NETBible KJV GRK-HEB XRef Arts Hymns
  Discovery Box

1 Kings 2:26

Context

2:26 The king then told Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your property 1  in Anathoth. You deserve to die, 2  but today I will not kill you because you did carry the ark of the sovereign Lord before my father David and you suffered with my father through all his difficult times.” 3 

1 Kings 16:34

Context

16:34 During Ahab’s reign, 4  Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho. 5  Abiram, his firstborn son, died when he laid the foundation; 6  Segub, his youngest son, died when he erected its gates, 7  just as the Lord had warned 8  through Joshua son of Nun. 9 

1 Kings 22:8

Context
22:8 The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man through whom we can seek the Lord’s will. 10  But I despise 11  him because he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but disaster. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah. 12  Jehoshaphat said, “The king should not say such things.”

1 tn Or “field.”

2 tn Heb “you are a man of death.”

3 tn Heb “and because you suffered through all which my father suffered.”

4 tn Heb “in his days.”

5 map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

6 tn Heb “with Abiram, his firstborn, he founded it.”

7 tn Heb “with Segub, his youngest, he set up its gates.”

8 tn Heb “according to the word of the Lord which he spoke.”

9 sn Warned through Joshua son of Nun. For the background to this statement, see Josh 6:26, where Joshua pronounces a curse on the one who dares to rebuild Jericho. Here that curse is viewed as a prophecy spoken by God through Joshua.

10 tn Heb “to seek the Lord from him.”

11 tn Or “hate.”

12 tn The words “his name is” are supplied for stylistic reasons.



TIP #25: What tip would you like to see included here? Click "To report a problem/suggestion" on the bottom of page and tell us. [ALL]
created in 0.22 seconds
powered by bible.org