1 Kings 1:35

1:35 Then follow him up as he comes and sits on my throne. He will be king in my place; I have decreed that he will be ruler over Israel and Judah.”

1 Kings 3:7

3:7 Now, O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in my father David’s place, even though I am only a young man and am inexperienced.

1 Kings 7:24

7:24 Under the rim all the way around it were round ornaments arranged in settings 15 feet long. The ornaments were in two rows and had been cast with “The Sea.”

1 Kings 7:29-30

7:29 On these frames and joints were ornamental lions, bulls, and cherubs. Under the lions and bulls were decorative wreaths. 7:30 Each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles and four supports. Under the basin the supports were fashioned on each side with wreaths.

1 Kings 7:32

7:32 The four wheels were under the frames and the crossbars of the axles were connected to the stand. Each wheel was two and one-quarter feet high.

1 Kings 8:6

8:6 The priests brought the ark of the Lord’s covenant to its assigned 10  place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, in the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubs.

1 Kings 13:14

13:14 and took off after the prophet, 11  whom he found sitting under an oak tree. He asked him, “Are you the prophet 12  from Judah?” He answered, “Yes, I am.”

1 Kings 14:20

14:20 Jeroboam ruled for twenty-two years; then he passed away. 13  His son Nadab replaced him as king.

1 Kings 14:23

14:23 They even built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

1 Kings 14:27

14:27 King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and assigned them to the officers of the royal guard 14  who protected the entrance to the royal palace.

1 Kings 14:31

14:31 Rehoboam passed away 15  and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David. His mother was an Ammonite named Naamah. His son Abijah 16  replaced him as king.

1 Kings 15:24

15:24 Asa passed away 17  and was buried with his ancestors in the city of his ancestor David. His son Jehoshaphat replaced him as king.

1 Kings 19:5

19:5 He stretched out 18  and fell asleep under the shrub. All of a sudden an angelic messenger 19  touched him and said, “Get up and eat.”

1 Kings 19:16

19:16 You must anoint Jehu son of Nimshi king over Israel, and Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel Meholah to take your place as prophet.

1 Kings 22:50

22:50 Jehoshaphat passed away 20  and was buried with his ancestors in the city of his ancestor 21  David. His son Jehoram replaced him as king.


tn Or “commanded.”

tn Heb “and I do not know going out or coming in.”

tn Heb “The Sea.” The proper noun has been replaced by the pronoun (“it”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

tn Or “gourd-shaped ornaments.”

tn Heb “ten cubits surrounding the sea all around.” The precise meaning of this description is uncertain.

tn Heb “the gourd-shaped ornaments were in two rows, cast in its casting.”

tn The precise meaning of these final words is uncertain. A possible literal translation would be, “wreaths, the work of descent.”

tn The precise meaning of this last word, translated “wreaths,” is uncertain.

tn Heb “a cubit-and-a-half” (a cubit was a unit of measure roughly equivalent to 18 inches or 45 cm).

tn The word “assigned” is supplied in the translation for clarification.

tn Heb “the man of God.”

tn Heb “the man of God.”

tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

10 tn Heb “runners.”

11 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

12 tn In the Hebrew text the name is spelled “Abijam” here and in 1 Kgs 15:1-8.

12 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

13 tn Or “lay down.”

14 tn Heb “Look, a messenger.”

14 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

15 tn Heb “with his fathers in the city of his father.”