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 8:43

8:43 Then listen from your heavenly dwelling place and answer all the prayers of the foreigners.⁵ Then all the nations of the earth will acknowledge your reputation,⁶ obey⁷ you like your people Israel do, and recognize that this temple I built belongs to you.⁸

1 Kings 8:46

8:46 “The time will come when your people⁹ 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,¹⁰ 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 Egypt¹¹ in the south.¹²

1 Kings 12:10

12:10 The young advisers with whom Rehoboam¹³ had grown up said to him, “Say this to these people who have said to you, ‘Your father made us work hard, but now lighten our burden.’¹⁴ Say this to them: ‘I am a lot harsher than my father!¹⁵

1 Kings 12:16

12:16 When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, the people answered the king, “We have no portion in David, no share in the son of Jesse!¹⁶ Return to your homes, O Israel!¹⁷ Now, look after your own dynasty, O David!”¹⁸ So Israel returned to their homes.¹⁹

1 Kings 12:28

12:28 After the king had consulted with his advisers,²⁰ he made two golden calves. Then he said to the people,²¹ “It is too much trouble for you to go up to Jerusalem. Look, Israel, here are your gods who brought you up from the land of Egypt.”

1 Kings 18:24

18:24 Then you²² will invoke the name of your god, and I will invoke the name of the Lord. The god who responds with fire will demonstrate that he is the true God.”²³ All the people responded, “This will be a fair test.”²⁴

1 Kings 19:21

19:21 Elisha²⁵ went back and took his pair of oxen and slaughtered them. He cooked the meat over a fire that he made by burning the harness and yoke.²⁶ He gave the people meat and they ate. Then he got up and followed Elijah and became his assistant.

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 Heb “and do all which the foreigner calls to [i.e., “requests of”] you.”

⁶tn Heb “your name.” See the note on the word “reputation” in v. 41.

⁷tn Heb “fear.”

⁸tn Heb “that your name is called over this house which I built.” The Hebrew idiom “to call the name over” indicates ownership. See 2 Sam 12:28.

⁹tn Heb “they”; the referent (your people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁰tn Heb “the land of the enemy.”

¹¹tn Or “the Wadi of Egypt” (NAB, NIV, NRSV); CEV “the Egyptian Gorge.”

¹²tn 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.”

¹³tn Heb “he”; the referent (Rehoboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁴tn Heb “Your father made our yoke heavy, but make it lighter upon us.”

¹⁵tn Heb “My little one is thicker than my father’s hips.” The referent of “my little one” is not clear. The traditional view is that it refers to the little finger. As the following statement makes clear, Rehoboam’s point is that he is more harsh and demanding than his father.

¹⁶sn We have no portion in David; no share in the son of Jesse. Their point seems to be that they have no familial relationship with David that brings them any benefits or places upon them any obligations. They are being treated like outsiders.

¹⁷tn Heb “to your tents, Israel.” The word “return” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

¹⁸tn Heb “Now see your house, David.”

¹⁹tn Heb “went to their tents.”

²⁰tn The words “with his advisers” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

²¹tn Heb “to them,” although this may be a corruption of “to the people.” Cf. the Old Greek translation.

²²tn Elijah now directly addresses the prophets.

²³tn Heb “the God.”

²⁴tn Heb “The matter [i.e., proposal] is good [i.e., acceptable].”

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

²⁶tn Heb “and with the equipment of the oxen he cooked them, the flesh.”