Discovery Box1 Kings 2:46 
Context2:46 The king then gave the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada who went and executed Shimei. 1
So Solomon took firm control of the kingdom. 2
1 Kings 13:14
Context13:14 and took off after the prophet, 3 whom he found sitting under an oak tree. He asked him, “Are you the prophet 4 from Judah?” He answered, “Yes, I am.”
1 Kings 17:23
Context17:23 Elijah took the boy, brought him down from the upper room to the house, and handed him to his mother. Elijah then said, “See, your son is alive!”
1 Kings 18:31
Context18:31 Then Elijah took twelve stones, corresponding to the number of tribes that descended from Jacob, to whom the Lord had said, “Israel will be your new 5 name.” 6
1 Kings 21:1
Context21:1 After this the following episode took place. 7 Naboth the Jezreelite owned a vineyard in Jezreel adjacent to the palace of King Ahab of Samaria. 8
1 tn “The king commanded Benaiah son of Jehoiada and he went out and struck him down and he died.”
2 tn “And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.”
3 tn Heb “the man of God.”
4 tn Heb “the man of God.”
5 tn The word “new” is implied but not actually present in the Hebrew text.
6 sn Israel will be your new name. See Gen 32:28; 35:10.
7 tn Heb “after these things.” The words “the following episode took place” are added for stylistic reasons.
8 sn King Ahab of Samaria. Samaria, as the capital of the northern kingdom, here stands for the nation of Israel.
map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.
