Discovery Box1 Kings 1:35 
Context1:35 Then follow him up as he comes and sits on my throne. He will be king in my place; I have decreed 1 that he will be ruler over Israel and Judah.”
1 Kings 4:24
Context4:24 His royal court was so large because 2 he ruled over all the kingdoms west of the Euphrates River from Tiphsah 3 to Gaza; he was at peace with all his neighbors. 4
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 5 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 6 (the second month), he began building the Lord’s temple.
1 Kings 9:5
Context9:5 Then I will allow your dynasty to rule over Israel permanently, 7 just as I promised your father David, ‘You will not fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’ 8
1 Kings 12:20
Context12:20 When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. No one except the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the Davidic dynasty. 9
1 Kings 16:2
Context16:2 “I raised you up 10 from the dust and made you ruler over my people Israel. Yet you followed in Jeroboam’s footsteps 11 and encouraged my people Israel to sin; their sins have made me angry. 12
1 Kings 16:16
Context16:16 While deployed there, the army received this report: 13 “Zimri has conspired against the king and assassinated him.” 14 So all Israel made Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel that very day in the camp.
1 Kings 19:19
Context19:19 Elijah went from there and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve pairs of oxen; he was near the twelfth pair. Elijah passed by him and threw his robe over him.
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?” 15 They said, “Attack! The sovereign one 16 will hand it over to the king.”
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.” 17
1 tn Or “commanded.”
2 tn Heb “because.” The words “his royal court was so large” are added to facilitate the logical connection with the preceding verse.
3 sn Tiphsah. This was located on the Euphrates River.
4 tn Heb “for he was ruling over all [the region] beyond the River, from Tiphsah to Gaza, over all the kingdoms beyond the River, and he had peace on every side all around.”
5 tn Or “Blessed be the
6 sn During the month Ziv. This would be April-May, 966
7 tn Heb “I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever.”
8 tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man from upon the throne of Israel.”
9 tn Heb “there was no one [following] after the house of David except the tribe of Judah, it alone.”
10 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.
11 tn Heb “walked in the way of Jeroboam.”
12 tn Heb “angering me by their sins.”
13 tn Heb “and the people who were encamped heard.”
14 tn Heb “has conspired against and also has struck down the king.”
15 tn Heb “Should I go against Ramoth Gilead for war or should I refrain?”
16 tn Though Jehoshaphat requested an oracle from “the
17 sn “Attack! You will succeed; the
