Discovery Box1 Kings 2:4 
Context2:4 and the Lord will fulfill his promise to me, 1 ‘If your descendants watch their step 2 and live faithfully in my presence 3 with all their heart and being, 4 then,’ he promised, 5 ‘you will not fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’ 6
1 Kings 2:32
Context2:32 May the Lord punish him for the blood he shed; 7 behind my father David’s back he struck down and murdered with the sword two men who were more innocent and morally upright than he 8 – Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.
1 Kings 3:26
Context3:26 The real mother 9 spoke up to the king, for her motherly instincts were aroused. 10 She said, “My master, give her the living child! Whatever you do, don’t kill him!” 11 But the other woman said, “Neither one of us will have him! Let them cut him in two!”
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 8:20
Context8:20 The Lord has kept the promise he made. 12 I have taken my father David’s place and have occupied the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised. I have built this temple for the honor 13 of the Lord God of Israel
1 Kings 8:25
Context8:25 Now, O Lord, God of Israel, keep the promise you made to your servant, my father David, when you said, ‘You will never fail to have a successor ruling before me on the throne of Israel, 14 provided that your descendants watch their step and serve me as you have done.’ 15
1 Kings 12:10
Context12:10 The young advisers with whom Rehoboam 16 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.’ 17 Say this to them: ‘I am a lot harsher than my father! 18
1 Kings 13:6
Context13:6 The king pled with 19 the prophet, 20 “Seek the favor of 21 the Lord your God and pray for me, so that my hand may be restored.” So the prophet sought the Lord’s favor 22 and the king’s hand was restored to its former condition. 23
1 Kings 18:10
Context18:10 As certainly as the Lord your God lives, my master has sent to every nation and kingdom in an effort to find you. When they say, ‘He’s not here,’ he makes them 24 swear an oath that they could not find you.
1 Kings 18:12-13
Context18:12 But when I leave you, the Lord’s spirit will carry you away so I can’t find you. 25 If I go tell Ahab I’ve seen you, he won’t be able to find you and he will kill me. 26 That would not be fair, 27 because your servant has been a loyal follower of 28 the Lord from my youth. 18:13 Certainly my master is aware of what I did 29 when Jezebel was killing the Lord’s prophets. I hid one hundred of the Lord’s prophets in two caves in two groups of fifty and I brought them food and water.
1 Kings 19:10
Context19:10 He answered, “I have been absolutely loyal 30 to the Lord, the sovereign God, 31 even though the Israelites have abandoned the agreement they made with you, 32 torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life.” 33
1 Kings 19:14
Context19:14 He answered, “I have been absolutely loyal 34 to the Lord, the sovereign God, 35 even though the Israelites have abandoned the agreement they made with you, 36 torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life.” 37
1 Kings 20:9
Context20:9 So he said to the messengers of Ben Hadad, “Say this to my master, the king, ‘I will give you everything you demanded at first from your servant, but I am unable to agree to this latest demand.’” 38 So the messengers went back and gave their report.
1 Kings 21:2
Context21:2 Ahab said to Naboth, “Give me your vineyard so I can make a vegetable garden out of it, for it is adjacent to my palace. I will give you an even better vineyard in its place, or if you prefer, 39 I will pay you silver for it.” 40
1 Kings 21:6
Context21:6 He answered her, “While I was talking to Naboth the Jezreelite, I said to him, ‘Sell me your vineyard for silver, or if you prefer, I will give you another vineyard in its place.’ But he said, ‘I will not sell you my vineyard.’” 41
1 tn Heb “then the
2 tn Heb “guard their way.”
3 tn Heb “by walking before me in faithfulness.”
4 tn Or “soul.”
5 tn Heb “saying.”
6 tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man from upon the throne of Israel.”
7 tn Heb “The
8 tn Heb “because he struck down two men more innocent and better than he and he killed them with the sword, and my father David did not know.”
9 tn Heb “the woman whose son was alive.”
10 tn Heb “for her compassions grew warm for her son.”
11 tn The infinitive absolute before the negated jussive emphasizes the main verb.
12 tn Heb “his word that he spoke.”
13 tn Heb “name.”
14 tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man from before me sitting on the throne of Israel.”
15 tn Heb “guard their way by walking before me as you have walked before me.”
16 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Rehoboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
17 tn Heb “Your father made our yoke heavy, but make it lighter upon us.”
18 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.
19 tn Heb “The king answered and said to.”
20 tn Heb “the man of God” (a second time later in this verse, and once in v. 7 and v. 8).
21 tn Heb “appease the face of.”
22 tn Heb “appeased the face of the
23 tn Heb “and it was as in the beginning.”
24 tn Heb “he makes the kingdom or the nation swear an oath.”
25 tn Heb “to [a place] which I do not know.”
26 tn Heb “and I will go to inform Ahab and he will not find you and he will kill me.”
27 tn The words “that would not be fair” are added to clarify the logic of Obadiah’s argument.
28 tn Heb “has feared the
29 tn Heb “Has it not been told to my master what I did…?” The rhetorical question expects an answer, “Of course it has!”
30 tn Or “very zealous.” The infinitive absolute preceding the finite verb emphasizes the degree of his zeal and allegiance.
31 tn Traditionally, “the God of hosts.”
32 tn Heb “abandoned your covenant.”
33 tn Heb “and they are seeking my life to take it.”
34 tn Or “very zealous.” The infinitive absolute preceding the finite verb emphasizes the degree of his zeal and allegiance.
35 tn Traditionally, “the God of hosts.”
36 tn Heb “abandoned your covenant.”
37 tn Heb “and they are seeking my life to take it.”
38 tn Heb “all which you sent to your servant in the beginning I will do, but this thing I am unable to do.”
39 tn Heb “if it is good in your eyes.”
40 tc The Old Greek translation includes the following words: “And it will be mine as a garden of herbs.”
41 tn Heb “While I was talking…, I said…, he said….” Ahab’s explanation is one lengthy sentence in the Hebrew text, which is divided in the English translation for stylistic reasons.
