Discovery Box1 Kings 1:53 
Context1:53 King Solomon sent men to bring him down 1 from the altar. He came and bowed down to King Solomon, and Solomon told him, “Go home.” 2
1 Kings 2:36
Context2:36 Next the king summoned 3 Shimei and told him, “Build yourself a house in Jerusalem 4 and live there – but you may not leave there to go anywhere! 5
1 Kings 11:22
Context11:22 Pharaoh said to him, “What do you lack here that makes you want to go to your homeland?” 6 Hadad replied, 7 “Nothing, but please give me permission to leave.” 8
1 Kings 13:9
Context13:9 For the Lord gave me strict orders, 9 ‘Do not eat or drink 10 there and do not go home the way you came.’”
1 Kings 13:17
Context13:17 For the Lord gave me strict orders, 11 ‘Do not eat or drink 12 there; do not go back the way you came.’”
1 Kings 14:7
Context14:7 Go, tell Jeroboam, ‘This is what the Lord God of Israel says: “I raised you up 13 from among the people and made you ruler over my people Israel.
1 Kings 17:9
Context17:9 “Get up, go to Zarephath in Sidonian territory, and live there. I have already told 14 a widow who lives there to provide for you.”
1 Kings 18:41
Context18:41 Then Elijah told Ahab, “Go on up and eat and drink, for the sound of a heavy rainstorm can be heard.” 15
1 tn Heb “sent and they brought him down.”
2 tn Heb “Go to your house.”
3 tn Heb “sent and summoned.”
4 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
5 tn Heb “and you may not go out from there here or there.”
6 tn Heb “Indeed what do you lack with me, that now you are seeking to go to your land?”
7 tn Heb “and he said.”
8 sn So Hadad asked Pharaoh… This lengthy description of Hadad’s exile in Egypt explains why Hadad wanted to oppose Solomon and supports the author’s thesis that his hostility to Solomon found its ultimate source in divine providence. Though Hadad enjoyed a comfortable life in Egypt, when the
9 tn Heb “for this he commanded me by the word of the
10 tn Heb “eat food and drink water.”
11 tn Heb “for a word to me by the word of the
12 tn Heb “eat food and drink water.”
13 tn The Hebrew text has “because” at the beginning of the sentence. In the Hebrew text vv. 7-11 are one long sentence comprised of a causal clause giving the reason for divine punishment (vv. 7-9) and the main clause announcing the punishment (vv. 10-11). The translation divides this lengthy sentence for stylistic reasons.
14 tn Heb “Look, I have commanded.”
15 tn Heb “for [there is] the sound of the roar of the rain.”
