Discovery Box1 Kings 1:11 
Context1:11 Nathan said to Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother, “Has it been reported to you 1 that Haggith’s son Adonijah has become king behind our master David’s back? 2
1 Kings 1:52
Context1:52 Solomon said, “If he is a loyal subject, 3 not a hair of his head will be harmed, but if he is found to be a traitor, 4 he will die.”
1 Kings 2:15
Context2:15 He said, “You know that the kingdom 5 was mine and all Israel considered me king. 6 But then the kingdom was given to my brother, for the Lord decided it should be his. 7
1 Kings 2:30-31
Context2:30 When Benaiah arrived at the tent of the Lord, he said to him, “The king says, ‘Come out!’” But he replied, “No, I will die here!” So Benaiah sent word to the king and reported Joab’s reply. 8 2:31 The king told him, “Do as he said! Strike him down and bury him. Take away from me and from my father’s family 9 the guilt of Joab’s murderous, bloody deeds. 10
1 Kings 2:38
Context2:38 Shimei said to the king, “My master the king’s proposal is acceptable. 11 Your servant will do as you say.” 12 So Shimei lived in Jerusalem for a long time. 13
1 Kings 3:22
Context3:22 The other woman said, “No! My son is alive; your son is dead!” But the first woman replied, “No, your son is dead; my son is alive.” Each presented her case before the king. 14
1 Kings 5:7
Context5:7 When Hiram heard Solomon’s message, he was very happy. He said, “The Lord is worthy of praise today because he 15 has given David a wise son to rule over this great nation.”
1 Kings 9:3
Context9:3 The Lord said to him, “I have answered 16 your prayer and your request for help that you made to me. I have consecrated this temple you built by making it my permanent home; 17 I will be constantly present there. 18
1 Kings 11:11
Context11:11 So the Lord said to Solomon, “Because you insist on doing these things and have not kept the covenantal rules I gave you, 19 I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.
1 Kings 13:8
Context13:8 But the prophet said to the king, “Even if you were to give me half your possessions, 20 I could not go with you and eat and drink 21 in this place.
1 Kings 13:22
Context13:22 You went back and ate and drank in this place, even though he said to you, “Do not eat or drink there.” 22 Therefore 23 your corpse will not be buried in your ancestral tomb.’” 24
1 Kings 13:31
Context13:31 After he buried him, he said to his sons, “When I die, bury me in the tomb where the prophet 25 is buried; put my bones right beside his bones,
1 Kings 14:6
Context14:6 When Ahijah heard the sound of her footsteps as she came through the door, he said, “Come on in, wife of Jeroboam! Why are you pretending to be someone else? I have been commissioned to give you bad news. 26
1 Kings 17:1
Context17:1 Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As certainly as the Lord God of Israel lives (whom I serve), 27 there will be no dew or rain in the years ahead unless I give the command.” 28
1 Kings 17:13
Context17:13 Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid. Go and do as you planned. 29 But first make a small cake for me and bring it to me; then make something for yourself and your son.
1 Kings 17:19
Context17:19 He said to her, “Hand me your son.” He took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him down on his bed.
1 Kings 18:39
Context18:39 When all the people saw this, they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground and said, “The Lord is the true God! 30 The Lord is the true God!”
1 Kings 19:7
Context19:7 The Lord’s angelic messenger came back again, touched him, and said, “Get up and eat, for otherwise you won’t be able to make the journey.” 31
1 Kings 20:7
Context20:7 The king of Israel summoned all the leaders 32 of the land and said, “Notice how this man is looking for trouble. 33 Indeed, he demanded my wives, sons, silver, and gold, and I did not resist him.”
1 Kings 20:23
Context20:23 Now the advisers 34 of the king of Syria said to him: “Their God is a god of the mountains. That’s why they overpowered us. But if we fight them in the plains, we will certainly overpower them.
1 Kings 20:32-33
Context20:32 So they put sackcloth around their waists and ropes on their heads and went to the king of Israel. They said, “Your servant 35 Ben Hadad says, ‘Please let me live!’” Ahab 36 replied, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.” 37 20:33 The men took this as a good omen and quickly accepted his offer, saying, “Ben Hadad is your brother.” Ahab 38 then said, “Go, get him.” So Ben Hadad came out to him, and Ahab pulled him up into his chariot.
1 Kings 20:36
Context20:36 So the prophet 39 said to him, “Because you have disobeyed the Lord, as soon as you leave me a lion will kill you.” When he left him, a lion attacked and killed him.
1 Kings 20:40
Context20:40 Well, it just so happened that while your servant was doing this and that, he disappeared.” The king of Israel said to him, “Your punishment is already determined by your own testimony.” 40
1 Kings 20:42
Context20:42 The prophet 41 then said to him, “This is what the Lord says, ‘Because you released a man I had determined should die, you will pay with your life and your people will suffer instead of his people.’” 42
1 Kings 21:4
Context21:4 So Ahab went into his palace, bitter and angry that Naboth the Jezreelite had said, 43 “I will not sell to you my ancestral inheritance.” 44 He lay down on his bed, pouted, 45 and would not eat.
1 Kings 21:7
Context21:7 His wife Jezebel said to him, “You are the king of Israel! 46 Get up, eat some food, and have a good time. 47 I will get the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite for you.”
1 Kings 21:15
Context21:15 When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned to death, she 48 said to Ahab, “Get up, take possession of the vineyard Naboth the Jezreelite refused to sell you for silver, for Naboth is no longer alive; he’s dead.”
1 Kings 21:20
Context21:20 When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, 49 “So, you have found me, my enemy!” Elijah 50 replied, “I have found you, because you are committed 51 to doing evil in the sight of 52 the Lord.
