1 Kings 2:29
Context2:29 When King Solomon heard 1 that Joab had run to the tent of the Lord and was right there beside the altar, he ordered Benaiah son of Jehoiada, 2 “Go, strike him down.”
1 Kings 13:4
Context13:4 When the king heard what the prophet 3 cried out against the altar in Bethel, Jeroboam, standing at the altar, extended his hand 4 and ordered, 5 “Seize him!” The hand he had extended shriveled up 6 and he could not pull it back.
1 Kings 15:20
Context15:20 Ben Hadad accepted King Asa’s offer and ordered his army commanders to attack the cities of Israel. 7 They conquered 8 Ijon, Dan, Abel Beth Maacah, and all the territory of Naphtali, including the region of Kinnereth. 9
1 Kings 15:22
Context15:22 King Asa ordered all the men of Judah (no exemptions were granted) to carry away the stones and wood that Baasha had used to build Ramah. 10 King Asa used the materials to build up 11 Geba (in Benjamin) and Mizpah.
1 Kings 20:12
Context20:12 When Ben Hadad received this reply, 12 he and the other kings were drinking in their quarters. 13 He ordered his servants, “Get ready to attack!” So they got ready to attack the city.
1 Kings 22:31
Context22:31 Now the king of Syria had ordered his thirty-two chariot commanders, “Do not fight common soldiers or high-ranking officers; 14 fight only the king of Israel.”
1 Kings 22:34
Context22:34 Now an archer shot an arrow at random, 15 and it struck the king of Israel between the plates of his armor. The king 16 ordered his charioteer, “Turn around and take me from the battle line, 17 because I’m wounded.”
1 tn Heb “and it was related to King Solomon.”
2 tn Heb “so Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying.”
3 tn Heb “the man of God.”
4 tn Heb “Jeroboam extended his hand from the altar.”
5 tn Heb “saying.”
6 tn Heb “dried up” or “withered.” TEV and NLT interpret this as “became paralyzed.”
7 tn Heb “and Ben Hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of the armies which belonged to him against the cities of Israel.”
8 tn Heb “he struck down.”
9 tn Heb “and all Kinnereth together with all the land of Naphtali.”
10 tn Heb “and King Asa made a proclamation to all Judah, there was no one exempt, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its wood which Baasha had built.”
11 tn Heb “and King Asa built with them.”
12 tn Heb “When he heard this word.”
13 tn Heb “in the temporary shelters.” This is probably referring to tents.
14 tn Heb “small or great.”
15 tn Heb “now a man drew a bow in his innocence” (i.e., with no specific target in mind, or at least without realizing his target was the king of Israel).
16 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
17 tn Heb “camp.”