1 Kings 14:16

14:16 He will hand Israel over to their enemies ¹  because of the sins which Jeroboam committed and which he made Israel commit.”

1 Kings 15:26

15:26 He did evil in the sight of ²  the Lord. He followed in his father’s footsteps and encouraged Israel to sin. ³ 

1 Kings 15:2

15:2 He ruled for three years in Jerusalem. ⁴  His mother was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom. ⁵ 

1 Kings 21:16

21:16 When Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, ⁶  he got up and went down to take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.

1 Kings 1:26

1:26 But he did not invite me – your servant – or Zadok the priest, or Benaiah son of Jehoiada, or your servant Solomon.

1 Kings 1:3-4

1:3 So they looked through all Israel ⁷  for a beautiful young woman and found Abishag, a Shunammite, and brought her to the king. 1:4 The young woman was very beautiful; she became the king’s nurse and served him, but the king did not have sexual relations with her. ⁸ 

Proverbs 29:12

29:12 If a ruler listens to ⁹  lies, ¹⁰ 

all his ministers ¹¹  will be wicked. ¹² 

Micah 6:16

6:16 You implement the regulations of Omri,

and all the practices of Ahab’s dynasty; ¹³ 

you follow their policies. ¹⁴ 

Therefore I will make you an appalling sight, ¹⁵ 

the city’s ¹⁶  inhabitants will be taunted derisively, ¹⁷ 

and nations will mock all of you.” ¹⁸ 

¹ tn Heb “and he will give [up] Israel.”

² tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

³ tn Heb “and he walked in the way of his father and in his sin which he made Israel sin.”

⁴ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁵ sn Abishalom (also in v. 10) is a variant of the name Absalom (cf. 2 Chr 11:20). The more common form is used by TEV, NLT.

⁶ tc The Old Greek translation includes the following words here: “he tore his garments and put on sackcloth. After these things.”

⁷ tn Heb “through all the territory of Israel.”

⁸ tn Heb “did not know her.”

⁹ tn The Hiphil participle מַקְשִׁיב (maqshiv) means “to give attention to; to regard; to heed.” Cf. NASB, NCV, TEV “pays attention to.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “word of falsehood” or “lying word.” Cf. TEV “false information.”

¹¹ tn The verb שָׁרַת (sharat) means “to minister; to serve.” The Piel plural participle here refers to servants of the king who attend to him – courtiers and ministers (cf. NIV, NRSV, TEV, CEV “officials”; NLT “advisers”). This, his entourage, will have to resort to evil practices to gain his favor if he is swayed by such lies.

¹² sn The servants of the monarch adjust to their ruler; when they see that court flattery and deception are effective, they will begin to practice it and in the end become wicked (e.g., Prov 16:10; 20:8; 25:2).

¹³ tn Heb “the edicts of Omri are kept, and all the deeds of the house of Ahab.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “and you walk in their plans.”

¹⁵ tn The Hebrew term שַׁמָּה (shammah) can refer to “destruction; ruin,” or to the reaction it produces in those who witness the destruction.

¹⁶ tn Heb “her”; the referent (the city) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁷ tn Heb “[an object] of hissing,” which was a way of taunting someone.

¹⁸ tc The translation assumes an emendation of the MT’s עַמִּי (’ammi, “my people”) to עַמִּים (’ammim, “nations”).