Discovery Box1 Kings 2:31 
Context2:31 The king told him, “Do as he said! Strike him down and bury him. Take away from me and from my father’s family 1 the guilt of Joab’s murderous, bloody deeds. 2
1 Kings 5:1
Context5:1 (5:15) 3 King Hiram of Tyre 4 sent messengers 5 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 15:19
Context15:19 “I want to make a treaty with you, like the one our fathers made. 6 See, I have sent you silver and gold as a present. Break your treaty with King Baasha of Israel, so he will retreat from my land.” 7
1 Kings 18:18
Context18:18 Elijah 8 replied, “I have not brought disaster 9 on Israel. But you and your father’s dynasty have, by abandoning the Lord’s commandments and following the Baals.
1 tn Heb “house.”
2 tn Heb “take away the undeserved bloodshed which Joab spilled from upon me and from upon the house of my father.”
3 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.
4 map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.
5 tn Heb “his servants.”
6 tn Heb “[May there be] a covenant between me and you [as there was] between my father and your father.”
7 tn Heb “so he will go up from upon me.”
8 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
9 tn Or “trouble.”
