1 Kings 14:17

14:17 So Jeroboam’s wife got up and went back to ¹  Tirzah. As she crossed the threshold of the house, the boy died.

1 Kings 20:19

20:19 They marched out of the city with the servants of the district governors in the lead and the army behind them.

1 Kings 3:7

3:7 Now, O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in my father David’s place, even though I am only a young man and am inexperienced. ² 

1 Kings 11:17

11:17 Hadad, ³  who was only a small boy at the time, escaped with some of his father’s Edomite servants and headed for Egypt. ⁴ 

1 Kings 11:28

11:28 Jeroboam was a talented man; ⁵  when Solomon saw that the young man was an accomplished worker, he made him the leader of the work crew from the tribe ⁶  of Joseph.

1 Kings 14:3

14:3 Take ⁷  ten loaves of bread, some small cakes, and a container of honey and visit him. He will tell you what will happen to the boy.”

1 Kings 18:43

18:43 He told his servant, “Go on up and look in the direction of the sea.” So he went on up, looked, and reported, “There is nothing.” ⁸  Seven times Elijah sent him to look. ⁹ 

1 Kings 19:3

19:3 Elijah was afraid, ¹⁰  so he got up and fled for his life to Beer Sheba in Judah. He left his servant there,

1 Kings 20:14

20:14 Ahab asked, “By whom will this be accomplished?” ¹¹  He answered, “This is what the Lord says, ‘By the servants of the district governors.’” Ahab ¹²  asked, “Who will launch the attack?” He answered, “You will.”

1 Kings 20:17

20:17 The servants of the district governors led the march. When Ben Hadad sent messengers, they reported back to him, “Men are marching out of Samaria.” ¹³ 

1 Kings 20:15

20:15 So Ahab ¹⁴  assembled the 232 servants of the district governors. After that he assembled all the Israelite army, numbering 7,000. ¹⁵ 

¹ tn Heb “went and entered.”

² tn Heb “and I do not know going out or coming in.”

³ tn The MT reads “Adad,” an alternate form of the name Hadad.

⁴ tn Heb “and Adad fled, he and Edomite men from the servants of his father, to go to Egypt, and Hadad was a small boy.”

⁴ tn Heb “man of strength.”

⁵ tn Heb “house.”

⁵ tn Heb “take in your hand.”

⁶ sn So he went on up, looked, and reported, “There is nothing.” Several times in this chapter those addressed by Elijah obey his orders. In vv. 20 and 42 Ahab does as instructed, in vv. 26 and 28 the prophets follow Elijah’s advice, and in vv. 30, 34, 40 and 43 the people and servants do as they are told. By juxtaposing Elijah’s commands with accounts of those commands being obeyed, the narrator emphasizes the authority of the Lord’s prophet.

⁷ tn Heb “He said, ‘Return,’ seven times.”

⁷ tc The MT has “and he saw,” but some medieval Hebrew mss as well as several ancient versions support the reading “he was afraid.” The consonantal text (וַיַּרְא, vayyar’) is ambiguous and can be vocalized וַיַּרְא (from רָאָה, ra’ah, “to see”) or וַיִּרָא (vayyira’, from יָרֵא, yare’, “to fear”).

⁸ tn The words “will this be accomplished” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

⁹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ahab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁹ map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.

¹⁰ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ahab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹¹ tn Heb “after them he assembled all the people, all the sons of Israel, seven thousand.”