1 Kings 3:22

3:22 The other woman said, “No! My son is alive; your son is dead!” But the first woman replied, “No, your son is dead; my son is alive.” Each presented her case before the king.¹

1 Kings 6:7

6:7 As the temple was being built, only stones shaped at the quarry² were used; the sound of hammers, pickaxes, or any other iron tool was not heard at the temple while it was being built.

1 Kings 7:21

7:21 He set up the pillars on the porch in front of the main hall. He erected one pillar on the right³ side and called it Jakin;⁴ he erected the other pillar on the left⁵ side and called it Boaz.⁶

1 Kings 7:51

7:51 When King Solomon finished constructing the Lord’s temple, he⁷ put the holy items that belonged to his father David (the silver, gold, and other articles) in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple.

1 Kings 9:6

9:6 “But if you or your sons ever turn away from me, fail to obey the regulations and rules I instructed you to keep,⁸ and decide to serve and worship other gods,⁹

1 Kings 9:9

9:9 Others will then answer,¹⁰ ‘Because they abandoned the Lord their God, who led their ancestors¹¹ out of Egypt. They embraced other gods whom they worshiped and served.¹² That is why the Lord has brought all this disaster down on them.’”

1 Kings 15:7

15:7 The rest of the events of Abijah’s reign, including all his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.¹³ Abijah and Jeroboam had been at war with each other.

1 Kings 16:21

Omri’s Reign over Israel

16:21 At that time the people of Israel were divided in their loyalties. Half the people supported Tibni son of Ginath and wanted to make him king; the other half supported Omri.

1 Kings 20:1

Ben Hadad Invades Israel

20:1 Now King Ben Hadad of Syria assembled all his army, along with thirty-two other kings with their horses and chariots. He marched against Samaria¹⁴ and besieged and attacked it.¹⁵

1 Kings 20:12

20:12 When Ben Hadad received this reply,¹⁶ he and the other kings were drinking in their quarters.¹⁷ He ordered his servants, “Get ready to attack!” So they got ready to attack the city.

1 Kings 20:29

20:29 The armies were deployed opposite each other for seven days. On the seventh day the battle began, and the Israelites killed 100,000 Syrian foot soldiers in one day.

¹tn Heb “they spoke before the king.” Another option is to translate, “they argued before the king.”

²tn Heb “finished stone of the quarry,” i.e., stones chiseled and shaped at the time they were taken out of the quarry.

³tn Or “south.”

⁴sn The name Jakin appears to be a verbal form and probably means, “he establishes.”

⁵tn Or “north.”

⁶sn The meaning of the name Boaz is uncertain. For various proposals, see BDB 126-27 s.v. בעז. One attractive option is to revocalize the name as בְּעֹז (be’oz, “in strength”) and to understand it as completing the verbal form on the first pillar. Taking the words together and reading from right to left, one can translate the sentence, “he establishes [it] in strength.”

⁷tn Heb “Solomon.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁸tn Heb “which I placed before you.”

⁹tn Heb “and walk and serve other gods and bow down to them.”

¹⁰tn Heb “and they will say.”

¹¹tn Heb “fathers.”

¹²tn Heb “and they took hold of other gods and bowed down to them and served them.”

¹³tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Abijah, and all which he did, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?”

¹⁴map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.

¹⁵tn Heb “and he went up and besieged Samaria and fought against it.”

¹⁶tn Heb “When he heard this word.”

¹⁷tn Heb “in the temporary shelters.” This is probably referring to tents.