1 Kings 22:3-4
Context22:3 The king of Israel said to his servants, “Surely you recognize that Ramoth Gilead belongs to us, though we are hesitant to reclaim it from the king of Syria.” 53 22:4 Then he said to Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to attack Ramoth Gilead?” Jehoshaphat replied to the king of Israel, “I will support you; my army and horses are at your disposal.” 54
1 Kings 22:6
Context22:6 So the king of Israel assembled about four hundred prophets and asked them, “Should I attack Ramoth Gilead or not?” 55 They said, “Attack! The sovereign one 56 will hand it over to the king.”
1 Kings 22:13
Context22:13 Now the messenger who went to summon Micaiah said to him, “Look, the prophets are in complete agreement that the king will succeed. 57 Your words must agree with theirs; you must predict success.” 58
1 Kings 22:19
Context22:19 Micaiah 59 said, “That being the case, hear the word of the Lord. I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, with all the heavenly assembly standing on his right and on his left.
1 Kings 22:22
Context22:22 He replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ The Lord 60 said, ‘Deceive and overpower him. 61 Go out and do as you have proposed.’
1 Kings 22:24
Context22:24 Zedekiah son of Kenaanah approached, hit Micaiah on the jaw, and said, “Which way did the Lord’s spirit go when he went from me to speak to you?”
1 Kings 22:30
Context22:30 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and then enter 62 into the battle; but you wear your royal robes.” So the king of Israel disguised himself and then entered into the battle.
1 tn Heb “Have you not heard?”
2 tn Heb “and our master David does not know.”
3 tn Heb “if he is a man of strength [or ability].” In this context, where Adonijah calls himself a “servant,” implying allegiance to the new king, the phrase אִישׁ חַיִל (’ish khayil) probably carries the sense of “a worthy man,” that is, “loyal” (see HALOT 311 s.v. חַיִל).
4 tn Heb “but if evil is found in him.”
5 tn Or “kingship.”
6 tn Heb “set their face to me to be king.”
7 tn Heb “and the kingdom turned about and became my brother’s, for from the
8 tn Heb “saying, “In this way Joab spoke and in this way he answered me.”
9 tn Heb “house.”
10 tn Heb “take away the undeserved bloodshed which Joab spilled from upon me and from upon the house of my father.”
11 tn Heb “Good is the word, as my master the king has spoken.”
12 tn Heb “so your servant will do.”
13 tn Heb “many days.”
14 tn Heb “they spoke before the king.” Another option is to translate, “they argued before the king.”
15 tn Or “Blessed be the
16 tn Heb “I have heard.”
17 tn Heb “by placing my name there perpetually” (or perhaps, “forever”).
18 tn Heb “and my eyes and my heart will be there all the days.”
19 tn Heb “Because this is with you, and you have not kept my covenant and my rules which I commanded you.”
20 tn Heb “house.”
21 tn Heb “eat food and drink water.”
22 tn Heb “and you returned and ate food and drank water in the place about which he said to you, ‘do not eat food and do not drink water.’”
23 tn “Therefore” is added for stylistic reasons. See the note at 1 Kgs 13:21 pertaining to the grammatical structure of vv. 21-22.
24 tn Heb “will not go to the tomb of your fathers.”
25 tn Heb “the man of God.”
26 tn Heb “I am sent to you [with] a hard [message].”
27 tn Heb “before whom I stand.”
28 tn Heb “except at the command of my word.”
29 tn Heb “according to your word.”
30 tn Heb “the God” (the phrase occurs twice in this verse).
31 tn Heb “for the journey is too great for you.”
32 tn Heb “elders.”
33 tn Heb “Know and see that this [man] is seeking trouble.”
34 tn Or “servants.”
35 sn 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.
36 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ahab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
37 sn He is my brother. Ahab’s response indicates that he wants to make a parity treaty and treat Ben Hadad as an equal partner.
38 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ahab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
39 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the prophet) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
40 tn Heb “so [i.e., in accordance with his testimony] is your judgment, you have determined [it].”
41 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the prophet) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
42 tn Heb “Because you sent away the man of my destruction [i.e., that I determined should be destroyed] from [my/your?] hand, your life will be in place of his life, and your people in place of his people.”
43 tn Heb “on account of the word that Naboth the Jezreelite spoke to him.”
44 tn Heb “I will not give to you the inheritance of my fathers.”
45 tn Heb “turned away his face.”
46 tn Heb “You, now, you are exercising kingship over Israel.”
47 tn Heb “so your heart [i.e., disposition] might be well.”
48 tn Heb “Jezebel”; the proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“she”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
49 tn Heb “and Ahab said to Elijah.” The narrative is elliptical and streamlined. The words “when Elijah arrived” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
50 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
51 tn Heb “you have sold yourself.”
52 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
53 tn Heb “Do you know that Ramoth Gilead belongs to us, and we hesitate to take it from the hand of the king of Aram?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course, you must know!”
54 tn Heb “Like me, like you; like my people, like your people; like my horses; like your horses.”
55 tn Heb “Should I go against Ramoth Gilead for war or should I refrain?”
56 tn Though Jehoshaphat requested an oracle from “the
57 tn Heb “the words of the prophets are [with] one mouth good for the king.”
58 tn Heb “let your words be like the word of each of them and speak good.”
59 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Micaiah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
60 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the
61 tn The Hebrew text has two imperfects connected by וְגַם (vÿgam). These verbs could be translated as specific futures, “you will deceive and also you will prevail,” in which case the
62 tn The Hebrew verbal forms could be imperatives (“Disguise yourself and enter”), but this would make no sense in light of the immediately following context. The forms are better interpreted as infinitives absolute functioning as cohortatives. See IBHS 594 §35.5.2a. Some prefer to emend the forms to imperfects.
