1 Kings 12:11

12:11 My father imposed heavy demands on you; I will make them even heavier. ¹  My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.’” ² 

1 Kings 1:14

1:14 While ³  you are still there speaking to the king, I will arrive ⁴  and verify your report.” ⁵ 

1 Kings 12:14

12:14 and followed ⁶  the advice of the younger ones. He said, “My father imposed heavy demands on you; I will make them even heavier. ⁷  My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.” ⁸ 

1 Kings 9:26

9:26 King Solomon also built ships ⁹  in Ezion Geber, which is located near Elat in the land of Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.

1 Kings 5:9

5:9 My servants will bring the timber down from Lebanon to the sea. I will send it by sea in raft-like bundles to the place you designate. ¹⁰  There I will separate the logs ¹¹  and you can carry them away. In exchange you will supply the food I need for my royal court.” ¹² 

1 Kings 18:23-24

18:23 Let them bring us two bulls. Let them choose one of the bulls for themselves, cut it up into pieces, and place it on the wood. But they must not set it on fire. I will do the same to the other bull and place it on the wood. But I will not set it on fire. 18:24 Then you ¹³  will invoke the name of your god, and I will invoke the name of the Lord. The god who responds with fire will demonstrate that he is the true God.” ¹⁴  All the people responded, “This will be a fair test.” ¹⁵ 

1 Kings 18:36

18:36 When it was time for the evening offering, ¹⁶  Elijah the prophet approached the altar ¹⁷  and prayed: “O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, prove ¹⁸  today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command.

1 Kings 20:34

20:34 Ben Hadad ¹⁹  said, “I will return the cities my father took from your father. You may set up markets ²⁰  in Damascus, just as my father did in Samaria.” ²¹  Ahab then said, “I want to make a treaty with you before I dismiss you.” ²²  So he made a treaty with him and then dismissed him.

1 Kings 22:8

22:8 The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man through whom we can seek the Lord’s will. ²³  But I despise ²⁴  him because he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but disaster. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah. ²⁵  Jehoshaphat said, “The king should not say such things.”

¹ tn Heb “and now my father placed upon you a heavy yoke, but I will add to your yoke.”

² tn Heb “My father punished you with whips, but I will punish you with scorpions.” “Scorpions” might allude to some type of torture using poisonous insects, but more likely it refers to a type of whip that inflicts an especially biting, painful wound. Cf. CEV “whips with pieces of sharp metal.”

³ tn In the Hebrew text the sentence is introduced by the particle הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”), which here draws attention to Nathan’s concluding word of assurance and support. For this use of the word, see HALOT 252 s.v. הִנֵּה.

⁴ tc The Hebrew text reads, “I will come after you.”

⁵ tn Heb “fill up [i.e., confirm] your words.”

⁵ tn Heb “and spoke to them according to.”

⁶ tn Heb “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke.”

⁷ tn Heb “My father punished you with whips, but I will punish you with scorpions.” See the note on the same phrase in v. 11.

⁷ tn Or “a fleet” (in which case “ships” would be implied).

⁹ tn Heb “I will place them [on? as?] rafts in the sea to the place where you designate to me.” This may mean he would send them by raft, or that he would tie them in raft-like bundles, and have ships tow them down to an Israelite port.

¹⁰ tn Heb “smash them,” i.e., untie the bundles.

¹¹ tn Heb “as for you, you will satisfy my desire by giving food for my house.”

¹¹ tn Elijah now directly addresses the prophets.

¹² tn Heb “the God.”

¹³ tn Heb “The matter [i.e., proposal] is good [i.e., acceptable].”

¹³ tn Heb “at the offering up of the offering.”

¹⁴ tn The words “the altar” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

¹⁵ tn Heb “let it be known.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ben Hadad) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁶ tn Heb “streets,” but this must refer to streets set up with stalls for merchants to sell their goods. See HALOT 299 s.v. חוּץ.

¹⁷ map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.

¹⁸ tn Heb “I will send you away with a treaty.” The words “Ahab then said” are supplied in the translation. There is nothing in the Hebrew text to indicate that the speaker has changed from Ben Hadad to Ahab. Some suggest adding “and he said” before “I will send you away.” Others prefer to maintain Ben Hadad as the speaker and change the statement to, “Please send me away with a treaty.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “to seek the Lord from him.”

¹⁸ tn Or “hate.”

¹⁹ tn The words “his name is” are supplied for stylistic reasons.