Discovery Box1 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 1 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 1:37
Context1:37 As the Lord is with my master the king, so may he be with Solomon, and may he make him an even greater king than my master King David!” 2
1 Kings 2:15
Context2:15 He said, “You know that the kingdom 3 was mine and all Israel considered me king. 4 But then the kingdom was given to my brother, for the Lord decided it should be his. 5
1 Kings 2:24
Context2:24 Now, as certainly as the Lord lives (he who made me secure, allowed me to sit on my father David’s throne, and established a dynasty 6 for me as he promised), Adonijah will be executed today!”
1 Kings 2:28-30
Context2:28 When the news reached Joab (for Joab had supported 7 Adonijah, although he had not supported Absalom), he 8 ran to the tent of the Lord and grabbed hold of the horns of the altar. 9 2:29 When King Solomon heard 10 that Joab had run to the tent of the Lord and was right there beside the altar, he ordered Benaiah son of Jehoiada, 11 “Go, strike him down.” 2:30 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. 12
1 Kings 3:7
Context3:7 Now, O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in my father David’s place, even though I am only a young man and am inexperienced. 13
1 Kings 3:15
Context3:15 Solomon then woke up and realized it was a dream. 14 He went to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the Lord’s covenant, offered up burnt sacrifices, presented peace offerings, 15 and held a feast for all his servants.
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 16 has given David a wise son to rule over this great nation.”
1 Kings 6:1
Context6:1 In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites left Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, during the month Ziv 17 (the second month), he began building the Lord’s temple.
1 Kings 7:12
Context7:12 Around the great courtyard were three rows of chiseled stones and one row of cedar beams, like the inner courtyard of the Lord’s temple and the hall of the palace. 18
1 Kings 8:6
Context8:6 The priests brought the ark of the Lord’s covenant to its assigned 19 place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, in the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubs.
1 Kings 8:9
Context8:9 There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets Moses had placed there in Horeb. 20 It was there that 21 the Lord made an agreement with the Israelites after he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
1 Kings 8:21
Context8:21 and set up in it a place for the ark containing the covenant the Lord made with our ancestors 22 when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.”
1 Kings 8:23
Context8:23 He prayed: 23 “O Lord, God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven above or on earth below! You maintain covenantal loyalty 24 to your servants who obey you with sincerity. 25
1 Kings 8:28
Context8:28 But respond favorably to 26 your servant’s prayer and his request for help, O Lord my God. Answer 27 the desperate prayer 28 your servant is presenting to you 29 today.
1 Kings 8:44
Context8:44 “When you direct your people to march out and fight their enemies, 30 and they direct their prayers to the Lord 31 toward his chosen city and this temple I built for your honor, 32
1 Kings 8:53
Context8:53 After all, 33 you picked them out of all the nations of the earth to be your special possession, 34 just as you, O sovereign Lord, announced through your servant Moses when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt.”
1 Kings 8:56
Context8:56 “The Lord is worthy of praise because he has made Israel his people secure 35 just as he promised! Not one of all the faithful promises he made through his servant Moses is left unfulfilled! 36
1 Kings 8:59
Context8:59 May the Lord our God be constantly aware of these requests of mine I have presented to him, 37 so that he might vindicate 38 his servant and his people Israel as the need arises.
1 Kings 9:3
Context9:3 The Lord said to him, “I have answered 39 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; 40 I will be constantly present there. 41
1 Kings 9:8
Context9:8 This temple will become a heap of ruins; 42 everyone who passes by it will be shocked and will hiss out their scorn, 43 saying, ‘Why did the Lord do this to this land and this temple?’
1 Kings 9:15
Context9:15 Here are the details concerning the work crews 44 King Solomon conscripted 45 to build the Lord’s temple, his palace, the terrace, the wall of Jerusalem, 46 and the cities of 47 Hazor, 48 Megiddo, 49 and Gezer.
