Discovery Box1 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 2:42
Context2:42 the king summoned 4 Shimei and said to him, “You will recall 5 that I made you take an oath by the Lord, and I solemnly warned you, ‘If you ever leave and go anywhere, 6 know for sure that you will certainly die.’ You said to me, ‘The proposal is acceptable; I agree to it.’ 7
1 Kings 3:1
Context3:1 Solomon made an alliance by marriage with Pharaoh, king of Egypt; he married Pharaoh’s daughter. He brought her to the City of David 8 until he could finish building his residence and the temple of the Lord and the wall around Jerusalem. 9
1 Kings 3:26
Context3:26 The real mother 10 spoke up to the king, for her motherly instincts were aroused. 11 She said, “My master, give her the living child! Whatever you do, don’t kill him!” 12 But the other woman said, “Neither one of us will have him! Let them cut him in two!”
1 Kings 7:14
Context7:14 He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, 13 and his father was a craftsman in bronze from Tyre. He had the skill and knowledge 14 to make all kinds of works of bronze. He reported to King Solomon and did all the work he was assigned.
1 Kings 8:64
Context8:64 That day the king consecrated the middle of the courtyard that is in front of the Lord’s temple. He offered there burnt sacrifices, grain offerings, and the fat from the peace offerings, because the bronze altar that stood before the Lord was too small to hold all these offerings. 15
1 Kings 8:66
Context8:66 On the fifteenth day after the festival started, 16 he dismissed the people. They asked God to empower the king 17 and then went to their homes, happy and content 18 because of all the good the Lord had done for his servant David and his people Israel.
1 Kings 10:9
Context10:9 May the Lord your God be praised because he favored 19 you by placing you on the throne of Israel! Because of the Lord’s eternal love for Israel, he made you king so you could make just and right decisions.” 20
1 Kings 10:21
Context10:21 All of King Solomon’s cups were made of gold, and all the household items in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest were made of pure gold. There were no silver items, for silver was not considered very valuable in Solomon’s time. 21
1 Kings 12:28
Context12:28 After the king had consulted with his advisers, 22 he made two golden calves. Then he said to the people, 23 “It is too much trouble for you to go up to Jerusalem. Look, Israel, here are your gods who brought you up from the land of Egypt.”
1 Kings 14:21
Context14:21 Now Rehoboam son of Solomon ruled in Judah. He 24 was forty-one years old when he became king and he ruled for seventeen years in Jerusalem, 25 the city the Lord chose from all the tribes of Israel to be his home. 26 His mother was an Ammonite woman 27 named Naamah.
1 Kings 15:18
Context15:18 Asa took all the silver and gold that was left in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and of the royal palace and handed it to his servants. He then told them to deliver it 28 to Ben Hadad son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, ruler in Damascus, along with this message:
1 Kings 16:15
Context16:15 In the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Zimri became king over Israel; he ruled for seven days in Tirzah. Zimri’s revolt took place while the army was deployed 29 in Gibbethon, which was in Philistine territory.
1 Kings 20:9
Context20:9 So he said to the messengers of Ben Hadad, “Say this to my master, the king, ‘I will give you everything you demanded at first from your servant, but I am unable to agree to this latest demand.’” 30 So the messengers went back and gave their report.
1 Kings 20:13
Context20:13 Now a prophet visited King Ahab of Israel and said, “This is what the Lord says, ‘Do you see this huge army? 31 Look, I am going to hand it over to you this very day. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”
1 Kings 20:28
Context20:28 The prophet 32 visited the king of Israel and said, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Because the Syrians said, “The Lord is a god of the mountains and not a god of the valleys,” I will hand over to you this entire huge army. 33 Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”
1 Kings 20:31
Context20:31 His advisers 34 said to him, “Look, we have heard that the kings of the Israelite dynasty are kind. 35 Allow us to put sackcloth around our waists and ropes on our heads 36 and surrender 37 to the king of Israel. Maybe he will spare our lives.”
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 “sent and summoned.”
5 tn Heb “Is it not [true]…?” In the Hebrew text the statement is interrogative; the rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course it is.”
6 tn Heb “here or there.”
7 tn Heb “good is the word; I have heard.”
8 sn The phrase City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
9 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
10 tn Heb “the woman whose son was alive.”
11 tn Heb “for her compassions grew warm for her son.”
12 tn The infinitive absolute before the negated jussive emphasizes the main verb.
13 tn 2 Chr 2:14 (13 HT) says “from the daughters of Dan.”
14 tn Heb “he was filled with the skill, understanding, and knowledge.”
15 tn Heb “to hold the burnt sacrifices, grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.”
16 tn Heb “on the eighth day” (that is, the day after the second seven-day sequence).
17 tn Heb “they blessed the king.”
18 tn Heb “good of heart.”
19 tn Or “delighted in.”
20 tn Heb “to do justice and righteousness.”
21 tn Heb “there was no silver, it was not regarded as anything in the days of Solomon.”
22 tn The words “with his advisers” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
23 tn Heb “to them,” although this may be a corruption of “to the people.” Cf. the Old Greek translation.
24 tn Heb “Rehoboam.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
25 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
26 tn Heb “the city where the
27 tn Heb “an Ammonite”; the word “woman” is implied.
28 tn Heb “King Asa sent it.”
29 tn Heb “Now the people were encamped.
30 tn Heb “all which you sent to your servant in the beginning I will do, but this thing I am unable to do.”
31 tn Heb “this great horde.”
32 tn Heb “the man of God.”
33 tn Heb “I will place all this great horde in your hand.”
34 tn Or “servants.”
35 tn Or “merciful.” The word used here often means “devoted” or “loyal.” Perhaps the idea is that the Israelite kings are willing to make treaties with other kings.
36 sn Sackcloth was worn as a sign of sorrow and repentance. The precise significance of the ropes on the head is uncertain, but it probably was a sign of submission. These actions were comparable to raising a white flag on the battlefield or throwing in the towel in a boxing match.
37 tn Heb “go out.”
