1 Kings 2:43

2:43 Why then have you broken the oath you made before the Lord and disobeyed the order I gave you?”

1 Kings 3:25

3:25 The king then said, “Cut the living child in two, and give half to one and half to the other!”

1 Kings 8:14

8:14 Then the king turned around and pronounced a blessing over the whole Israelite assembly as they stood there.

1 Kings 8:40

8:40 Then they will obey you throughout their lifetimes as they live on the land you gave to our ancestors.

1 Kings 8:60

8:60 Then all the nations of the earth will recognize that the Lord is the only genuine God.

1 Kings 9:28

9:28 They sailed to Ophir, took from there four hundred twenty talents of gold, and then brought them to King Solomon.

1 Kings 12:5

12:5 He said to them, “Go away for three days, then return to me.” So the people went away.

1 Kings 14:20

14:20 Jeroboam ruled for twenty-two years; then he passed away. 10  His son Nadab replaced him as king.

1 Kings 20:21

20:21 Then the king of Israel marched out and struck down the horses and chariots; he thoroughly defeated 11  Syria.

1 Kings 22:49

22:49 Then Ahaziah son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “Let my sailors join yours in the fleet,” 12  but Jehoshaphat refused.


tn Heb “Why have you not kept the oath [to] the Lord and the commandment I commanded you?”

tn Heb “turned his face.”

tn Heb “and he blessed all the assembly of Israel, and all the assembly of Israel was standing.”

tn Heb “fear.”

tn Heb “all the days [in] which.”

tn Heb “so that.”

tn Heb “the Lord, he is the God, there is no other.”

tn Heb “went.”

tn The Hebrew term כִּכָּר (kikkar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or to a standard unit of weight, generally regarded as a talent. Since the accepted weight for a talent of metal is about 75 pounds, this would have amounted to about 31,500 pounds of gold (cf. NCV); CEV, NLT “sixteen tons”; TEV “more than 14,000 kilogrammes.”

10 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

11 tn Heb “struck down Aram with a great striking down.”

12 tn Heb “Let my servants go with your servants in the fleet.”