Discovery Box1 Kings 1:13 
Context1:13 Visit 1 King David and say to him, ‘My master, O king, did you not solemnly promise 2 your servant, “Surely your son Solomon will be king after me; he will sit on my throne”? So why has Adonijah become king?’
1 Kings 1:17
Context1:17 She replied to him, “My master, you swore an oath to your servant by the Lord your God, ‘Solomon your son will be king after me and he will sit on my throne.’
1 Kings 1:30
Context1:30 I will keep 3 today the oath I swore to you by the Lord God of Israel: ‘Surely Solomon your son will be king after me; he will sit in my place on my throne.’”
1 Kings 1:51
Context1:51 Solomon was told, “Look, Adonijah fears you; 4 see, he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying, ‘May King Solomon solemnly promise 5 me today that he will not kill his servant with the sword.’”
1 Kings 2:15
Context2:15 He said, “You know that the kingdom 6 was mine and all Israel considered me king. 7 But then the kingdom was given to my brother, for the Lord decided it should be his. 8
1 Kings 2:20
Context2:20 She said, “I would like to ask you for just one small favor. 9 Please don’t refuse me.” 10 He said, 11 “Go ahead and ask, my mother, for I would not refuse you.”
1 Kings 2:31
Context2:31 The king told him, “Do as he said! Strike him down and bury him. Take away from me and from my father’s family 12 the guilt of Joab’s murderous, bloody deeds. 13
1 Kings 9:3
Context9:3 The Lord said to him, “I have answered 14 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; 15 I will be constantly present there. 16
1 Kings 9:6
Context9:6 “But if you or your sons ever turn away from me, fail to obey the regulations and rules I instructed you to keep, 17 and decide to serve and worship other gods, 18
1 Kings 10:7
Context10:7 I did not believe these things until I came and saw them with my own eyes. Indeed, I didn’t hear even half the story! 19 Your wisdom and wealth 20 surpass what was reported to me.
1 Kings 11:21
Context11:21 While in Egypt Hadad heard that David had passed away 21 and that Joab, the commander of the army, was dead. So Hadad asked Pharaoh, “Give me permission to leave 22 so I can return to my homeland.”
1 Kings 11:36
Context11:36 I will leave 23 his son one tribe so my servant David’s dynasty may continue to serve me 24 in Jerusalem, the city I have chosen as my home. 25
1 Kings 12:6
Context12:6 King Rehoboam consulted with the older advisers who had served 26 his father Solomon when he had been alive. He asked them, 27 “How do you advise me to answer these people?”
1 Kings 12:27
Context12:27 If these people go up to offer sacrifices in the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem, 28 their loyalty could shift to their former master, 29 King Rehoboam of Judah. They might kill me and return to King Rehoboam of Judah.”
1 Kings 13:8
Context13:8 But the prophet said to the king, “Even if you were to give me half your possessions, 30 I could not go with you and eat and drink 31 in this place.
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 32 is buried; put my bones right beside his bones,
1 Kings 14:8
Context14:8 I tore the kingdom away from the Davidic dynasty and gave it to you. But you are not like my servant David, who kept my commandments and followed me wholeheartedly by doing only what I approve. 33
1 Kings 16:2
Context16:2 “I raised you up 34 from the dust and made you ruler over my people Israel. Yet you followed in Jeroboam’s footsteps 35 and encouraged my people Israel to sin; their sins have made me angry. 36
1 Kings 17:10
Context17:10 So he got up and went to Zarephath. When he went through the city gate, there was a widow gathering wood. He called out to her, “Please give me a cup 37 of water, so I can take a drink.”
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 18:19
Context18:19 Now send out messengers 38 and assemble all Israel before me at Mount Carmel, as well as the 450 prophets of Baal and 400 prophets of Asherah whom Jezebel supports. 39
1 Kings 19:2
Context19:2 Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah with this warning, 40 “May the gods judge me severely 41 if by this time tomorrow I do not take your life as you did theirs!” 42
1 Kings 19:20
Context19:20 He left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, then I will follow you.” Elijah 43 said to him, “Go back! Indeed, what have I done to you?”
