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 3:11

3:11 God said to him, “Because you asked for the ability to make wise judicial decisions, and not for long life, or riches, or vengeance on your enemies,⁶

1 Kings 3:28

3:28 When all Israel heard about the judicial decision which the king had rendered, they respected⁷ the king, for they realized⁸ that he possessed supernatural wisdom⁹ to make judicial decisions.

1 Kings 8:23

8:23 He prayed:¹⁰ “O Lord, God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven above or on earth below! You maintain covenantal loyalty¹¹ to your servants who obey you with sincerity.¹²

1 Kings 9:6

9:6 “But if you or your sons ever turn away from me, fail to obey the regulations and rules I instructed you to keep,¹³ and decide to serve and worship other gods,¹⁴

1 Kings 11:4

11:4 When Solomon became old, his wives shifted his allegiance to¹⁵ other gods; he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord his God, as his father David had been.¹⁶

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.”¹⁷

1 Kings 18:36

18:36 When it was time for the evening offering,¹⁸ Elijah the prophet approached the altar¹⁹ and prayed: “O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, prove²⁰ today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command.

1 Kings 19:2

19:2 Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah with this warning,²¹ “May the gods judge me severely²² if by this time tomorrow I do not take your life as you did theirs!”²³

1 Kings 20:10

20:10 Ben Hadad sent another message to him, “May the gods judge me severely²⁴ if there is enough dirt left in Samaria for my soldiers to scoop up in their hands.”²⁵

1 Kings 21:13

21:13 The two villains arrived and sat opposite him. Then the villains testified against Naboth right before the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king.” So they dragged him²⁶ outside the city and stoned him to death.²⁷

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 “because you asked for this thing, and did not ask for yourself many days and did not ask for yourself riches and did not ask for the life of your enemies, but you asked for yourself understanding to hear judgment.”

¹¹tn Heb “feared,” perhaps in the sense, “stood in awe of.”

¹²tn Heb “saw.”

¹³tn Heb “the wisdom of God within him.”

¹⁶tn Heb “said.”

¹⁷tn Heb “one who keeps the covenant and the loyal love.” The expression is a hendiadys.

¹⁸tn Heb “who walk before you with all their heart.”

²¹tn Heb “which I placed before you.”

²²tn Heb “and walk and serve other gods and bow down to them.”

²⁶tn Heb “bent his heart after.”

²⁷tn Heb “his heart was not complete with the Lord his God, like the heart of David his father.”

³¹sn 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.

³⁶tn Heb “at the offering up of the offering.”

³⁷tn The words “the altar” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

³⁸tn Heb “let it be known.”

⁴¹tn Heb “saying.”

⁴²tn Heb “So may the gods do to me, and so may they add.”

⁴³tn Heb “I do not make your life like the life of one of them.”

⁴⁶tn Heb “So may the gods do to me, and so may they add.”

⁴⁷tn Heb “if the dirt of Samaria suffices for the handfuls of all the people who are at my feet.”

⁵¹tn Heb “led him.”

⁵²tn Heb “and they stoned him with stones and he died.”