1 Kings 1:47

1:47 The king’s servants have even come to congratulate¹ our master² King David, saying, ‘May your God³ make Solomon more famous than you and make him an even greater king than you!’⁴ Then the king leaned⁵ on the bed

1 Kings 2:3

2:3 Do the job the Lord your God has assigned you⁶ by following his instructions⁷ and obeying⁸ his rules, commandments, regulations, and laws as written in the law of Moses. Then you will succeed in all you do and seek to accomplish,⁹

1 Kings 5:5

5:5 So I have decided¹⁰ to build a temple to honor the Lord¹¹ my God, as the Lord instructed my father David, ‘Your son, whom I will put on your throne in your place, is the one who will build a temple to honor me.’¹²

1 Kings 8:20

8:20 The Lord has kept the promise he made.¹³ 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 honor¹⁴ of the Lord God of Israel

1 Kings 8:25

8:25 Now, O Lord, God of Israel, keep the promise you made to your servant, my father David, when you said, ‘You will never fail to have a successor ruling before me on the throne of Israel,¹⁵ provided that your descendants watch their step and serve me as you have done.’¹⁶

1 Kings 8:59

8:59 May the Lord our God be constantly aware of these requests of mine I have presented to him,¹⁷ so that he might vindicate¹⁸ his servant and his people Israel as the need arises.

1 Kings 8:65

8:65 At that time Solomon and all Israel with him celebrated a festival before the Lord our God for two entire weeks. This great assembly included people from all over the land, from Lebo Hamath in the north to the Brook of Egypt¹⁹ in the south.²⁰

1 Kings 17:12

17:12 She said, “As certainly as the Lord your God lives, I have no food, except for a handful of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug. Right now I am gathering a couple of sticks for a fire. Then I’m going home to make one final meal for my son and myself. After we have eaten that, we will die of starvation.”²¹

1 Kings 18:10

18:10 As certainly as the Lord your God lives, my master has sent to every nation and kingdom in an effort to find you. When they say, ‘He’s not here,’ he makes them²² swear an oath that they could not find you.

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.”²³

1 Kings 19:10

19:10 He answered, “I have been absolutely loyal²⁴ to the Lord, the sovereign God,²⁵ even though the Israelites have abandoned the agreement they made with you,²⁶ torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life.”²⁷

1 Kings 19:14

19:14 He answered, “I have been absolutely loyal²⁸ to the Lord, the sovereign God,²⁹ even though the Israelites have abandoned the agreement they made with you,³⁰ torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life.”³¹

¹tn Heb “to bless.”

²tn The plural form is used in the Hebrew text to indicate honor and authority.

³tc Many Hebrew mss agree with the Qere in reading simply “God.”

⁴tn Heb “make the name of Solomon better than your name, and make his throne greater than your throne.” The term שֵׁם (shem, “name”) is used here of one’s fame and reputation.

⁵tn Or “bowed down; worshiped.”

⁶tn Heb “keep the charge of the Lord your God.”

⁷tn Heb “by walking in his ways.”

⁸tn Or “keeping.”

⁹tn Heb “then you will cause to succeed all which you do and all which you turn there.”

¹¹tn Heb “Look, I am saying.”

¹²tn Heb “a house for the name of the Lord.” The word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor. The “name” of the Lord sometimes designates the Lord himself, being indistinguishable from the proper name.

¹³tn Heb “a house for my name.” The word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor. The “name” of the Lord sometimes designates the Lord himself, being indistinguishable from the proper name.

¹⁶tn Heb “his word that he spoke.”

¹⁷tn Heb “name.”

²¹tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man from before me sitting on the throne of Israel.”

²²tn Heb “guard their way by walking before me as you have walked before me.”

²⁶tn Heb “May these words of mine, which I have requested before the Lord, be near the Lord our God day and night.”

²⁷tn Heb “accomplish the justice of.”

³¹tn Or “the Wadi of Egypt” (NAB, NIV, NRSV); CEV “the Egyptian Gorge.”

³²tn Heb “Solomon held at that time the festival, and all Israel was with him, a great assembly from Lebo Hamath to the Brook of Egypt, before the Lord our God for seven days and seven days, fourteen days.”

³⁶tn Heb “Look, I am gathering two sticks and then I will go and make it for me and my son and we will eat it and we will die.”

⁴¹tn Heb “he makes the kingdom or the nation swear an oath.”

⁴⁶sn 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.

⁵¹tn Or “very zealous.” The infinitive absolute preceding the finite verb emphasizes the degree of his zeal and allegiance.

⁵²tn Traditionally, “the God of hosts.”

⁵³tn Heb “abandoned your covenant.”

⁵⁴tn Heb “and they are seeking my life to take it.”

⁵⁶tn Or “very zealous.” The infinitive absolute preceding the finite verb emphasizes the degree of his zeal and allegiance.

⁵⁷tn Traditionally, “the God of hosts.”

⁵⁸tn Heb “abandoned your covenant.”

⁵⁹tn Heb “and they are seeking my life to take it.”