1 Kings 10:5
Context10:5 the food in his banquet hall, 50 his servants and attendants, 51 their robes, his cupbearers, and his burnt offerings which he presented in the Lord’s temple, she was amazed. 52
1 Kings 10:12
Context10:12 With the timber the king made supports 53 for the Lord’s temple and for the royal palace and stringed instruments 54 for the musicians. No one has seen so much of this fine timber to this very day. 55 )
1 Kings 11:2
Context11:2 They came from nations about which the Lord had warned the Israelites, “You must not establish friendly relations with them! 56 If you do, they will surely shift your allegiance to their gods.” 57 But Solomon was irresistibly attracted to them. 58
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, 59 I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.
1 Kings 11:31
Context11:31 Then he told Jeroboam, “Take ten pieces, for this is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘Look, I am about to tear the kingdom from Solomon’s hand and I will give ten tribes to you.
1 Kings 12:15
Context12:15 The king refused to listen to the people, because the Lord was instigating this turn of events 60 so that he might bring to pass the prophetic announcement he had made 61 through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.
1 Kings 12:27
Context12:27 If these people go up to offer sacrifices in the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem, 62 their loyalty could shift to their former master, 63 King Rehoboam of Judah. They might kill me and return to King Rehoboam of Judah.”
1 Kings 13:3
Context13:3 That day he also announced 64 a sign, “This is the sign the Lord has predetermined: 65 The altar will be split open and the ashes 66 on it will fall to the ground.” 67
1 Kings 13:5
Context13:5 The altar split open and the ashes 68 fell from the altar to the ground, 69 in fulfillment of the sign the prophet had announced with the Lord’s authority. 70
1 Kings 13:32
Context13:32 for the prophecy he announced with the Lord’s authority 71 against the altar in Bethel 72 and against all the temples on the high places in the cities of the north 73 will certainly be fulfilled.”
1 Kings 14:11
Context14:11 Dogs will eat the members of your family 74 who die in the city, and the birds of the sky will eat the ones who die in the country.”’ Indeed, the Lord has announced it!
1 Kings 14:13
Context14:13 All Israel will mourn him and bury him. He is the only one in Jeroboam’s family 75 who will receive a decent burial, for he is the only one in whom the Lord God of Israel found anything good.
1 Kings 15:29
Context15:29 When he became king, he executed Jeroboam’s entire family. He wiped out everyone who breathed, 76 just as the Lord had predicted 77 through his servant Ahijah the Shilonite.
1 Kings 16:13
Context16:13 This happened because of all the sins which Baasha and his son Elah committed and which they made Israel commit. They angered the Lord God of Israel with their worthless idols. 78
1 Kings 16:19
Context16:19 This happened because of the sins he committed. He did evil in the sight of 79 the Lord and followed in Jeroboam’s footsteps and encouraged Israel to continue sinning. 80
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), 81 there will be no dew or rain in the years ahead unless I give the command.” 82
1 Kings 18:1
Context18:1 Some time later, in the third year of the famine, the Lord told Elijah, 83 “Go, make an appearance before Ahab, so I may send rain on the surface of the ground.”
1 Kings 18:4
Context18:4 When Jezebel was killing 84 the Lord’s prophets, Obadiah took one hundred prophets and hid them in two caves in two groups of fifty. He also brought them food and water.)
1 Kings 18:18
Context18:18 Elijah 85 replied, “I have not brought disaster 86 on Israel. But you and your father’s dynasty have, by abandoning the Lord’s commandments and following the Baals.
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.” 87
1 Kings 20:14
Context20:14 Ahab asked, “By whom will this be accomplished?” 88 He answered, “This is what the Lord says, ‘By the servants of the district governors.’” Ahab 89 asked, “Who will launch the attack?” He answered, “You will.”
1 Kings 20:36
Context20:36 So the prophet 90 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 20:42
Context20:42 The prophet 91 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.’” 92
1 Kings 21:20-21
Context21:20 When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, 93 “So, you have found me, my enemy!” Elijah 94 replied, “I have found you, because you are committed 95 to doing evil in the sight of 96 the Lord. 21:21 The Lord says, 97 ‘Look, I am ready to bring disaster 98 on you. I will destroy you 99 and cut off every last male belonging to Ahab in Israel, including even the weak and incapacitated. 100
1 Kings 22:15
Context22:15 When he came before the king, the king asked him, “Micaiah, should we attack Ramoth Gilead or not?” He answered him, “Attack! You will succeed; the Lord will hand it over to the king.” 101
1 Kings 22:17
Context22:17 Micaiah 102 said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains like sheep that have no shepherd. Then the Lord said, ‘They have no master. They should go home in peace.’”
