Wisdom

3:1 Solomon made an alliance by marriage with Pharaoh, king of Egypt; he married Pharaoh’s daughter. He brought her to the City of David⁵ until he could finish building his residence and the temple of the Lord and the wall around Jerusalem.⁶

1 Kings 6:6

6:6 The bottom floor of the extension was seven and a half feet⁷ wide, the middle floor nine feet⁸ wide, and the third floor ten and a half⁹ feet wide. He made ledges¹⁰ on the temple’s outer walls so the beams would not have to be inserted into the walls.¹¹

1 Kings 6:15

6:15 He constructed the walls inside the temple with cedar planks; he paneled the inside with wood from the floor of the temple to the rafters¹² of the ceiling. He covered the temple floor with boards made from the wood of evergreens.

1 Kings 8:20

8:20 The Lord has kept the promise he made.¹³ I have taken my father David’s place and have occupied the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised. I have built this temple for the honor¹⁴ of the Lord God of Israel

1 Kings 8:25

8:25 Now, O Lord, God of Israel, keep the promise you made to your servant, my father David, when you said, ‘You will never fail to have a successor ruling before me on the throne of Israel,¹⁵ provided that your descendants watch their step and serve me as you have done.’¹⁶

1 Kings 10:9

10:9 May the Lord your God be praised because he favored¹⁷ 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.”¹⁸

1 Kings 12:10

12:10 The young advisers with whom Rehoboam¹⁹ had grown up said to him, “Say this to these people who have said to you, ‘Your father made us work hard, but now lighten our burden.’²⁰ Say this to them: ‘I am a lot harsher than my father!²¹

1 Kings 12:28

12:28 After the king had consulted with his advisers,²² he made two golden calves. Then he said to the people,²³ “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 12:33

A Prophet from Judah Visits Bethel

12:33 On the fifteenth day of the eighth month (a date he had arbitrarily chosen)²⁴ Jeroboam²⁵ offered sacrifices on the altar he had made in Bethel.²⁶ He inaugurated a festival for the Israelites and went up to the altar to offer sacrifices.

1 Kings 18:26

18:26 So they took a bull, as he had suggested,²⁷ 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 jumped²⁸ around on the altar they had made.²⁹

1 Kings 19:10

19:10 He answered, “I have been absolutely loyal³⁰ to the Lord, the sovereign God,³¹ even though the Israelites have abandoned the agreement they made with you,³² torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life.”³³

1 Kings 19:14

19:14 He answered, “I have been absolutely loyal³⁴ to the Lord, the sovereign God,³⁵ even though the Israelites have abandoned the agreement they made with you,³⁶ torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life.”³⁷

1 Kings 19:21

19:21 Elisha³⁸ went back and took his pair of oxen and slaughtered them. He cooked the meat over a fire that he made by burning the harness and yoke.³⁹ He gave the people meat and they ate. Then he got up and followed Elijah and became his assistant.

1 Kings 20:34

20:34 Ben Hadad⁴⁰ said, “I will return the cities my father took from your father. You may set up markets⁴¹ in Damascus, just as my father did in Samaria.”⁴² Ahab then said, “I want to make a treaty with you before I dismiss you.”⁴³ So he made a treaty with him and then dismissed him.

¹tn Heb “sent and summoned.”

²tn Heb “Is it not [true]…?” In the Hebrew text the statement is interrogative; the rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course it is.”

³tn Heb “here or there.”

⁴tn Heb “good is the word; I have heard.”

⁵sn The phrase City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

⁶map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁷tn Heb “five cubits.”

⁸tn Heb “six cubits.”

⁹tn Heb “seven cubits.”

¹⁰tn Or “offsets” (ASV, NAB, NASB, NRSV); NIV “offset ledges.”

¹¹tn Heb “so that [the beams] would not have a hold in the walls of the temple.”

¹²tc The MT reads קִירוֹת (qirot, “walls”), but this should be emended to קוֹרוֹת (qorot, “rafters”). See BDB 900 s.v. קוֹרָה.

¹³tn Heb “his word that he spoke.”

¹⁴tn Heb “name.”

¹⁵tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man from before me sitting on the throne of Israel.”

¹⁶tn Heb “guard their way by walking before me as you have walked before me.”

¹⁷tn Or “delighted in.”

¹⁸tn Heb “to do justice and righteousness.”

¹⁹tn Heb “he”; the referent (Rehoboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

²⁰tn Heb “Your father made our yoke heavy, but make it lighter upon us.”

²¹tn Heb “My little one is thicker than my father’s hips.” The referent of “my little one” is not clear. The traditional view is that it refers to the little finger. As the following statement makes clear, Rehoboam’s point is that he is more harsh and demanding than his father.

²²tn The words “with his advisers” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

²³tn Heb “to them,” although this may be a corruption of “to the people.” Cf. the Old Greek translation.

²⁴tn Heb “which he had chosen by himself.”

²⁵tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jeroboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

²⁶map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.

²⁷tn Heb “and they took the bull which he allowed them.”

²⁸tn Heb “limped” (the same verb is used in v. 21).

²⁹tc The MT has “which he made,” but some medieval Hebrew mss and the ancient versions have the plural form of the verb.

³⁰tn Or “very zealous.” The infinitive absolute preceding the finite verb emphasizes the degree of his zeal and allegiance.

³¹tn Traditionally, “the God of hosts.”

³²tn Heb “abandoned your covenant.”

³³tn Heb “and they are seeking my life to take it.”

³⁴tn Or “very zealous.” The infinitive absolute preceding the finite verb emphasizes the degree of his zeal and allegiance.

³⁵tn Traditionally, “the God of hosts.”

³⁶tn Heb “abandoned your covenant.”

³⁷tn Heb “and they are seeking my life to take it.”

³⁸tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³⁹tn Heb “and with the equipment of the oxen he cooked them, the flesh.”

⁴⁰tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ben Hadad) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴¹tn Heb “streets,” but this must refer to streets set up with stalls for merchants to sell their goods. See HALOT 299 s.v. חוּץ.

⁴²map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.

⁴³tn 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.”