1 Kings 2:5

2:5 “You know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me – how he murdered two commanders of the Israelite armies, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether.¹ During peacetime he struck them down like he would in battle;² when he shed their blood as if in battle, he stained his own belt and the sandals on his feet.³

1 Kings 2:26

2:26 The king then told Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your property⁴ in Anathoth. You deserve to die,⁵ but today I will not kill you because you did carry the ark of the sovereign Lord before my father David and you suffered with my father through all his difficult times.”⁶

1 Kings 7:14

7:14 He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali,⁷ and his father was a craftsman in bronze from Tyre. He had the skill and knowledge⁸ to make all kinds of works of bronze. He reported to King Solomon and did all the work he was assigned.

1 Kings 11:33

11:33 I am taking the kingdom from him⁹ because they have¹⁰ abandoned me and worshiped the Sidonian goddess Astarte, the Moabite god Chemosh, and the Ammonite god Milcom. They have not followed my instructions¹¹ by doing what I approve and obeying my rules and regulations, like Solomon’s father David did.¹²

1 Kings 18:13

18:13 Certainly my master is aware of what I did¹³ when Jezebel was killing the Lord’s prophets. I hid one hundred of the Lord’s prophets in two caves in two groups of fifty and I brought them food and water.

1 Kings 18:21

18:21 Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long are you going to be paralyzed by indecision?¹⁴ If the Lord is the true God,¹⁵ then follow him, but if Baal is, follow him!” But the people did not say a word.

1 Kings 20:34

20:34 Ben Hadad¹⁶ said, “I will return the cities my father took from your father. You may set up markets¹⁷ in Damascus, just as my father did in Samaria.”¹⁸ Ahab then said, “I want to make a treaty with you before I dismiss you.”¹⁹ So he made a treaty with him and then dismissed him.

¹tn Heb “what he did to the two commanders…and he killed them.”

²tn Heb “he shed the blood of battle in peace.”

³tn Heb “and he shed the blood of battle when he killed which is on his waist and on his sandal[s] which are on his feet.” That is, he covered himself with guilt and his guilt was obvious to all who saw him.

⁴tn Or “field.”

⁵tn Heb “you are a man of death.”

⁶tn Heb “and because you suffered through all which my father suffered.”

⁷tn 2 Chr 2:14 (13 HT) says “from the daughters of Dan.”

⁸tn Heb “he was filled with the skill, understanding, and knowledge.”

⁹tn The words “I am taking the kingdom from him” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

¹⁰tc This is the reading of the MT; the LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate read “he has.”

¹¹tn Heb “walked in my ways.”

¹²tn Heb “by doing what is right in my eyes, my rules and my regulations, like David his father.”

¹³tn Heb “Has it not been told to my master what I did…?” The rhetorical question expects an answer, “Of course it has!”

¹⁴tn Heb “How long are you going to limp around on two crutches?” (see HALOT 762 s.v. סְעִפִּים). In context this idiomatic expression refers to indecision rather than physical disability.

¹⁵tn Heb “the God.”

¹⁶tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ben Hadad) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁷tn Heb “streets,” but this must refer to streets set up with stalls for merchants to sell their goods. See HALOT 299 s.v. חוּץ.

¹⁸map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.

¹⁹tn 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.”