Discovery Box1 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 3:28
Context3:28 When all Israel heard about the judicial decision which the king had rendered, they respected 3 the king, for they realized 4 that he possessed supernatural wisdom 5 to make judicial decisions.
1 Kings 5:1
Context5:1 (5:15) 6 King Hiram of Tyre 7 sent messengers 8 to Solomon when he heard that he had been anointed king in his father’s place. (Hiram had always been an ally of David.)
1 Kings 5:7
Context5:7 When Hiram heard Solomon’s message, he was very happy. He said, “The Lord is worthy of praise today because he 9 has given David a wise son to rule over this great nation.”
1 Kings 6:7
Context6:7 As the temple was being built, only stones shaped at the quarry 10 were used; the sound of hammers, pickaxes, or any other iron tool was not heard at the temple while it was being built.
1 Kings 11:21
Context11:21 While in Egypt Hadad heard that David had passed away 11 and that Joab, the commander of the army, was dead. So Hadad asked Pharaoh, “Give me permission to leave 12 so I can return to my homeland.”
1 Kings 12:20
Context12:20 When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. No one except the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the Davidic dynasty. 13
1 Kings 13:4
Context13:4 When the king heard what the prophet 14 cried out against the altar in Bethel, Jeroboam, standing at the altar, extended his hand 15 and ordered, 16 “Seize him!” The hand he had extended shriveled up 17 and he could not pull it back.
1 Kings 14:6
Context14:6 When Ahijah heard the sound of her footsteps as she came through the door, he said, “Come on in, wife of Jeroboam! Why are you pretending to be someone else? I have been commissioned to give you bad news. 18
1 Kings 19:13
Context19:13 When Elijah heard it, he covered his face with his robe and went out and stood at the entrance to the cave. All of a sudden 19 a voice asked him, “Why are you here, Elijah?”
1 Kings 21:15
Context21:15 When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned to death, she 20 said to Ahab, “Get up, take possession of the vineyard Naboth the Jezreelite refused to sell you for silver, for Naboth is no longer alive; he’s dead.”
1 tn Heb “and it was related to King Solomon.”
2 tn Heb “so Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying.”
3 tn Heb “feared,” perhaps in the sense, “stood in awe of.”
4 tn Heb “saw.”
5 tn Heb “the wisdom of God within him.”
6 sn The verse numbers in the English Bible differ from those in the Hebrew text (BHS) here; 5:1-18 in the English Bible corresponds to 5:15-32 in the Hebrew text. See the note at 4:21.
7 map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.
8 tn Heb “his servants.”
9 tn Or “Blessed be the
10 tn Heb “finished stone of the quarry,” i.e., stones chiseled and shaped at the time they were taken out of the quarry.
11 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
12 tn Heb “send me away.”
13 tn Heb “there was no one [following] after the house of David except the tribe of Judah, it alone.”
14 tn Heb “the man of God.”
15 tn Heb “Jeroboam extended his hand from the altar.”
16 tn Heb “saying.”
17 tn Heb “dried up” or “withered.” TEV and NLT interpret this as “became paralyzed.”
18 tn Heb “I am sent to you [with] a hard [message].”
19 tn Heb “look.”
20 tn Heb “Jezebel”; the proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“she”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
