1 Kings 8:35

8:35 “The time will come when¹ the skies are shut up tightly and no rain falls because your people² sinned against you. When they direct their prayers toward this place, renew their allegiance to you,³ and turn away from their sin because you punish⁴ them,

1 Kings 8:37

8:37 “The time will come when the land suffers from a famine, a plague, blight and disease, or a locust⁵ invasion, or when their enemy lays siege to the cities of the land,⁶ or when some other type of plague or epidemic occurs.

1 Kings 8:46

8:46 “The time will come when your people⁷ will sin against you (for there is no one who is sinless!) and you will be angry with them and deliver them over to their enemies, who will take them as prisoners to their own land,⁸ whether far away or close by.

1 Kings 8:65

8:65 At that time Solomon and all Israel with him celebrated a festival before the Lord our God for two entire weeks. This great assembly included people from all over the land, from Lebo Hamath in the north to the Brook of Egypt⁹ in the south.¹⁰

1 Kings 10:21

10:21 All of King Solomon’s cups were made of gold, and all the household items in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest were made of pure gold. There were no silver items, for silver was not considered very valuable in Solomon’s time.¹¹

1 Kings 18:36

18:36 When it was time for the evening offering,¹² Elijah the prophet approached the altar¹³ and prayed: “O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, prove¹⁴ today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command.

1 Kings 18:44

18:44 The seventh time the servant¹⁵ said, “Look, a small cloud, the size of the palm of a man’s hand, is rising up from the sea.” Elijah¹⁶ then said, “Go and tell Ahab, ‘Hitch up the chariots and go down, so that the rain won’t overtake you.’”¹⁷

¹tn Heb “when.” In the Hebrew text vv. 35-36a actually contain one lengthy conditional sentence, which the translation has divided into two sentences for stylistic reasons.

²tn Heb “they”; the referent (your people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³tn Heb “confess [or perhaps, “praise”] your name.”

⁴tn The Hebrew text has “because you answer them,” as if the verb is from עָנָה (’anah, “to answer”). However, this reference to a divine answer is premature, since the next verse asks for God to intervene in mercy. It is better to revocalize the consonantal text as תְעַנֵּם (tÿ’annem, “you afflict them”), a Piel verb form from the homonym עָנָה (“to afflict”).

⁵tn Actually two Hebrew terms appear here, both of which are usually taken as referring to locusts. Perhaps different stages of growth or different varieties are in view.

⁶tn Heb “in the land, his gates.”

⁷tn Heb “they”; the referent (your people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁸tn Heb “the land of the enemy.”

⁹tn Or “the Wadi of Egypt” (NAB, NIV, NRSV); CEV “the Egyptian Gorge.”

¹⁰tn Heb “Solomon held at that time the festival, and all Israel was with him, a great assembly from Lebo Hamath to the Brook of Egypt, before the Lord our God for seven days and seven days, fourteen days.”

¹¹tn Heb “there was no silver, it was not regarded as anything in the days of Solomon.”

¹²tn Heb “at the offering up of the offering.”

¹³tn The words “the altar” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

¹⁴tn Heb “let it be known.”

¹⁵tn Heb “he”; the referent (the servant) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁶tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁷tn Heb “so that the rain won’t restrain you.”