1 Kings 15:13

15:13 He also removed Maacah his grandmother ¹  from her position as queen because she had made a loathsome Asherah pole. Asa cut down her Asherah pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

1 Kings 16:33

16:33 Ahab also made an Asherah pole; he ²  did more to anger the Lord God of Israel than all the kings of Israel who were before him.

1 Kings 16:2

16:2 “I raised you up ³  from the dust and made you ruler over my people Israel. Yet you followed in Jeroboam’s footsteps ⁴  and encouraged my people Israel to sin; their sins have made me angry. ⁵ 

1 Kings 13:6

13:6 The king pled with ⁶  the prophet, ⁷  “Seek the favor of ⁸  the Lord your God and pray for me, so that my hand may be restored.” So the prophet sought the Lord’s favor ⁹  and the king’s hand was restored to its former condition. ¹⁰ 

¹ tn Heb “mother,” but Hebrew often uses the terms “father” and “mother” for grandparents and more remote ancestors.

² tn Heb “Ahab”; the proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

³ tn The Hebrew text has “because” at the beginning of the sentence. In the Hebrew text vv. 2-3 are one sentence comprised of a causal clause giving the reason for divine punishment (v. 2) and the main clause announcing the punishment (v. 3). The translation divides this sentence for stylistic reasons.

⁴ tn Heb “walked in the way of Jeroboam.”

⁵ tn Heb “angering me by their sins.”

⁴ tn Heb “The king answered and said to.”

⁵ tn Heb “the man of God” (a second time later in this verse, and once in v. 7 and v. 8).

⁶ tn Heb “appease the face of.”

⁷ tn Heb “appeased the face of the Lord.”

⁸ tn Heb “and it was as in the beginning.”