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 103 said, ‘Deceive and overpower him. 104 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 22:43
Context22:43 He followed in his father Asa’s footsteps and was careful to do what the Lord approved. 105 (22:44) 106 However, the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.
1 Kings 22:52
Context22:52 He did evil in the sight of 107 the Lord and followed in the footsteps 108 of his father and mother; like Jeroboam son of Nebat, he encouraged Israel to sin. 109
1 tn Or “carry out, perform.”
2 tn Heb “and may he make his throne greater than the throne of my master King David.”
3 tn Or “kingship.”
4 tn Heb “set their face to me to be king.”
5 tn Heb “and the kingdom turned about and became my brother’s, for from the
6 tn Heb “house.”
7 tn Heb “turned after” (also later in this verse).
8 tn Heb “Joab.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
9 sn Grabbed hold of the horns of the altar. The “horns” of the altar were the horn-shaped projections on the four corners of the altar (see Exod 27:2). By going to the holy place and grabbing hold of the horns of the altar, Joab was seeking asylum from Solomon.
10 tn Heb “and it was related to King Solomon.”
11 tn Heb “so Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying.”
12 tn Heb “saying, “In this way Joab spoke and in this way he answered me.”
13 tn Heb “and I do not know going out or coming in.”
14 tn Heb “and look, a dream.”
15 tn Or “tokens of peace”; NIV, TEV “fellowship offerings.”
16 tn Or “Blessed be the
17 sn During the month Ziv. This would be April-May, 966
18 tn Or “the porch of the temple.”
19 tn The word “assigned” is supplied in the translation for clarification.
20 sn Horeb is another name for Mount Sinai.
21 tn Heb “in Horeb where.”
22 tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 34, 40, 48, 53, 57, 58).
23 tn Heb “said.”
24 tn Heb “one who keeps the covenant and the loyal love.” The expression is a hendiadys.
25 tn Heb “who walk before you with all their heart.”
26 tn Heb “turn to.”
27 tn Heb “by listening to.”
28 tn Heb “the loud cry and the prayer.”
29 tn Heb “praying before you.”
30 tn Heb “When your people go out for battle against their enemies in the way which you send them.”
31 tn Or perhaps “to you, O
32 tn Heb “your name.” See the note on the word “reputation” in v. 41.
33 tn Or “For.”
34 tn Heb “your inheritance.”
35 tn Heb “he has given a resting place to his people Israel.”
36 tn Heb “not one word from his entire good word he spoke by Moses his servant has fallen.”
37 tn Heb “May these words of mine, which I have requested before the
38 tn Heb “accomplish the justice of.”
39 tn Heb “I have heard.”
40 tn Heb “by placing my name there perpetually” (or perhaps, “forever”).
41 tn Heb “and my eyes and my heart will be there all the days.”
42 tn Heb “and this house will be high [or elevated].” The statement makes little sense in this context, which predicts the desolation that judgment will bring. Some treat the clause as concessive, “Even though this temple is lofty [now].” Others, following the lead of several ancient versions, emend the text to, “this temple will become a heap of ruins.”
43 tn Heb “hiss,” or perhaps “whistle.” This refers to a derisive sound one would make when taunting an object of ridicule.
44 sn The work crews. This Hebrew word מַס (mas) refers to a group of laborers conscripted for royal or public service.
45 tn Heb “raised up.”
46 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
47 tn The words “the cities of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
48 map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 D3; Map3 A2; Map4 C1.
49 map For location see Map1 D4; Map2 C1; Map4 C2; Map5 F2; Map7 B1.
50 tn Heb “the food on his table.”
51 tn Heb “the seating of his servants and the standing of his attendants.”
52 tn Heb “there was no breath still in her.”
53 tn This Hebrew architectural term occurs only here. The meaning is uncertain; some have suggested “banisters” or “parapets”; cf. TEV, NLT “railings.” The parallel passage in 2 Chr 9:11 has a different word, meaning “tracks,” or perhaps “steps.”
54 tn Two types of stringed instruments are specifically mentioned, the כִּנּוֹר (kinnor, “zither” [?]), and נֶבֶל (nevel, “harp”).
