Discovery Box1 Kings 8:48 
Context8:48 When they return to you with all their heart and being 1 in the land where they are held prisoner, 2 and direct their prayers to you toward the land you gave to their ancestors, your chosen city, and the temple I built for your honor, 3
1 Kings 14:15
Context14:15 The Lord will attack Israel, making it like a reed that sways in the water. 4 He will remove Israel from this good land he gave to their ancestors 5 and scatter them beyond the Euphrates River, 6 because they angered the Lord by making Asherah poles. 7
1 Kings 19:4
Context19:4 while he went a day’s journey into the desert. He went and sat down under a shrub 8 and asked the Lord to take his life: 9 “I’ve had enough! Now, O Lord, take my life. After all, I’m no better than my ancestors.” 10
1 tn Or “soul.”
2 tn Heb “in the land of their enemies.”
3 tn Heb “your name.” See the note on the word “reputation” in v. 41.
4 tn The elliptical Hebrew text reads literally “and the
5 tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 22, 31).
6 tn Heb “the River.” In biblical Hebrew this is a typical reference to the Euphrates River. The name “Euphrates” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
7 tn Heb “because they made their Asherah poles that anger the
sn Asherah was a leading deity of the Canaanite pantheon, wife/sister of El and goddess of fertility. She was commonly worshiped at shrines in or near groves of evergreen trees, or, failing that, at places marked by wooden poles. These were to be burned or cut down (Deut 12:3; 16:21; Judg 6:25, 28, 30; 2 Kgs 18:4).
8 tn Or “broom tree” (also in v. 5).
9 tn Heb “and asked with respect to his life to die.”
10 tn Heb “fathers.”
