Discovery Box1 Kings 1:25 
Context1:25 For today he has gone down and sacrificed many cattle, steers, and sheep and has invited all the king’s sons, the army commanders, and Abiathar the priest. At this moment 1 they are having a feast 2 in his presence, and they have declared, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’ 3
1 Kings 2:4
Context2:4 and the Lord will fulfill his promise to me, 4 ‘If your descendants watch their step 5 and live faithfully in my presence 6 with all their heart and being, 7 then,’ he promised, 8 ‘you will not fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’ 9
1 Kings 2:8
Context2:8 “Note well, you still have to contend with Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim, 10 who tried to call down upon me a horrible judgment when I went to Mahanaim. 11 He came down and met me at the Jordan, and I solemnly promised 12 him by the Lord, ‘I will not strike you down 13 with the sword.’
1 Kings 2:19
Context2:19 So Bathsheba visited King Solomon to speak to him on Adonijah’s behalf. The king got up to greet 14 her, bowed to her, and then sat on his throne. He ordered a throne to be brought for the king’s mother, 15 and she sat at his right hand.
1 Kings 4:13
Context4:13 Ben-Geber was in charge of Ramoth Gilead; he controlled the tent villages of Jair son of Manasseh in Gilead, as well as the region of Argob in Bashan, including sixty large walled cities with bronze bars locking their gates.
1 Kings 6:6
Context6:6 The bottom floor of the extension was seven and a half feet 16 wide, the middle floor nine feet 17 wide, and the third floor ten and a half 18 feet wide. He made ledges 19 on the temple’s outer walls so the beams would not have to be inserted into the walls. 20
1 Kings 6:27
Context6:27 He put the cherubs in the inner sanctuary of the temple. 21 Their wings were spread out. One of the first cherub’s wings touched one wall and one of the other cherub’s wings touched the opposite wall. The first cherub’s other wing touched the second cherub’s other wing in the middle of the room. 22
1 Kings 8:16
Context8:16 He told David, 23 ‘Since the day I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a temple in which to live. 24 But I have chosen David to lead my people Israel.’
1 Kings 8:20
Context8:20 The Lord has kept the promise he made. 25 I have taken my father David’s place and have occupied the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised. I have built this temple for the honor 26 of the Lord God of Israel
1 Kings 8:64
Context8:64 That day the king consecrated the middle of the courtyard that is in front of the Lord’s temple. He offered there burnt sacrifices, grain offerings, and the fat from the peace offerings, because the bronze altar that stood before the Lord was too small to hold all these offerings. 27
1 Kings 8:66
Context8:66 On the fifteenth day after the festival started, 28 he dismissed the people. They asked God to empower the king 29 and then went to their homes, happy and content 30 because of all the good the Lord had done for his servant David and his people Israel.
1 Kings 12:14
Context12:14 and followed 31 the advice of the younger ones. He said, “My father imposed heavy demands on you; I will make them even heavier. 32 My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.” 33
1 Kings 13:26
Context13:26 When the old prophet who had invited him to his house heard the news, 34 he said, “It is the prophet 35 who rebelled against the Lord. 36 The Lord delivered him over to the lion and it ripped him up 37 and killed him, just as the Lord warned him.” 38
1 Kings 14:5
Context14:5 But the Lord had told Ahijah, “Look, Jeroboam’s wife is coming to find out from you what will happen to her son, for he is sick. Tell her so-and-so. 39 When she comes, she will be in a disguise.”
1 Kings 15:18
Context15:18 Asa took all the silver and gold that was left in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and of the royal palace and handed it to his servants. He then told them to deliver it 40 to Ben Hadad son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, ruler in Damascus, along with this message:
1 Kings 16:7
Context16:7 The prophet Jehu son of Hanani received from the Lord the message predicting the downfall of Baasha and his family because of all the evil Baasha had done in the sight of the Lord. 41 His actions angered the Lord (including the way he had destroyed Jeroboam’s dynasty), so that his family ended up like Jeroboam’s. 42
1 Kings 16:15
Context16:15 In the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Zimri became king over Israel; he ruled for seven days in Tirzah. Zimri’s revolt took place while the army was deployed 43 in Gibbethon, which was in Philistine territory.
1 Kings 18:24
Context18:24 Then you 44 will invoke the name of your god, and I will invoke the name of the Lord. The god who responds with fire will demonstrate that he is the true God.” 45 All the people responded, “This will be a fair test.” 46
1 Kings 18:26
Context18:26 So they took a bull, as he had suggested, 47 and prepared it. They invoked the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, “Baal, answer us.” But there was no sound and no answer. They jumped 48 around on the altar they had made. 49
1 Kings 19:10
Context19:10 He answered, “I have been absolutely loyal 50 to the Lord, the sovereign God, 51 even though the Israelites have abandoned the agreement they made with you, 52 torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life.” 53
1 Kings 19:14
Context19:14 He answered, “I have been absolutely loyal 54 to the Lord, the sovereign God, 55 even though the Israelites have abandoned the agreement they made with you, 56 torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life.” 57
1 Kings 20:9
Context20:9 So he said to the messengers of Ben Hadad, “Say this to my master, the king, ‘I will give you everything you demanded at first from your servant, but I am unable to agree to this latest demand.’” 58 So the messengers went back and gave their report.