55 tn Heb “there has not come thus, the fine timber, and there has not been seen to this day.”
56 tn Heb “you must not go into them, and they must not go into you.”
57 tn Heb “Surely they will bend your heart after their gods.” The words “if you do” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
58 tn Heb “Solomon clung to them for love.” The pronominal suffix, translated “them,” is masculine here, even though it appears the foreign women are in view. Perhaps this is due to attraction to the masculine forms used of the nations earlier in the verse.
59 tn Heb “Because this is with you, and you have not kept my covenant and my rules which I commanded you.”
60 tn Heb “because this turn of events was from the
61 tn Heb “so that he might bring to pass his word which the
62 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
63 tn Heb “the heart of these people could return to their master.”
64 tn Heb “gave.”
65 tn Heb “spoken.”
66 tn Heb “the fat.” Reference is made to burnt wood mixed with fat. See HALOT 234 s.v. דשׁן.
67 tn Heb “will be poured out.”
68 tn Heb “the fat.” Reference is made to burnt wood mixed with fat. See HALOT 234 s.v. דשׁן.
69 tn Heb “were poured out from the altar.”
70 tn Heb “according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the
71 tn Heb “for the word which he cried out by the word of the
72 map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.
73 tn Heb “Samaria.” The name of Israel’s capital city here stands for the northern kingdom as a whole. Actually Samaria was not built and named until several years after this (see 1 Kgs 16:24), so it is likely that the author of Kings, writing at a later time, is here adapting the old prophet’s original statement.
74 tn The Hebrew text has “belonging to Jeroboam” here.
75 tn Heb “house.”
76 tn Heb “and when he became king, he struck down all the house of Jeroboam; he did not leave any breath to Jeroboam until he destroyed him.”
77 tn Heb “according to the word of the
78 tn Heb “angering the
79 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
80 tn Heb “walking in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin which he did to make Israel sin.”
81 tn Heb “before whom I stand.”
82 tn Heb “except at the command of my word.”
83 tn Heb “the word of the
84 tn Heb “cutting off.”
85 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
86 tn Or “trouble.”
87 tn Heb “for the journey is too great for you.”
88 tn The words “will this be accomplished” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
89 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ahab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
90 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the prophet) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
91 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the prophet) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
92 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.”
93 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.
94 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
95 tn Heb “you have sold yourself.”
96 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
97 tn The introductory formula “the
98 sn Disaster. There is a wordplay in the Hebrew text. The word translated “disaster” (רָעָה, ra’ah) is similar to the word translated “evil” (v. 20, הָרַע, hara’). Ahab’s sins would receive an appropriate punishment.
99 tn Heb “I will burn after you.” Some take the verb בָּעַר (ba’ar) to mean here “sweep away.” See the discussion of this verb in the notes at 14:10 and 16:3.
100 tn Heb “and I will cut off from Ahab those who urinate against a wall, [including both those who are] restrained and let free [or “abandoned”] in Israel.” The precise meaning of the idiomatic phrase עָצוּר וְעָזוּב (’atsur vÿ’azuv, translated here “weak and incapacitated”) is uncertain. For various options see HALOT 871 s.v. עצר and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 107. The two terms are usually taken as polar opposites (“slaves and freemen” or “minors and adults”), but Cogan and Tadmor, on the basis of contextual considerations (note the usage with אֶפֶס (’efes), “nothing but”) in Deut 32:36 and 2 Kgs 14:26, argue convincingly that the terms are synonyms, meaning “restrained and abandoned,” and refer to incapable or incapacitated individuals.
101 sn “Attack! You will succeed; the
102 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Micaiah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
103 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the
104 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
105 tn Heb “he walked in all the way of Asa his father and did not turn from it, doing what is right in the eyes of the
106 sn Beginning with 22:43b, the verse numbers through 22:53 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), because 22:43b in the English Bible = 22:44 in the Hebrew text. The remaining verses in the chapter differ by one, with 22:44-53 ET = 22:45-54 HT.
107 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
108 tn Or “way.”
109 tn Heb “and walked in the way of his father and in the way of his mother and in the way of Jeroboam son of Nebat who made Israel sin.”
