Discovery Box1 Kings 4:27 
Context4:27 The district governors acquired supplies for King Solomon and all who ate in his royal palace. 1 Each was responsible for one month in the year; they made sure nothing was lacking.
1 Kings 8:9
Context8:9 There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets Moses had placed there in Horeb. 2 It was there that 3 the Lord made an agreement with the Israelites after he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
1 Kings 18:43
Context18:43 He told his servant, “Go on up and look in the direction of the sea.” So he went on up, looked, and reported, “There is nothing.” 4 Seven times Elijah sent him to look. 5
1 tn Heb “everyone who drew near to the table of King Solomon.”
2 sn Horeb is another name for Mount Sinai.
3 tn Heb “in Horeb where.”
4 sn So he went on up, looked, and reported, “There is nothing.” Several times in this chapter those addressed by Elijah obey his orders. In vv. 20 and 42 Ahab does as instructed, in vv. 26 and 28 the prophets follow Elijah’s advice, and in vv. 30, 34, 40 and 43 the people and servants do as they are told. By juxtaposing Elijah’s commands with accounts of those commands being obeyed, the narrator emphasizes the authority of the
5 tn Heb “He said, ‘Return,’ seven times.”
