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 3:26
Context3:26 The real mother 4 spoke up to the king, for her motherly instincts were aroused. 5 She said, “My master, give her the living child! Whatever you do, don’t kill him!” 6 But the other woman said, “Neither one of us will have him! Let them cut him in two!”
1 Kings 8:16
Context8:16 He told David, 7 ‘Since the day I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a temple in which to live. 8 But I have chosen David to lead my people Israel.’
1 Kings 12:10
Context12:10 The young advisers with whom Rehoboam 9 had grown up said to him, “Say this to these people who have said to you, ‘Your father made us work hard, but now lighten our burden.’ 10 Say this to them: ‘I am a lot harsher than my father! 11
1 Kings 13:18
Context13:18 The old prophet then said, 12 “I too am a prophet like you. An angel told me with the Lord’s authority, 13 ‘Bring him back with you to your house so he can eat and drink.’” 14 But he was lying to him. 15
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. 16 When she comes, she will be in a disguise.”
1 Kings 18:12
Context18:12 But when I leave you, the Lord’s spirit will carry you away so I can’t find you. 17 If I go tell Ahab I’ve seen you, he won’t be able to find you and he will kill me. 18 That would not be fair, 19 because your servant has been a loyal follower of 20 the Lord from my youth.
1 Kings 18:26
Context18:26 So they took a bull, as he had suggested, 21 and prepared it. They invoked the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, “Baal, answer us.” But there was no sound and no answer. They jumped 22 around on the altar they had made. 23
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.’” 24 So the messengers went back and gave their report.
1 Kings 21:6
Context21:6 He answered her, “While I was talking to Naboth the Jezreelite, I said to him, ‘Sell me your vineyard for silver, or if you prefer, I will give you another vineyard in its place.’ But he said, ‘I will not sell you my vineyard.’” 25
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 “the woman whose son was alive.”
5 tn Heb “for her compassions grew warm for her son.”
6 tn The infinitive absolute before the negated jussive emphasizes the main verb.
7 tn Heb “saying.”
8 tn Heb “to build a house for my name to be there.”
sn To build a temple in which to live (Heb “to build a house for my name to be there”). In the OT, the word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor. The “name” of the
9 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Rehoboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
10 tn Heb “Your father made our yoke heavy, but make it lighter upon us.”
11 tn Heb “My little one is thicker than my father’s hips.” The referent of “my little one” is not clear. The traditional view is that it refers to the little finger. As the following statement makes clear, Rehoboam’s point is that he is more harsh and demanding than his father.
12 tn Heb “and he said to him.”
13 tn Heb “by the word of the
14 tn Heb “eat food and drink water.”
15 tn Or “deceiving him.”
sn He was lying to him. The motives and actions of the old prophet are difficult to understand. The old man’s response to the prophet’s death (see vv. 26-32) suggests he did not trick him with malicious intent. The old prophet probably wanted the honor of entertaining such a celebrity, or perhaps simply desired some social interaction with a fellow prophet.
16 sn Tell her so-and-so. Certainly the
17 tn Heb “to [a place] which I do not know.”
18 tn Heb “and I will go to inform Ahab and he will not find you and he will kill me.”
19 tn The words “that would not be fair” are added to clarify the logic of Obadiah’s argument.
20 tn Heb “has feared the
21 tn Heb “and they took the bull which he allowed them.”
22 tn Heb “limped” (the same verb is used in v. 21).
23 tc The MT has “which he made,” but some medieval Hebrew
24 tn Heb “all which you sent to your servant in the beginning I will do, but this thing I am unable to do.”
25 tn Heb “While I was talking…, I said…, he said….” Ahab’s explanation is one lengthy sentence in the Hebrew text, which is divided in the English translation for stylistic reasons.