1 Kings 20:31
Context20:31 His advisers 59 said to him, “Look, we have heard that the kings of the Israelite dynasty are kind. 60 Allow us to put sackcloth around our waists and ropes on our heads 61 and surrender 62 to the king of Israel. Maybe he will spare our lives.”
1 Kings 20:34
Context20:34 Ben Hadad 63 said, “I will return the cities my father took from your father. You may set up markets 64 in Damascus, just as my father did in Samaria.” 65 Ahab then said, “I want to make a treaty with you before I dismiss you.” 66 So he made a treaty with him and then dismissed him.
1 Kings 22:8
Context22:8 The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man through whom we can seek the Lord’s will. 67 But I despise 68 him because he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but disaster. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah. 69 Jehoshaphat said, “The king should not say such things.”
1 tn Heb “look.”
2 tn Heb “eating and drinking.”
3 tn Heb “let the king, Adonijah, live!”
4 tn Heb “then the
5 tn Heb “guard their way.”
6 tn Heb “by walking before me in faithfulness.”
7 tn Or “soul.”
8 tn Heb “saying.”
9 tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man from upon the throne of Israel.”
10 tn Heb “Look, with you is Shimei….”
11 tn Heb “and he cursed me with a horrible curse on the day I went to Mahanaim.”
12 tn Or “swore an oath to.”
13 tn Heb “kill you.”
14 tn Or “meet.”
15 tn Heb “he set up a throne for the mother of the king.”
16 tn Heb “five cubits.”
17 tn Heb “six cubits.”
18 tn Heb “seven cubits.”
19 tn Or “offsets” (ASV, NAB, NASB, NRSV); NIV “offset ledges.”
20 tn Heb “so that [the beams] would not have a hold in the walls of the temple.”
21 tn Heb “in the midst of the inner house,” i.e., in the inner sanctuary.
22 tn Heb “and their wings were in the middle of the room, touching wing to wing.”
23 tn Heb “saying.”
24 tn Heb “to build a house for my name to be there.”
sn To build a temple in which to live (Heb “to build a house for my name to be there”). In the OT, the word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor. The “name” of the
25 tn Heb “his word that he spoke.”
26 tn Heb “name.”
27 tn Heb “to hold the burnt sacrifices, grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.”
28 tn Heb “on the eighth day” (that is, the day after the second seven-day sequence).
29 tn Heb “they blessed the king.”
30 tn Heb “good of heart.”
31 tn Heb “and spoke to them according to.”
32 tn Heb “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke.”
33 tn Heb “My father punished you with whips, but I will punish you with scorpions.” See the note on the same phrase in v. 11.
34 tn Heb “and the prophet who had brought him back from the road heard.”
35 tn Heb “the man of God.”
36 tn Heb “the mouth of the
37 tn Heb “broke him,” or “crushed him.”
38 tn Heb “according to the word of the
39 sn Tell her so-and-so. Certainly the
40 tn Heb “King Asa sent it.”
41 tn Heb “and also through Jehu son of Hanani the word of the
42 tn Heb “angering him by the work of his hands, so that he was like the house of Jeroboam, and because of how he struck it down.”
43 tn Heb “Now the people were encamped.
44 tn Elijah now directly addresses the prophets.
45 tn Heb “the God.”
46 tn Heb “The matter [i.e., proposal] is good [i.e., acceptable].”
47 tn Heb “and they took the bull which he allowed them.”
48 tn Heb “limped” (the same verb is used in v. 21).
49 tc The MT has “which he made,” but some medieval Hebrew
50 tn Or “very zealous.” The infinitive absolute preceding the finite verb emphasizes the degree of his zeal and allegiance.
51 tn Traditionally, “the God of hosts.”
52 tn Heb “abandoned your covenant.”
53 tn Heb “and they are seeking my life to take it.”
54 tn Or “very zealous.” The infinitive absolute preceding the finite verb emphasizes the degree of his zeal and allegiance.
55 tn Traditionally, “the God of hosts.”
56 tn Heb “abandoned your covenant.”
57 tn Heb “and they are seeking my life to take it.”
58 tn Heb “all which you sent to your servant in the beginning I will do, but this thing I am unable to do.”
59 tn Or “servants.”
60 tn Or “merciful.” The word used here often means “devoted” or “loyal.” Perhaps the idea is that the Israelite kings are willing to make treaties with other kings.
61 sn Sackcloth was worn as a sign of sorrow and repentance. The precise significance of the ropes on the head is uncertain, but it probably was a sign of submission. These actions were comparable to raising a white flag on the battlefield or throwing in the towel in a boxing match.
62 tn Heb “go out.”
63 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ben Hadad) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
64 tn Heb “streets,” but this must refer to streets set up with stalls for merchants to sell their goods. See HALOT 299 s.v. חוּץ.
65 map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.
66 tn Heb “I will send you away with a treaty.” The words “Ahab then said” are supplied in the translation. There is nothing in the Hebrew text to indicate that the speaker has changed from Ben Hadad to Ahab. Some suggest adding “and he said” before “I will send you away.” Others prefer to maintain Ben Hadad as the speaker and change the statement to, “Please send me away with a treaty.”
67 tn Heb “to seek the
68 tn Or “hate.”
69 tn The words “his name is” are supplied for stylistic reasons.
