1 Kings 2:46

2:46 The king then gave the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada who went and executed Shimei. 1 

So Solomon took firm control of the kingdom. 2 

1 Kings 13:14

13:14 and took off after the prophet, 3  whom he found sitting under an oak tree. He asked him, “Are you the prophet 4  from Judah?” He answered, “Yes, I am.”

1 Kings 17:23

17:23 Elijah took the boy, brought him down from the upper room to the house, and handed him to his mother. Elijah then said, “See, your son is alive!”

1 Kings 18:31

18:31 Then Elijah took twelve stones, corresponding to the number of tribes that descended from Jacob, to whom the Lord had said, “Israel will be your new 5  name.” 6 

1 Kings 21:1

Ahab Murders Naboth

21:1 After this the following episode took place. 7  Naboth the Jezreelite owned a vineyard in Jezreel adjacent to the palace of King Ahab of Samaria. 8 

1 tn “The king commanded Benaiah son of Jehoiada and he went out and struck him down and he died.”

2 tn “And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.”

3 tn Heb “the man of God.”

4 tn Heb “the man of God.”

5 tn The word “new” is implied but not actually present in the Hebrew text.

6 sn Israel will be your new name. See Gen 32:28; 35:10.

7 tn Heb “after these things.” The words “the following episode took place” are added for stylistic reasons.

8 sn King Ahab of Samaria. Samaria, as the capital of the northern kingdom, here stands for the nation of Israel.

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