1 Kings 5:3
5:3 “You know that my father David was unable to build a temple to honor the Lord 1 his God, for he was busy fighting battles on all fronts while the Lord subdued his enemies. 2
1 Kings 8:54
8:54 When Solomon finished presenting all these prayers and requests to the Lord, he got up from before the altar of the Lord where he had kneeled and spread out his hands toward the sky. 3
1 Kings 9:9
9:9 Others will then answer, 4 ‘Because they abandoned the Lord their God, who led their ancestors 5 out of Egypt. They embraced other gods whom they worshiped and served. 6 That is why the Lord has brought all this disaster down on them.’”
1 Kings 17:21
17:21 He stretched out over the boy three times and called out to the Lord, “O Lord, my God, please let this boy’s breath return to him.”
1 Kings 22:19
22:19 Micaiah 7 said, “That being the case, hear the word of the Lord. I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, with all the heavenly assembly standing on his right and on his left.
1 tn Heb “a house for the name of the Lord.” The word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor. The “name” of the Lord sometimes designates the Lord himself, being indistinguishable from the proper name.
2 tn Heb “because of the battles which surrounded him until the Lord placed them under the soles of his feet.”
3 tn Or “toward heaven.”
4 tn Heb “and they will say.”
5 tn Heb “fathers.”
6 tn Heb “and they took hold of other gods and bowed down to them and served them.”
7 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Micaiah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.