1 Kings 4:24

4:24 His royal court was so large because¹ he ruled over all the kingdoms west of the Euphrates River from Tiphsah² to Gaza; he was at peace with all his neighbors.³

1 Kings 5:7

5:7 When Hiram heard Solomon’s message, he was very happy. He said, “The Lord is worthy of praise today because he⁴ has given David a wise son to rule over this great nation.”

1 Kings 8:33

8:33 “The time will come when⁵ your people Israel are defeated by an enemy⁶ because they sinned against you. If they come back to you, renew their allegiance to you,⁷ and pray for your help⁸ in this temple,

1 Kings 8:56

8:56 “The Lord is worthy of praise because he has made Israel his people secure⁹ just as he promised! Not one of all the faithful promises he made through his servant Moses is left unfulfilled!¹⁰

1 Kings 9:9

9:9 Others will then answer,¹¹ ‘Because they abandoned the Lord their God, who led their ancestors¹² out of Egypt. They embraced other gods whom they worshiped and served.¹³ That is why the Lord has brought all this disaster down on them.’”

1 Kings 11:11

11:11 So the Lord said to Solomon, “Because you insist on doing these things and have not kept the covenantal rules I gave you,¹⁴ I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.

1 Kings 12:15

12:15 The king refused to listen to the people, because the Lord was instigating this turn of events¹⁵ so that he might bring to pass the prophetic announcement he had made¹⁶ through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.

1 Kings 15:5

15:5 He did this¹⁷ because David had done what he approved¹⁸ and had not disregarded any of his commandments¹⁹ his entire lifetime, except for the incident involving Uriah the Hittite.

1 Kings 15:13

15:13 He also removed Maacah his grandmother²⁰ from her position as queen because she had made a loathsome Asherah pole. Asa cut down her Asherah pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

1 Kings 16:13

16:13 This happened because of all the sins which Baasha and his son Elah committed and which they made Israel commit. They angered the Lord God of Israel with their worthless idols.²¹

1 Kings 16:19

16:19 This happened because of the sins he committed. He did evil in the sight of²² the Lord and followed in Jeroboam’s footsteps and encouraged Israel to continue sinning.²³

1 Kings 20:36

20:36 So the prophet²⁴ said to him, “Because you have disobeyed the Lord, as soon as you leave me a lion will kill you.” When he left him, a lion attacked and killed him.

1 Kings 20:42

20:42 The prophet²⁵ then said to him, “This is what the Lord says, ‘Because you released a man I had determined should die, you will pay with your life and your people will suffer instead of his people.’”²⁶

1 Kings 21:20

21:20 When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him,²⁷ “So, you have found me, my enemy!” Elijah²⁸ replied, “I have found you, because you are committed²⁹ to doing evil in the sight of³⁰ the Lord.

1 Kings 21:29

21:29 “Have you noticed how Ahab shows remorse³¹ before me? Because he shows remorse before me, I will not bring disaster on his dynasty during his lifetime, but during the reign of his son.”³²

1 Kings 22:34

22:34 Now an archer shot an arrow at random,³³ and it struck the king of Israel between the plates of his armor. The king³⁴ ordered his charioteer, “Turn around and take me from the battle line,³⁵ because I’m wounded.”

¹tn Heb “because.” The words “his royal court was so large” are added to facilitate the logical connection with the preceding verse.

²sn Tiphsah. This was located on the Euphrates River.

³tn Heb “for he was ruling over all [the region] beyond the River, from Tiphsah to Gaza, over all the kingdoms beyond the River, and he had peace on every side all around.”

⁴tn Or “Blessed be the Lord today, who….”

⁵tn Heb “when.” In the Hebrew text vv. 33-34 actually contain one lengthy conditional sentence, which the translation has divided into two sentences for stylistic reasons.

⁶tn Or “are struck down before an enemy.”

⁷tn Heb “confess [or perhaps, “praise”] your name.”

⁸tn Heb “and they pray and ask for help.”

⁹tn Heb “he has given a resting place to his people Israel.”

¹⁰tn Heb “not one word from his entire good word he spoke by Moses his servant has fallen.”

¹¹tn Heb “and they will say.”

¹²tn Heb “fathers.”

¹³tn Heb “and they took hold of other gods and bowed down to them and served them.”

¹⁴tn Heb “Because this is with you, and you have not kept my covenant and my rules which I commanded you.”

¹⁵tn Heb “because this turn of events was from the Lord.”

¹⁶tn Heb “so that he might bring to pass his word which the Lord spoke.”

¹⁷tn The words “he did this” are added for stylistic reasons.

¹⁸tn Heb “what was right in the eyes of the Lord.”

¹⁹tn Heb “and had not turned aside from all which he commanded him.”

²⁰tn Heb “mother,” but Hebrew often uses the terms “father” and “mother” for grandparents and more remote ancestors.

²¹tn Heb “angering the Lord God of Israel with their empty things.”

²²tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

²³tn Heb “walking in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin which he did to make Israel sin.”

²⁴tn Heb “he”; the referent (the prophet) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

²⁵tn Heb “he”; the referent (the prophet) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

²⁶tn Heb “Because you sent away the man of my destruction [i.e., that I determined should be destroyed] from [my/your?] hand, your life will be in place of his life, and your people in place of his people.”

²⁷tn Heb “and Ahab said to Elijah.” The narrative is elliptical and streamlined. The words “when Elijah arrived” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

²⁸tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

²⁹tn Heb “you have sold yourself.”

³⁰tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

³¹tn Or “humbles himself.” The expression occurs a second time later in this verse.

³²tn Heb “I will not bring the disaster during his days, [but] in the days of his son I will bring the disaster on his house.”

³³tn Heb “now a man drew a bow in his innocence” (i.e., with no specific target in mind, or at least without realizing his target was the king of Israel).

³⁴tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³⁵tn Heb “camp.”