Discovery Box1 Kings 7:14 
Context7:14 He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, 1 and his father was a craftsman in bronze from Tyre. He had the skill and knowledge 2 to make all kinds of works of bronze. He reported to King Solomon and did all the work he was assigned.
1 Kings 8:66
Context8:66 On the fifteenth day after the festival started, 3 he dismissed the people. They asked God to empower the king 4 and then went to their homes, happy and content 5 because of all the good the Lord had done for his servant David and his people Israel.
1 Kings 12:10
Context12:10 The young advisers with whom Rehoboam 6 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.’ 7 Say this to them: ‘I am a lot harsher than my father! 8
1 Kings 12:24
Context12:24 ‘The Lord says this: “Do not attack and make war with your brothers, the Israelites. Each of you go home, for I have caused this to happen.”’” 9 They obeyed the Lord and went home as the Lord had ordered them to do. 10
1 Kings 12:28
Context12:28 After the king had consulted with his advisers, 11 he made two golden calves. Then he said to the people, 12 “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 13:26
Context13:26 When the old prophet who had invited him to his house heard the news, 13 he said, “It is the prophet 14 who rebelled against the Lord. 15 The Lord delivered him over to the lion and it ripped him up 16 and killed him, just as the Lord warned him.” 17
1 Kings 14:5
Context14:5 But the Lord had told Ahijah, “Look, Jeroboam’s wife is coming to find out from you what will happen to her son, for he is sick. Tell her so-and-so. 18 When she comes, she will be in a disguise.”
1 Kings 16:34
Context16:34 During Ahab’s reign, 19 Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho. 20 Abiram, his firstborn son, died when he laid the foundation; 21 Segub, his youngest son, died when he erected its gates, 22 just as the Lord had warned 23 through Joshua son of Nun. 24
1 Kings 18:34
Context18:34 Then he said, “Fill four water jars and pour the water on the offering and the wood.” When they had done so, 25 he said, “Do it again.” So they did it again. Then he said, “Do it a third time.” So they did it a third time.
1 Kings 19:4
Context19:4 while he went a day’s journey into the desert. He went and sat down under a shrub 26 and asked the Lord to take his life: 27 “I’ve had enough! Now, O Lord, take my life. After all, I’m no better than my ancestors.” 28
1 tn 2 Chr 2:14 (13 HT) says “from the daughters of Dan.”
2 tn Heb “he was filled with the skill, understanding, and knowledge.”
3 tn Heb “on the eighth day” (that is, the day after the second seven-day sequence).
4 tn Heb “they blessed the king.”
5 tn Heb “good of heart.”
6 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Rehoboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
7 tn Heb “Your father made our yoke heavy, but make it lighter upon us.”
8 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.
9 tn Heb “for this thing is from me.”
10 tn Heb “and they heard the word of the
11 tn The words “with his advisers” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
12 tn Heb “to them,” although this may be a corruption of “to the people.” Cf. the Old Greek translation.
13 tn Heb “and the prophet who had brought him back from the road heard.”
14 tn Heb “the man of God.”
15 tn Heb “the mouth of the
16 tn Heb “broke him,” or “crushed him.”
17 tn Heb “according to the word of the
18 sn Tell her so-and-so. Certainly the
19 tn Heb “in his days.”
20 map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.
21 tn Heb “with Abiram, his firstborn, he founded it.”
22 tn Heb “with Segub, his youngest, he set up its gates.”
23 tn Heb “according to the word of the
24 sn Warned through Joshua son of Nun. For the background to this statement, see Josh 6:26, where Joshua pronounces a curse on the one who dares to rebuild Jericho. Here that curse is viewed as a prophecy spoken by God through Joshua.
25 tn The words “when they had done so” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
26 tn Or “broom tree” (also in v. 5).
27 tn Heb “and asked with respect to his life to die.”
28 tn Heb “fathers.”
