1 Kings 8:47
Context8:47 When your people 1 come to their senses 2 in the land where they are held prisoner, they will repent and beg for your mercy in the land of their imprisonment, admitting, ‘We have sinned and gone astray; 3 we have done evil.’
1 Kings 18:5
Context18:5 Ahab told Obadiah, “Go through the land to all the springs and valleys. Maybe we can find some grazing areas 4 so we can keep the horses and mules alive and not have to kill 5 some of the animals.”
1 Kings 20:23
Context20:23 Now the advisers 6 of the king of Syria said to him: “Their God is a god of the mountains. That’s why they overpowered us. But if we fight them in the plains, we will certainly overpower them.
1 Kings 20:25
Context20:25 Muster an army like the one you lost, with the same number of horses and chariots. 7 Then we will fight them in the plains; we will certainly overpower them.” He approved their plan and did as they advised. 8
1 tn Heb “they”; the referent (your people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Or “stop and reflect”; Heb “bring back to their heart.”
3 tn Or “done wrong.”
4 tn Heb “grass.”
5 tn Heb “to cut off.”
6 tn Or “servants.”
7 tn Heb “And you, you muster an army like the one that fell from you, horse like horse and chariot like chariot.”
8 tn Heb “he listened to their voice and did so.”