1 Kings 8:10
8:10 Once the priests left the holy place, a cloud filled the Lord’s temple.
1 Kings 8:12
8:12 Then Solomon said, “The Lord has said that he lives in thick darkness.
1 Kings 8:62
Solomon Dedicates the Temple
8:62 The king and all Israel with him were presenting sacrifices to the Lord.
1 Kings 9:10
Foreign Affairs and Building Projects
9:10 After twenty years, during which Solomon built the Lord’s temple and the royal palace, 1
1 Kings 11:14
11:14 The Lord brought 2 against Solomon an enemy, Hadad the Edomite, a descendant of the Edomite king.
1 Kings 13:20
13:20 While they were sitting at the table, the Lord spoke through the old prophet 3
1 Kings 15:11
15:11 Asa did what the Lord approved 4 like his ancestor 5 David had done.
1 Kings 16:1
16:1 Jehu son of Hanani received from the Lord this message predicting Baasha’s downfall: 6
1 Kings 16:25
16:25 Omri did more evil in the sight of 7 the Lord than all who were before him.
1 Kings 21:23
21:23 The Lord says this about Jezebel, ‘Dogs will devour Jezebel by the outer wall 8 of Jezreel.’
1 tn Heb “the two houses, the house of the Lord and the house of the king.”
2 tn Or “raised up.”
3 tn Heb “and the word of the Lord came to the prophet who had brought him back.”
4 tn Heb “what was right in the eyes of the Lord.”
5 tn Heb “father,” but Hebrew often uses the terms “father” and “mother” for grandparents and more remote ancestors.
6 tn Heb “and the word of the Lord came to Jehu son of Hanani concerning [or “against”] Baasha, saying.”
7 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
8 tc A few Hebrew mss and some ancient versions agree with 2 Kgs 9:10, 36, which reads, “the plot [of ground] at Jezreel.” The Hebrew words translated “outer wall” (חֵל, khel, defectively written here!) and “plot [of ground]” (חֵלֶק, kheleq) are spelled similarly.