1 Kings 1:40

1:40 All the people followed him up, playing flutes and celebrating so loudly they made the ground shake. ¹ 

1 Kings 1:45

1:45 Then Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anointed ²  him king in Gihon. They went up from there rejoicing, and the city is in an uproar. That is the sound you hear.

1 Kings 18:29

18:29 Throughout the afternoon they were in an ecstatic frenzy, ³  but there was no sound, no answer, and no response. ⁴ 

1 Kings 19:13

19:13 When Elijah heard it, he covered his face with his robe and went out and stood at the entrance to the cave. All of a sudden ⁵  a voice asked him, “Why are you here, Elijah?”

1 Kings 20:36

20:36 So the prophet ⁶  said to him, “Because you have disobeyed the Lord, as soon as you leave me a lion will kill you.” When he left him, a lion attacked and killed him.

¹ tn Heb “and all the people went up after him, and the people were playing flutes and rejoicing with great joy and the ground split open at the sound of them.” The verb בָּקַע (baqa’, “to split open”), which elsewhere describes the effects of an earthquake, is obviously here an exaggeration for the sake of emphasis.

² tn I.e., designated by anointing with oil.

³ tn Heb “when noon passed they prophesied until the offering up of the offering.”

⁴ tc The Old Greek translation and Syriac Peshitta include the following words here: “When it was time to offer the sacrifice, Elijah the Tishbite spoke to the prophets of the abominations: ‘Stand aside for the time being, and I will offer my burnt offering.’ So they stood aside and departed.”

⁴ tn Heb “look.”

⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the prophet) has been specified in the translation for clarity.