Discovery Box1 Kings 1:7 
Context1:7 He collaborated 1 with Joab son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest, and they supported 2 him. 3
1 Kings 1:10
Context1:10 But he did not invite Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, the elite warriors, 4 or his brother Solomon.
1 Kings 2:1
Context2:1 When David was close to death, 5 he told 6 Solomon his son:
1 Kings 2:14
Context2:14 He added, 7 “I have something to say to you.” She replied, “Speak.”
1 Kings 2:25
Context2:25 King Solomon then sent 8 Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he killed Adonijah. 9
1 Kings 4:15
Context4:15 Ahimaaz was in charge of Naphtali. (He married Solomon’s daughter Basemath.)
1 Kings 4:32
Context4:32 He composed 10 3,000 proverbs and 1,005 songs.
1 Kings 6:9
Context6:9 He finished building the temple 11 and covered it 12 with rafters 13 and boards made of cedar. 14
1 Kings 6:23
Context6:23 In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubs of olive wood; each stood 15 feet 15 high.
1 Kings 6:30
Context6:30 He plated the floor of the temple with gold, inside and out. 16
1 Kings 6:34
Context6:34 He also made 17 two doors out of wood from evergreens; each door had two folding leaves. 18
1 Kings 7:14-15
Context7:14 He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, 19 and his father was a craftsman in bronze from Tyre. He had the skill and knowledge 20 to make all kinds of works of bronze. He reported to King Solomon and did all the work he was assigned.
7:15 He fashioned two bronze pillars; each pillar was 27 feet 21 high and 18 feet 22 in circumference.
1 Kings 8:12
Context8:12 Then Solomon said, “The Lord has said that he lives in thick darkness.
1 Kings 10:15
Context10:15 besides what he collected from the merchants, 23 traders, Arabian kings, and governors of the land.
1 Kings 11:3
Context11:3 He had 700 royal wives 24 and 300 concubines; 25 his wives had a powerful influence over him. 26
1 Kings 11:30
Context11:30 and he grabbed the robe 27 and tore it into twelve pieces.
1 Kings 12:13
Context12:13 The king responded to the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the older men
1 Kings 12:31-32
Context12:31 He built temples 28 on the high places and appointed as priests people who were not Levites. 12:32 Jeroboam inaugurated a festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, 29 like the festival celebrated in Judah. 30 On the altar in Bethel he offered sacrifices to the calves he had made. 31 In Bethel he also appointed priests for the high places he had made.
1 Kings 13:15
Context13:15 He then said to him, “Come home with me and eat something.”
1 Kings 13:27
Context13:27 He told his sons, “Saddle my donkey,” and they did so. 32
1 Kings 15:2
Context15:2 He ruled for three years in Jerusalem. 33 His mother was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom. 34
1 Kings 15:10
Context15:10 He ruled for forty-one years in Jerusalem. 35 His grandmother 36 was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.
1 Kings 15:21
Context15:21 When Baasha heard the news, he stopped fortifying 37 Ramah and settled down in Tirzah.
1 Kings 18:8
Context18:8 He replied, “Yes, 38 go and say to your master, ‘Elijah is back.’” 39
1 Kings 18:27
Context18:27 At noon Elijah mocked them, “Yell louder! After all, he is a god; he may be deep in thought, or perhaps he stepped out for a moment or has taken a trip. Perhaps he is sleeping and needs to be awakened.” 40
1 Kings 18:33
Context18:33 He arranged the wood, cut up the bull, and placed it on the wood.
1 Kings 19:21
Context19:21 Elisha 41 went back and took his pair of oxen and slaughtered them. He cooked the meat over a fire that he made by burning the harness and yoke. 42 He gave the people meat and they ate. Then he got up and followed Elijah and became his assistant.
