Discovery Box1 Kings 4:25 
Context4:25 All the people of Judah and Israel had security; everyone from Dan to Beer Sheba enjoyed the produce of their vines and fig trees throughout Solomon’s lifetime. 1
1 Kings 9:8
Context9:8 This temple will become a heap of ruins; 2 everyone who passes by it will be shocked and will hiss out their scorn, 3 saying, ‘Why did the Lord do this to this land and this temple?’
1 Kings 15:29
Context15:29 When he became king, he executed Jeroboam’s entire family. He wiped out everyone who breathed, 4 just as the Lord had predicted 5 through his servant Ahijah the Shilonite.
1 tn Heb “Judah and Israel lived securely, each one under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan to Beer Sheba, all the days of Solomon.”
2 tn Heb “and this house will be high [or elevated].” The statement makes little sense in this context, which predicts the desolation that judgment will bring. Some treat the clause as concessive, “Even though this temple is lofty [now].” Others, following the lead of several ancient versions, emend the text to, “this temple will become a heap of ruins.”
3 tn Heb “hiss,” or perhaps “whistle.” This refers to a derisive sound one would make when taunting an object of ridicule.
4 tn Heb “and when he became king, he struck down all the house of Jeroboam; he did not leave any breath to Jeroboam until he destroyed him.”
5 tn Heb “according to the word of the