1 Kings 20:10
Context20:10 Ben Hadad sent another message to him, “May the gods judge me severely 44 if there is enough dirt left in Samaria for my soldiers to scoop up in their hands.” 45
1 Kings 20:32
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 46 Ben Hadad says, ‘Please let me live!’” Ahab 47 replied, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.” 48
1 Kings 20:36
Context20:36 So the prophet 49 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 21:20
Context21:20 When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, 50 “So, you have found me, my enemy!” Elijah 51 replied, “I have found you, because you are committed 52 to doing evil in the sight of 53 the Lord.
1 Kings 22:4
Context22:4 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 22:24
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 22:34
Context22:34 Now an archer shot an arrow at random, 55 and it struck the king of Israel between the plates of his armor. The king 56 ordered his charioteer, “Turn around and take me from the battle line, 57 because I’m wounded.”
1 tn Heb “come, go to.” The imperative of הָלַךְ (halakh) is here used as an introductory interjection. See BDB 234 s.v. חָלַךְ.
2 tn Or “swear an oath to.”
3 tn Or “carry out, perform.”
4 tn Heb “King Solomon.” The name and title have been replaced by the pronoun (“you”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
5 tn Or “swear an oath to.”
6 tn Or “kingship.”
7 tn Heb “set their face to me to be king.”
8 tn Heb “and the kingdom turned about and became my brother’s, for from the
9 tn Or “I’d like to make just one request of you.”
10 tn Heb “Do not turn back my face.”
11 tn Heb “and the king said to her.”
12 tn Heb “house.”
13 tn Heb “take away the undeserved bloodshed which Joab spilled from upon me and from upon the house of my father.”
14 tn Heb “I have heard.”
15 tn Heb “by placing my name there perpetually” (or perhaps, “forever”).
16 tn Heb “and my eyes and my heart will be there all the days.”
17 tn Heb “which I placed before you.”
18 tn Heb “and walk and serve other gods and bow down to them.”
19 tn Heb “the half was not told to me.”
20 tn Heb “good.”
21 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
22 tn Heb “send me away.”
23 tn Heb “give.”
24 tn Heb “so there might be a lamp for David my servant all the days before me in Jerusalem.” The metaphorical “lamp” symbolizes the Davidic dynasty. Because this imagery is unfamiliar to the modern reader, the translation “so my servant David’s dynasty may continue to serve me” has been used.
25 tn Heb “so there might be a lamp for David my servant all the days before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen for myself to put my name there.”
26 tn Heb “stood before.”
27 tn Heb “saying.”
28 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
29 tn Heb “the heart of these people could return to their master.”
30 tn Heb “house.”
31 tn Heb “eat food and drink water.”
32 tn Heb “the man of God.”
33 tn Heb “what was right in my eyes.”
34 tn The Hebrew text has “because” at the beginning of the sentence. In the Hebrew text vv. 2-3 are one sentence comprised of a causal clause giving the reason for divine punishment (v. 2) and the main clause announcing the punishment (v. 3). The translation divides this sentence for stylistic reasons.
35 tn Heb “walked in the way of Jeroboam.”
36 tn Heb “angering me by their sins.”
37 tn Heb “a little.”
38 tn The word “messengers” is supplied in the translation both here and in v. 20 for clarification.
39 tn Heb “who eat at the table of Jezebel.”
40 tn Heb “saying.”
41 tn Heb “So may the gods do to me, and so may they add.”
42 tn Heb “I do not make your life like the life of one of them.”
43 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
44 tn Heb “So may the gods do to me, and so may they add.”
45 tn Heb “if the dirt of Samaria suffices for the handfuls of all the people who are at my feet.”
46 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.
47 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ahab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
48 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.
49 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the prophet) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
50 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.
51 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
52 tn Heb “you have sold yourself.”
53 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
54 tn Heb “Like me, like you; like my people, like your people; like my horses; like your horses.”
55 tn Heb “now a man drew a bow in his innocence” (i.e., with no specific target in mind, or at least without realizing his target was the king of Israel).
56 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
57 tn Heb “camp.”
