Discovery Box1 Kings 2:20 
Context2:20 She said, “I would like to ask you for just one small favor. 1 Please don’t refuse me.” 2 He said, 3 “Go ahead and ask, my mother, for I would not refuse you.”
1 Kings 2:29
Context2:29 When King Solomon heard 4 that Joab had run to the tent of the Lord and was right there beside the altar, he ordered Benaiah son of Jehoiada, 5 “Go, strike him down.”
1 Kings 12:27
Context12:27 If these people go up to offer sacrifices in the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem, 6 their loyalty could shift to their former master, 7 King Rehoboam of Judah. They might kill me and return to King Rehoboam of Judah.”
1 Kings 13:8
Context13:8 But the prophet said to the king, “Even if you were to give me half your possessions, 8 I could not go with you and eat and drink 9 in this place.
1 Kings 17:13
Context17:13 Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid. Go and do as you planned. 10 But first make a small cake for me and bring it to me; then make something for yourself and your son.
1 Kings 18:1
Context18:1 Some time later, in the third year of the famine, the Lord told Elijah, 11 “Go, make an appearance before Ahab, so I may send rain on the surface of the ground.”
1 Kings 18:5
Context18:5 Ahab told Obadiah, “Go through the land to all the springs and valleys. Maybe we can find some grazing areas 12 so we can keep the horses and mules alive and not have to kill 13 some of the animals.”
1 Kings 18:25
Context18:25 Elijah told the prophets of Baal, “Choose one of the bulls for yourselves and go first, for you are the majority. Invoke the name of your god, but do not light a fire.” 14
1 Kings 18:43
Context18:43 He told his servant, “Go on up and look in the direction of the sea.” So he went on up, looked, and reported, “There is nothing.” 15 Seven times Elijah sent him to look. 16
1 Kings 19:20
Context19:20 He left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, then I will follow you.” Elijah 17 said to him, “Go back! Indeed, what have I done to you?”
1 Kings 20:22
Context20:22 The prophet 18 visited the king of Israel and instructed him, “Go, fortify your defenses. 19 Determine 20 what you must do, for in the spring 21 the king of Syria will attack 22 you.”
1 Kings 20:33
Context20:33 The men took this as a good omen and quickly accepted his offer, saying, “Ben Hadad is your brother.” Ahab 23 then said, “Go, get him.” So Ben Hadad came out to him, and Ahab pulled him up into his chariot.
1 Kings 21:18
Context21:18 “Get up, go down and meet King Ahab of Israel who lives in Samaria. He is at the vineyard of Naboth; he has gone down there to take possession of it.
1 Kings 22:4
Context22:4 Then he said to Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to attack Ramoth Gilead?” Jehoshaphat replied to the king of Israel, “I will support you; my army and horses are at your disposal.” 24
1 Kings 22:17
Context22:17 Micaiah 25 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 Kings 22:24
Context22:24 Zedekiah son of Kenaanah approached, hit Micaiah on the jaw, and said, “Which way did the Lord’s spirit go when he went from me to speak to you?”
1 tn Or “I’d like to make just one request of you.”
2 tn Heb “Do not turn back my face.”
3 tn Heb “and the king said to her.”
4 tn Heb “and it was related to King Solomon.”
5 tn Heb “so Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying.”
6 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
7 tn Heb “the heart of these people could return to their master.”
8 tn Heb “house.”
9 tn Heb “eat food and drink water.”
10 tn Heb “according to your word.”
11 tn Heb “the word of the
12 tn Heb “grass.”
13 tn Heb “to cut off.”
14 tc The last sentence of v. 25 is absent in the Syriac Peshitta.
15 sn So he went on up, looked, and reported, “There is nothing.” Several times in this chapter those addressed by Elijah obey his orders. In vv. 20 and 42 Ahab does as instructed, in vv. 26 and 28 the prophets follow Elijah’s advice, and in vv. 30, 34, 40 and 43 the people and servants do as they are told. By juxtaposing Elijah’s commands with accounts of those commands being obeyed, the narrator emphasizes the authority of the
16 tn Heb “He said, ‘Return,’ seven times.”
17 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
18 tn The definite article indicates previous reference, that is, “the prophet mentioned earlier” (see v. 13).
19 tn Heb “strengthen yourself.”
20 tn Heb “know and see.”
21 tn Heb “at the turning of the year.”
22 tn Heb “go up against.”
23 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ahab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
24 tn Heb “Like me, like you; like my people, like your people; like my horses; like your horses.”
25 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Micaiah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
