1 Kings 5:5
5:5 So I have decided 1 to build a temple to honor the Lord 2 my God, as the Lord instructed my father David, ‘Your son, whom I will put on your throne in your place, is the one who will build a temple to honor me.’ 3
1 Kings 8:20
8:20 The Lord has kept the promise he made. 4 I have taken my father David’s place and have occupied the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised. I have built this temple for the honor 5 of the Lord God of Israel
1 Kings 11:33
11:33 I am taking the kingdom from him 6 because they have 7 abandoned me and worshiped the Sidonian goddess Astarte, the Moabite god Chemosh, and the Ammonite god Milcom. They have not followed my instructions 8 by doing what I approve and obeying my rules and regulations, like Solomon’s father David did. 9
1 Kings 12:14
12:14 and followed 10 the advice of the younger ones. He said, “My father imposed heavy demands on you; I will make them even heavier. 11 My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.” 12
1 Kings 18:23
18:23 Let them bring us two bulls. Let them choose one of the bulls for themselves, cut it up into pieces, and place it on the wood. But they must not set it on fire. I will do the same to the other bull and place it on the wood. But I will not set it on fire.
1 Kings 19:4
19:4 while he went a day’s journey into the desert. He went and sat down under a shrub 13 and asked the Lord to take his life: 14 “I’ve had enough! Now, O Lord, take my life. After all, I’m no better than my ancestors.” 15
1 Kings 19:10
19:10 He answered, “I have been absolutely loyal 16 to the Lord, the sovereign God, 17 even though the Israelites have abandoned the agreement they made with you, 18 torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life.” 19
1 Kings 19:14
19:14 He answered, “I have been absolutely loyal 20 to the Lord, the sovereign God, 21 even though the Israelites have abandoned the agreement they made with you, 22 torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life.” 23
1 Kings 20:9
20:9 So he said to the messengers of Ben Hadad, “Say this to my master, the king, ‘I will give you everything you demanded at first from your servant, but I am unable to agree to this latest demand.’” 24 So the messengers went back and gave their report.
1 Kings 20:13
The Lord Delivers Israel
20:13 Now a prophet visited King Ahab of Israel and said, “This is what the Lord says, ‘Do you see this huge army? 25 Look, I am going to hand it over to you this very day. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”
1 Kings 20:28
20:28 The prophet 26 visited the king of Israel and said, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Because the Syrians said, “The Lord is a god of the mountains and not a god of the valleys,” I will hand over to you this entire huge army. 27 Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”
1 tn Heb “Look, I am saying.”
2 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.
3 tn Heb “a house for my name.” 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.
4 tn Heb “his word that he spoke.”
5 tn Heb “name.”
6 tn The words “I am taking the kingdom from him” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
7 tc This is the reading of the MT; the LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate read “he has.”
8 tn Heb “walked in my ways.”
9 tn Heb “by doing what is right in my eyes, my rules and my regulations, like David his father.”
10 tn Heb “and spoke to them according to.”
11 tn Heb “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke.”
12 tn Heb “My father punished you with whips, but I will punish you with scorpions.” See the note on the same phrase in v. 11.
13 tn Or “broom tree” (also in v. 5).
14 tn Heb “and asked with respect to his life to die.”
15 tn Heb “fathers.”
16 tn Or “very zealous.” The infinitive absolute preceding the finite verb emphasizes the degree of his zeal and allegiance.
17 tn Traditionally, “the God of hosts.”
18 tn Heb “abandoned your covenant.”
19 tn Heb “and they are seeking my life to take it.”
20 tn Or “very zealous.” The infinitive absolute preceding the finite verb emphasizes the degree of his zeal and allegiance.
21 tn Traditionally, “the God of hosts.”
22 tn Heb “abandoned your covenant.”
23 tn Heb “and they are seeking my life to take it.”
24 tn Heb “all which you sent to your servant in the beginning I will do, but this thing I am unable to do.”
25 tn Heb “this great horde.”
26 tn Heb “the man of God.”
27 tn Heb “I will place all this great horde in your hand.”