Discovery Box1 Kings 2:30 
Context2:30 When Benaiah arrived at the tent of the Lord, he said to him, “The king says, ‘Come out!’” But he replied, “No, I will die here!” So Benaiah sent word to the king and reported Joab’s reply. 1
1 Kings 3:9
Context3:9 So give your servant a discerning mind 2 so he can make judicial decisions for 3 your people and distinguish right from wrong. 4 Otherwise 5 no one is able 6 to make judicial decisions for 7 this great nation of yours.” 8
1 Kings 3:18
Context3:18 Then three days after I had my baby, this woman also had a baby. We were alone; there was no one else in the house except the two of us. 9
1 Kings 8:23
Context8:23 He prayed: 10 “O Lord, God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven above or on earth below! You maintain covenantal loyalty 11 to your servants who obey you with sincerity. 12
1 Kings 10:12
Context10:12 With the timber the king made supports 13 for the Lord’s temple and for the royal palace and stringed instruments 14 for the musicians. No one has seen so much of this fine timber to this very day. 15 )
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. 16
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. 17 King Asa used the materials to build up 18 Geba (in Benjamin) and Mizpah.
1 Kings 17:1
Context17:1 Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As certainly as the Lord God of Israel lives (whom I serve), 19 there will be no dew or rain in the years ahead unless I give the command.” 20
1 Kings 21:15
Context21:15 When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned to death, she 21 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 “saying, “In this way Joab spoke and in this way he answered me.”
2 tn Heb “a hearing heart.” (The Hebrew term translated “heart” often refers to the mental faculties.)
3 tn Heb “to judge.”
4 tn Heb “to understand between good and evil.”
5 tn Heb “for”; the word “otherwise” is used to reflect the logical sense of the statement.
6 tn Heb “who is able?” The rhetorical question anticipates the answer, “no one.”
7 tn Heb “to judge.”
8 tn Heb “your numerous people.”
9 sn There was no one else in the house except the two of us. In other words, there were no other witnesses to the births who could identify which child belonged to which mother.
10 tn Heb “said.”
11 tn Heb “one who keeps the covenant and the loyal love.” The expression is a hendiadys.
12 tn Heb “who walk before you with all their heart.”
13 tn This Hebrew architectural term occurs only here. The meaning is uncertain; some have suggested “banisters” or “parapets”; cf. TEV, NLT “railings.” The parallel passage in 2 Chr 9:11 has a different word, meaning “tracks,” or perhaps “steps.”
14 tn Two types of stringed instruments are specifically mentioned, the כִּנּוֹר (kinnor, “zither” [?]), and נֶבֶל (nevel, “harp”).
15 tn Heb “there has not come thus, the fine timber, and there has not been seen to this day.”
16 tn Heb “there was no one [following] after the house of David except the tribe of Judah, it alone.”
17 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.”
18 tn Heb “and King Asa built with them.”
19 tn Heb “before whom I stand.”
20 tn Heb “except at the command of my word.”
21 tn Heb “Jezebel”; the proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“she”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