1 Kings 20:2
Context20:2 He sent messengers to King Ahab of Israel, who was in the city. 43
1 Kings 20:18
Context20:18 He ordered, “Whether they come in peace or to do battle, take them alive.” 44
1 Kings 20:37
Context20:37 He found another man and said, “Wound me!” So the man wounded him severely. 45
1 tn Heb “his words were.”
2 tn Heb “helped after” (i.e., stood by).
3 tn Heb “Adonijah.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
4 tn Or “bodyguard” (Heb “mighty men”).
5 tn Heb “and the days of David approached to die.”
6 tn Or “commanded.”
7 tn Heb “and he said.”
8 tn The Hebrew text adds, “by the hand of.”
9 tn Heb “and he struck him and he died.”
10 tn Heb “spoke.”
11 tn Heb “ built the house and completed it.”
12 tn Heb “the house.”
13 tn The word occurs only here; the precise meaning is uncertain.
14 tn Heb “and rows with cedar wood.”
15 tn Heb “ten cubits” (a cubit was a unit of measure roughly equivalent to 18 inches or 45 cm).
16 sn Inside and out probably refers to the inner and outer rooms within the building.
17 tn The words “he also made” are added for stylistic reasons.
18 tc Heb “two of the leaves of the first door were folding, and two of the leaves of the second door were folding.” In the second half of the description, the MT has קְלָעִים (qÿla’im, “curtains”), but this is surely a corruption of צְלָעִים (tsÿla’im, “leaves”) which appears in the first half of the statement.
19 tn 2 Chr 2:14 (13 HT) says “from the daughters of Dan.”
20 tn Heb “he was filled with the skill, understanding, and knowledge.”
21 tn Heb “eighteen cubits.”
22 tn Heb “twelve cubits.”
23 tn Heb “traveling men.”
24 tn Heb “wives, princesses.”
25 sn Concubines were slave women in ancient Near Eastern societies who were the legal property of their master, but who could have legitimate sexual relations with their master. A concubine’s status was more elevated than a mere servant, but she was not free and did not have the legal rights of a free wife. The children of a concubine could, in some instances, become equal heirs with the children of the free wife. The usage in the present passage suggests that after the period of the Judges concubines may have become more of a royal prerogative (cf. also 2 Sam 21:10-14).
26 tn Heb “his wives bent his heart.”
27 tn Heb “and Ahijah grabbed the new robe that was on him.”
28 tn The Hebrew text has the singular, but the plural is preferable here (see 1 Kgs 13:32). The Old Greek translation and the Vulgate have the plural.
29 sn The eighth month would correspond to October-November in modern reckoning.
30 sn The festival he celebrated in Judah probably refers to the Feast of Tabernacles (i.e., Booths or Temporary Shelters), held in the seventh month (September-October). See also 1 Kgs 8:2.
31 tn Heb “and he offered up [sacrifices] on the altar; he did this in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves which he had made.”
32 tn Heb “and they saddled [it].”
33 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
34 sn Abishalom (also in v. 10) is a variant of the name Absalom (cf. 2 Chr 11:20). The more common form is used by TEV, NLT.
35 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
36 tn Heb “mother,” but Hebrew often uses the terms “father” and “mother” for grandparents and more remote ancestors.
37 tn Heb “building.”
38 tn Heb “[It is] I.”
39 tn Heb “Look, Elijah”; or “Elijah is here.”
40 sn Elijah’s sarcastic proposals would have been especially offensive and irritating to Baal’s prophets, for they believed Baal was imprisoned in the underworld as death’s captive during this time of drought. Elijah’s apparent ignorance of their theology is probably designed for dramatic effect; indeed the suggestion that Baal is away on a trip or deep in sleep comes precariously close to the truth as viewed by the prophets.
41 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
42 tn Heb “and with the equipment of the oxen he cooked them, the flesh.”
43 tn Heb “to the city.”
44 tn Heb “if they come in peace, take them alive; if they come for battle, take them alive.”
45 tn Heb “and the man wounded him, wounding and bruising.”
