1 Kings 8:44

8:44 “When you direct your people to march out and fight their enemies,¹ and they direct their prayers to the Lord² toward his chosen city and this temple I built for your honor,³

1 Kings 8:47

8:47 When your people⁴ come to their senses⁵ in the land where they are held prisoner, they will repent and beg for your mercy in the land of their imprisonment, admitting, ‘We have sinned and gone astray;⁶ we have done evil.’

1 Kings 9:9

9:9 Others will then answer,⁷ ‘Because they abandoned the Lord their God, who led their ancestors⁸ out of Egypt. They embraced other gods whom they worshiped and served.⁹ That is why the Lord has brought all this disaster down on them.’”

1 Kings 12:27

12:27 If these people go up to offer sacrifices in the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem,¹⁰ their loyalty could shift to their former master,¹¹ King Rehoboam of Judah. They might kill me and return to King Rehoboam of Judah.”

1 Kings 20:32

20:32 So they put sackcloth around their waists and ropes on their heads and went to the king of Israel. They said, “Your servant¹² Ben Hadad says, ‘Please let me live!’” Ahab¹³ replied, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”¹⁴

1 Kings 22:10

22:10 Now the king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah were sitting on their respective thrones,¹⁵ dressed in their robes, at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria.¹⁶ All the prophets were prophesying before them.

¹tn Heb “When your people go out for battle against their enemies in the way which you send them.”

²tn Or perhaps “to you, O Lord.” See 2 Chr 6:34.

³tn Heb “your name.” See the note on the word “reputation” in v. 41.

⁴tn Heb “they”; the referent (your people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵tn Or “stop and reflect”; Heb “bring back to their heart.”

⁶tn Or “done wrong.”

⁷tn Heb “and they will say.”

⁸tn Heb “fathers.”

⁹tn Heb “and they took hold of other gods and bowed down to them and served them.”

¹⁰map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

¹¹tn Heb “the heart of these people could return to their master.”

¹²sn Your servant. By referring to Ben Hadad as Ahab’s servant, they are suggesting that Ahab make him a subject in a vassal treaty arrangement.

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

¹⁴sn He is my brother. Ahab’s response indicates that he wants to make a parity treaty and treat Ben Hadad as an equal partner.

¹⁵tn Heb “were sitting, a man on his throne.”

¹⁶map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.