Discovery Box1 Kings 1:29 
Context1:29 The king swore an oath: “As certainly as the Lord lives (he who has rescued me 1 from every danger),
1 Kings 2:43
Context2:43 Why then have you broken the oath you made before the Lord and disobeyed the order I gave you?” 2
1 Kings 2:45
Context2:45 But King Solomon will be empowered 3 and David’s dynasty 4 will endure permanently before the Lord.”
1 Kings 5:4
Context5:4 But now the Lord my God has made me secure on all fronts; there is no adversary or dangerous threat.
1 Kings 6:2
Context6:2 The temple King Solomon built for the Lord was 90 feet 5 long, 30 feet 6 wide, and 45 feet 7 high.
1 Kings 8:11
Context8:11 The priests could not carry out their duties 8 because of the cloud; the Lord’s glory filled his temple. 9
1 Kings 8:13
Context8:13 O Lord, 10 truly I have built a lofty temple for you, a place where you can live permanently.”
1 Kings 8:17
Context8:17 Now my father David had a strong desire 11 to build a temple to honor the Lord God of Israel. 12
1 Kings 8:60
Context8:60 Then 13 all the nations of the earth will recognize that the Lord is the only genuine God. 14
1 Kings 9:2
Context9:2 the Lord appeared to Solomon a second time, in the same way he had appeared to him at Gibeon. 15
1 Kings 14:18
Context14:18 All Israel buried him and mourned for him, just as the Lord had predicted 16 through his servant the prophet Ahijah.
1 Kings 15:14
Context15:14 The high places were not eliminated, yet Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord throughout his lifetime. 17
1 Kings 16:12
Context16:12 Zimri destroyed Baasha’s entire family, just as the Lord had predicted to Baasha 18 through Jehu the prophet.
1 Kings 16:30
Context16:30 Ahab son of Omri did more evil in the sight of 19 the Lord than all who were before him.
1 Kings 17:5
Context17:5 So he did 20 as the Lord told him; he went and lived in the Kerith Valley near the Jordan.
1 Kings 17:22
Context17:22 The Lord answered Elijah’s prayer; the boy’s breath returned to him and he lived.
1 Kings 18:3
Context18:3 So Ahab summoned Obadiah, who supervised the palace. (Now Obadiah was a very loyal follower of the Lord. 21
1 Kings 22:7
Context22:7 But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there not a prophet of the Lord still here, that we may ask him?”
1 Kings 22:53
Context22:53 He worshiped and bowed down to Baal, 22 angering the Lord God of Israel just as his father had done. 23
1 tn Or “ransomed my life.”
2 tn Heb “Why have you not kept the oath [to] the
3 tn Or “blessed.”
4 tn Heb “throne.”
5 tn Heb “sixty cubits.” A cubit was a unit of measure roughly equivalent to 18 inches or 45 cm. Measurements in vv. 2-10 have been converted to feet in the translation for clarity.
6 tn Heb “twenty cubits.”
7 tn Heb “thirty cubits.”
8 tn Heb “were not able to stand to serve.”
9 tn Heb “the house of the
10 tn The words “O
11 tn Heb “and it was with the heart of David my father.”
12 tn Heb “to build a house for the name of the
13 tn Heb “so that.”
14 tn Heb “the
15 sn In the same way he had appeared to him at Gibeon. See 1 Kgs 3:5.
16 tn Heb “according to the word of the
17 tn Heb “yet the heart of Asa was complete with the
18 tn Heb “according to the word of the
19 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
20 tn Heb “So he went and did.”
21 tn Heb “now Obadiah greatly feared the
22 tn Heb “he served Baal and bowed down to him.”
23 tn Heb “according to all which his father had done.”
