Discovery Box1 Kings 2:42 
Context2:42 the king summoned 1 Shimei and said to him, “You will recall 2 that I made you take an oath by the Lord, and I solemnly warned you, ‘If you ever leave and go anywhere, 3 know for sure that you will certainly die.’ You said to me, ‘The proposal is acceptable; I agree to it.’ 4
1 Kings 3:1
Context3:1 Solomon made an alliance by marriage with Pharaoh, king of Egypt; he married Pharaoh’s daughter. He brought her to the City of David 5 until he could finish building his residence and the temple of the Lord and the wall around Jerusalem. 6
1 Kings 6:6
Context6:6 The bottom floor of the extension was seven and a half feet 7 wide, the middle floor nine feet 8 wide, and the third floor ten and a half 9 feet wide. He made ledges 10 on the temple’s outer walls so the beams would not have to be inserted into the walls. 11
1 Kings 6:15
Context6:15 He constructed the walls inside the temple with cedar planks; he paneled the inside with wood from the floor of the temple to the rafters 12 of the ceiling. He covered the temple floor with boards made from the wood of evergreens.
1 Kings 8:20
Context8:20 The Lord has kept the promise he made. 13 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 14 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, 15 provided that your descendants watch their step and serve me as you have done.’ 16
1 Kings 10:9
Context10:9 May the Lord your God be praised because he favored 17 you by placing you on the throne of Israel! Because of the Lord’s eternal love for Israel, he made you king so you could make just and right decisions.” 18
1 Kings 12:10
Context12:10 The young advisers with whom Rehoboam 19 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.’ 20 Say this to them: ‘I am a lot harsher than my father! 21
1 Kings 12:28
Context12:28 After the king had consulted with his advisers, 22 he made two golden calves. Then he said to the people, 23 “It is too much trouble for you to go up to Jerusalem. Look, Israel, here are your gods who brought you up from the land of Egypt.”
1 Kings 12:33
Context12:33 On the fifteenth day of the eighth month (a date he had arbitrarily chosen) 24 Jeroboam 25 offered sacrifices on the altar he had made in Bethel. 26 He inaugurated a festival for the Israelites and went up to the altar to offer sacrifices.
1 Kings 18:26
Context18:26 So they took a bull, as he had suggested, 27 and prepared it. They invoked the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, “Baal, answer us.” But there was no sound and no answer. They jumped 28 around on the altar they had made. 29
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 19:21
Context19:21 Elisha 38 went back and took his pair of oxen and slaughtered them. He cooked the meat over a fire that he made by burning the harness and yoke. 39 He gave the people meat and they ate. Then he got up and followed Elijah and became his assistant.
1 Kings 20:34
Context20:34 Ben Hadad 40 said, “I will return the cities my father took from your father. You may set up markets 41 in Damascus, just as my father did in Samaria.” 42 Ahab then said, “I want to make a treaty with you before I dismiss you.” 43 So he made a treaty with him and then dismissed him.
1 tn Heb “sent and summoned.”
2 tn Heb “Is it not [true]…?” In the Hebrew text the statement is interrogative; the rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course it is.”
3 tn Heb “here or there.”
4 tn Heb “good is the word; I have heard.”
5 sn The phrase City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
6 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
7 tn Heb “five cubits.”
8 tn Heb “six cubits.”
9 tn Heb “seven cubits.”
10 tn Or “offsets” (ASV, NAB, NASB, NRSV); NIV “offset ledges.”
11 tn Heb “so that [the beams] would not have a hold in the walls of the temple.”
12 tc The MT reads קִירוֹת (qirot, “walls”), but this should be emended to קוֹרוֹת (qorot, “rafters”). See BDB 900 s.v. קוֹרָה.
13 tn Heb “his word that he spoke.”
14 tn Heb “name.”
15 tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man from before me sitting on the throne of Israel.”
16 tn Heb “guard their way by walking before me as you have walked before me.”
17 tn Or “delighted in.”
18 tn Heb “to do justice and righteousness.”
19 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Rehoboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
20 tn Heb “Your father made our yoke heavy, but make it lighter upon us.”
21 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.
22 tn The words “with his advisers” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
23 tn Heb “to them,” although this may be a corruption of “to the people.” Cf. the Old Greek translation.
24 tn Heb “which he had chosen by himself.”
25 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jeroboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
26 map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.
27 tn Heb “and they took the bull which he allowed them.”
28 tn Heb “limped” (the same verb is used in v. 21).
29 tc The MT has “which he made,” but some medieval Hebrew
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 “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
39 tn Heb “and with the equipment of the oxen he cooked them, the flesh.”
40 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ben Hadad) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
41 tn Heb “streets,” but this must refer to streets set up with stalls for merchants to sell their goods. See HALOT 299 s.v. חוּץ.
42 map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.
43 tn Heb “I will send you away with a treaty.” The words “Ahab then said” are supplied in the translation. There is nothing in the Hebrew text to indicate that the speaker has changed from Ben Hadad to Ahab. Some suggest adding “and he said” before “I will send you away.” Others prefer to maintain Ben Hadad as the speaker and change the statement to, “Please send me away with a treaty.”
