1 Kings 1:23
1:23 The king was told, “Nathan the prophet is here.” Nathan entered and bowed before the king with his face to the floor.
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1 Kings 8:27
8:27 “God does not really live on the earth! 2 Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built!
1 Kings 13:3
13:3 That day he also announced
3 a sign, “This is the sign the
Lord has predetermined:
4 The altar will be split open and the ashes
5 on it will fall to the ground.”
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1 Kings 17:9
17:9 “Get up, go to Zarephath in Sidonian territory, and live there. I have already told
7 a widow who lives there to provide for you.”
1 Kings 20:40
20:40 Well, it just so happened that while your servant was doing this and that, he disappeared.” The king of Israel said to him, “Your punishment is already determined by your own testimony.”
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1 Kings 21:18
21:18 “Get up, go down and meet King Ahab of Israel who lives in Samaria. He is at the vineyard of Naboth; he has gone down there to take possession of it.
1 Kings 22:23
22:23 So now, look, the
Lord has placed a lying spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours; but the
Lord has decreed disaster for you.”
1 tn Heb “ground.” Since this was indoors, “floor” is more appropriate than “ground.”
2 tn Heb “Indeed, can God really live on the earth?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course not,” the force of which the translation above seeks to reflect.
3 tn Heb “gave.”
4 tn Heb “spoken.”
5 tn Heb “the fat.” Reference is made to burnt wood mixed with fat. See HALOT 234 s.v. דשׁן.
6 tn Heb “will be poured out.”
4 tn Heb “Look, I have commanded.”
5 tn Heb “so [i.e., in accordance with his testimony] is your judgment, you have determined [it].”