1 Kings 8:40

8:40 Then they will obey 1  you throughout their lifetimes as 2  they live on the land you gave to our ancestors.

1 Kings 15:14

15:14 The high places were not eliminated, yet Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord throughout his lifetime. 3 

1 Kings 18:29

18:29 Throughout the afternoon they were in an ecstatic frenzy, 4  but there was no sound, no answer, and no response. 5 

1 tn Heb “fear.”

2 tn Heb “all the days [in] which.”

3 tn Heb “yet the heart of Asa was complete with the Lord all his days.”

4 tn Heb “when noon passed they prophesied until the offering up of the offering.”

5 tc The Old Greek translation and Syriac Peshitta include the following words here: “When it was time to offer the sacrifice, Elijah the Tishbite spoke to the prophets of the abominations: ‘Stand aside for the time being, and I will offer my burnt offering.’ So they stood aside and departed.”

sn In 2 Kgs 4:31 the words “there was no sound and there was no response” are used to describe a dead boy. Similar words are used here to describe the god Baal as dead and therefore unresponsive.