1 Kings 2:45

2:45 But King Solomon will be empowered ¹  and David’s dynasty ²  will endure permanently before the Lord.”

1 Kings 5:4

5:4 But now the Lord my God has made me secure on all fronts; there is no adversary or dangerous threat.

1 Kings 8:19

8:19 But you will not build the temple; your very own son will build the temple for my honor.’ ³ 

1 Kings 12:8

12:8 But Rehoboam rejected their advice and consulted the young advisers who served him, with whom he had grown up. ⁴ 

1 Kings 13:16

13:16 But he replied, “I can’t go back with you ⁵  or eat and drink ⁶  with you in this place.

1 Kings 18:14

18:14 Now you say, ‘Go and say to your master, “Elijah is back,”’ ⁷  but he will kill me.”

1 Kings 18:29

18:29 Throughout the afternoon they were in an ecstatic frenzy, ⁸  but there was no sound, no answer, and no response. ⁹ 

1 Kings 22:7

22:7 But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there not a prophet of the Lord still here, that we may ask him?”

1 Kings 22:14

22:14 But Micaiah said, “As certainly as the Lord lives, I will say what the Lord tells me to say.”

1 Kings 22:49

22:49 Then Ahaziah son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “Let my sailors join yours in the fleet,” ¹⁰  but Jehoshaphat refused.

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¹ tn Or “blessed.”

² tn Heb “throne.”

³ tn Heb “your son, the one who came out of your body, he will build the temple for my name.”

⁴ tn Heb “He rejected the advice of the elders which they advised and he consulted the young men with whom he had grown up, who stood before him.” The referent (Rehoboam) of the initial pronoun (“he”) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn Heb “I am unable to return with you or to go with you.”

⁶ tn Heb “eat food and drink water.”

⁷ tn Heb “Look, Elijah”; or “Elijah is here.”

⁸ tn Heb “when noon passed they prophesied until the offering up of the offering.”

⁹ tc The Old Greek translation and Syriac Peshitta include the following words here: “When it was time to offer the sacrifice, Elijah the Tishbite spoke to the prophets of the abominations: ‘Stand aside for the time being, and I will offer my burnt offering.’ So they stood aside and departed.”

sn In 2 Kgs 4:31 the words “there was no sound and there was no response” are used to describe a dead boy. Similar words are used here to describe the god Baal as dead and therefore unresponsive.

¹⁰ tn Heb “Let my servants go with your servants in the fleet.”