1 Kings 1:13
1:13 Visit
1 King David and say to him, ‘My master, O king, did you not solemnly promise
2 your servant, “Surely your son Solomon will be king after me; he will sit on my throne”? So why has Adonijah become king?’
1 Kings 2:32
2:32 May the
Lord punish him for the blood he shed;
3 behind my father David’s back he struck down and murdered with the sword two men who were more innocent and morally upright than he
4 – Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.
1 Kings 5:9
5:9 My servants will bring the timber down from Lebanon to the sea. I will send it by sea in raft-like bundles to the place you designate.
5 There I will separate the logs
6 and you can carry them away. In exchange you will supply the food I need for my royal court.”
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1 Kings 8:1
Solomon Moves the Ark into the Temple
8:1 8 Then Solomon convened in Jerusalem 9 Israel’s elders, all the leaders of the Israelite tribes and families, so they could witness the transferal of the ark of the Lord’s covenant from the city of David (that is, Zion). 10
1 Kings 8:20
8:20 The
Lord has kept the promise he made.
11 I have taken my father David’s place and have occupied the throne of Israel, as the
Lord promised. I have built this temple for the honor
12 of the
Lord God of Israel
1 Kings 8:48
8:48 When they return to you with all their heart and being
13 in the land where they are held prisoner,
14 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,
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1 Kings 9:3
9:3 The
Lord said to him, “I have answered
16 your prayer and your request for help that you made to me. I have consecrated this temple you built by making it my permanent home;
17 I will be constantly present there.
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1 Kings 14:15
14:15 The
Lord will attack Israel, making it like a reed that sways in the water.
19 He will remove Israel from this good land he gave to their ancestors
20 and scatter them beyond the Euphrates River,
21 because they angered the
Lord by making Asherah poles.
22
1 Kings 16:7
16:7 The prophet Jehu son of Hanani received from the
Lord the message predicting the downfall of Baasha and his family because of all the evil Baasha had done in the sight of the
Lord.
23 His actions angered the
Lord (including the way he had destroyed Jeroboam’s dynasty), so that his family ended up like Jeroboam’s.
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1 Kings 18:27
18:27 At noon Elijah mocked them, “Yell louder! After all, he is a god; he may be deep in thought, or perhaps he stepped out for a moment or has taken a trip. Perhaps he is sleeping and needs to be awakened.”
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1 Kings 19:10
19:10 He answered, “I have been absolutely loyal
26 to the
Lord, the sovereign God,
27 even though the Israelites have abandoned the agreement they made with you,
28 torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life.”
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1 Kings 20:7
20:7 The king of Israel summoned all the leaders
30 of the land and said, “Notice how this man is looking for trouble.
31 Indeed, he demanded my wives, sons, silver, and gold, and I did not resist him.”
1 Kings 20:28
20:28 The prophet
32 visited the king of Israel and said, “This is what the
Lord says: ‘Because the Syrians said, “The
Lord is a god of the mountains and not a god of the valleys,” I will hand over to you this entire huge army.
33 Then you will know that I am the
Lord.’”
1 Kings 20:31
20:31 His advisers
34 said to him, “Look, we have heard that the kings of the Israelite dynasty are kind.
35 Allow us to put sackcloth around our waists and ropes on our heads
36 and surrender
37 to the king of Israel. Maybe he will spare our lives.”
1 Kings 21:6
21:6 He answered her, “While I was talking to Naboth the Jezreelite, I said to him, ‘Sell me your vineyard for silver, or if you prefer, I will give you another vineyard in its place.’ But he said, ‘I will not sell you my vineyard.’”
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1 tn Heb “come, go to.” The imperative of הָלַךְ (halakh) is here used as an introductory interjection. See BDB 234 s.v. חָלַךְ.
2 tn Or “swear an oath to.”
3 tn Heb “The Lord will cause his blood to return upon his head.”
4 tn Heb “because he struck down two men more innocent and better than he and he killed them with the sword, and my father David did not know.”
5 tn Heb “I will place them [on? as?] rafts in the sea to the place where you designate to me.” This may mean he would send them by raft, or that he would tie them in raft-like bundles, and have ships tow them down to an Israelite port.
6 tn Heb “smash them,” i.e., untie the bundles.
7 tn Heb “as for you, you will satisfy my desire by giving food for my house.”
7 tc The Old Greek translation includes the following words at the beginning of ch. 8: “It so happened that when Solomon finished building the Lord’s temple and his own house, after twenty years.”
8 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
9 tn Heb “Then Solomon convened the elders of Israel, the heads of the tribes, the chiefs of the fathers belonging to the sons of Israel to King Solomon [in] Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the city of David (it is Zion).”
9 tn Heb “his word that he spoke.”
10 tn Heb “name.”
11 tn Or “soul.”
12 tn Heb “in the land of their enemies.”
13 tn Heb “your name.” See the note on the word “reputation” in v. 41.
13 tn Heb “I have heard.”
14 tn Heb “by placing my name there perpetually” (or perhaps, “forever”).
15 tn Heb “and my eyes and my heart will be there all the days.”
15 tn The elliptical Hebrew text reads literally “and the Lord will strike Israel as a reed sways in the water.”
16 tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 22, 31).
17 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.
18 tn Heb “because they made their Asherah poles that anger the Lord”; or “their images of Asherah”; ASV, NASB “their Asherim”; NCV “they set up idols to worship Asherah.”
17 tn Heb “and also through Jehu son of Hanani the word of the Lord came concerning [or “against”] Baasha and his house, and because of all the evil which he did in the eyes of the Lord.”
18 tn Heb “angering him by the work of his hands, so that he was like the house of Jeroboam, and because of how he struck it down.”
19 sn Elijah’s sarcastic proposals would have been especially offensive and irritating to Baal’s prophets, for they believed Baal was imprisoned in the underworld as death’s captive during this time of drought. Elijah’s apparent ignorance of their theology is probably designed for dramatic effect; indeed the suggestion that Baal is away on a trip or deep in sleep comes precariously close to the truth as viewed by the prophets.
21 tn Or “very zealous.” The infinitive absolute preceding the finite verb emphasizes the degree of his zeal and allegiance.
22 tn Traditionally, “the God of hosts.”
23 tn Heb “abandoned your covenant.”
24 tn Heb “and they are seeking my life to take it.”
23 tn Heb “elders.”
24 tn Heb “Know and see that this [man] is seeking trouble.”
25 tn Heb “the man of God.”
26 tn Heb “I will place all this great horde in your hand.”
27 tn Or “servants.”
28 tn Or “merciful.” The word used here often means “devoted” or “loyal.” Perhaps the idea is that the Israelite kings are willing to make treaties with other kings.
29 sn Sackcloth was worn as a sign of sorrow and repentance. The precise significance of the ropes on the head is uncertain, but it probably was a sign of submission. These actions were comparable to raising a white flag on the battlefield or throwing in the towel in a boxing match.
30 tn Heb “go out.”
29 tn Heb “While I was talking…, I said…, he said….” Ahab’s explanation is one lengthy sentence in the Hebrew text, which is divided in the English translation for stylistic reasons.