1 Kings 2:26
Context2:26 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
Context16:34 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
Context22:8 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
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
11 tn Or “hate.”
12 tn The words “his name is” are supplied for stylistic reasons.