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 5:6
Context5:6 So now order some cedars of Lebanon to be cut for me. My servants will work with your servants. I will pay your servants whatever you say is appropriate, for you know that we have no one among us who knows how to cut down trees like the Sidonians.”
1 Kings 8:43
Context8:43 Then listen from your heavenly dwelling place and answer all the prayers of the foreigners. 4 Then all the nations of the earth will acknowledge your reputation, 5 obey 6 you like your people Israel do, and recognize that this temple I built belongs to you. 7
1 Kings 8:48
Context8:48 When they return to you with all their heart and being 8 in the land where they are held prisoner, 9 and direct their prayers to you toward the land you gave to their ancestors, your chosen city, and the temple I built for your honor, 10
1 Kings 12:10
Context12:10 The young advisers with whom Rehoboam 11 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.’ 12 Say this to them: ‘I am a lot harsher than my father! 13
1 Kings 12:24
Context12:24 ‘The Lord says this: “Do not attack and make war with your brothers, the Israelites. Each of you go home, for I have caused this to happen.”’” 14 They obeyed the Lord and went home as the Lord had ordered them to do. 15
1 Kings 13:18
Context13:18 The old prophet then said, 16 “I too am a prophet like you. An angel told me with the Lord’s authority, 17 ‘Bring him back with you to your house so he can eat and drink.’” 18 But he was lying to him. 19
1 Kings 18:24
Context18:24 Then you 20 will invoke the name of your god, and I will invoke the name of the Lord. The god who responds with fire will demonstrate that he is the true God.” 21 All the people responded, “This will be a fair test.” 22
1 Kings 18:36
Context18:36 When it was time for the evening offering, 23 Elijah the prophet approached the altar 24 and prayed: “O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, prove 25 today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command.
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. 26 But I despise 27 him because he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but disaster. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah. 28 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 “and do all which the foreigner calls to [i.e., “requests of”] you.”
5 tn Heb “your name.” See the note on the word “reputation” in v. 41.
6 tn Heb “fear.”
7 tn Heb “that your name is called over this house which I built.” The Hebrew idiom “to call the name over” indicates ownership. See 2 Sam 12:28.
8 tn Or “soul.”
9 tn Heb “in the land of their enemies.”
10 tn Heb “your name.” See the note on the word “reputation” in v. 41.
11 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Rehoboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
12 tn Heb “Your father made our yoke heavy, but make it lighter upon us.”
13 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.
14 tn Heb “for this thing is from me.”
15 tn Heb “and they heard the word of the
16 tn Heb “and he said to him.”
17 tn Heb “by the word of the
18 tn Heb “eat food and drink water.”
19 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.
20 tn Elijah now directly addresses the prophets.
21 tn Heb “the God.”
22 tn Heb “The matter [i.e., proposal] is good [i.e., acceptable].”
23 tn Heb “at the offering up of the offering.”
24 tn The words “the altar” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
25 tn Heb “let it be known.”
26 tn Heb “to seek the
27 tn Or “hate.”
28 tn The words “his name is” are supplied for stylistic reasons.
