Discovery Box1 Kings 2:15 
Context2:15 He said, “You know that the kingdom 1 was mine and all Israel considered me king. 2 But then the kingdom was given to my brother, for the Lord decided it should be his. 3
1 Kings 2:28
Context2:28 When the news reached Joab (for Joab had supported 4 Adonijah, although he had not supported Absalom), he 5 ran to the tent of the Lord and grabbed hold of the horns of the altar. 6
1 Kings 8:56
Context8:56 “The Lord is worthy of praise because he has made Israel his people secure 7 just as he promised! Not one of all the faithful promises he made through his servant Moses is left unfulfilled! 8
1 Kings 8:66
Context8:66 On the fifteenth day after the festival started, 9 he dismissed the people. They asked God to empower the king 10 and then went to their homes, happy and content 11 because of all the good the Lord had done for his servant David and his people Israel.
1 Kings 11:4
Context11:4 When Solomon became old, his wives shifted his allegiance to 12 other gods; he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord his God, as his father David had been. 13
1 Kings 11:31
Context11:31 Then he told Jeroboam, “Take ten pieces, for this is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘Look, I am about to tear the kingdom from Solomon’s hand and I will give ten tribes to you.
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. 14 When she comes, she will be in a disguise.”
1 Kings 17:1
Context17:1 Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As certainly as the Lord God of Israel lives (whom I serve), 15 there will be no dew or rain in the years ahead unless I give the command.” 16
1 Kings 20:14
Context20:14 Ahab asked, “By whom will this be accomplished?” 17 He answered, “This is what the Lord says, ‘By the servants of the district governors.’” Ahab 18 asked, “Who will launch the attack?” He answered, “You will.”
1 Kings 20:36
Context20:36 So the prophet 19 said to him, “Because you have disobeyed the Lord, as soon as you leave me a lion will kill you.” When he left him, a lion attacked and killed him.
1 Kings 22:17
Context22:17 Micaiah 20 said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains like sheep that have no shepherd. Then the Lord said, ‘They have no master. They should go home in peace.’”
1 tn Or “kingship.”
2 tn Heb “set their face to me to be king.”
3 tn Heb “and the kingdom turned about and became my brother’s, for from the
4 tn Heb “turned after” (also later in this verse).
5 tn Heb “Joab.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
6 sn Grabbed hold of the horns of the altar. The “horns” of the altar were the horn-shaped projections on the four corners of the altar (see Exod 27:2). By going to the holy place and grabbing hold of the horns of the altar, Joab was seeking asylum from Solomon.
7 tn Heb “he has given a resting place to his people Israel.”
8 tn Heb “not one word from his entire good word he spoke by Moses his servant has fallen.”
9 tn Heb “on the eighth day” (that is, the day after the second seven-day sequence).
10 tn Heb “they blessed the king.”
11 tn Heb “good of heart.”
12 tn Heb “bent his heart after.”
13 tn Heb “his heart was not complete with the
14 sn Tell her so-and-so. Certainly the
15 tn Heb “before whom I stand.”
16 tn Heb “except at the command of my word.”
17 tn The words “will this be accomplished” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
18 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ahab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
19 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the prophet) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
20 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Micaiah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
