1 Kings 15:14

15:14 The high places were not eliminated, yet Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord throughout his lifetime. 1 

1 Kings 22:43

22:43 He followed in his father Asa’s footsteps and was careful to do what the Lord approved. 2  (22:44) 3  However, the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.

1 Kings 22:2

22:2 In the third year King Jehoshaphat of Judah came down to visit 4  the king of Israel.

1 Kings 12:3

12:3 They sent for him, 5  and Jeroboam and the whole Israelite assembly came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

1 Kings 14:4

14:4 Jeroboam’s wife did as she was told. She went to Shiloh and visited Ahijah. 6  Now Ahijah could not see; he had lost his eyesight in his old age. 7 

1 Kings 15:4

15:4 Nevertheless for David’s sake the Lord his God maintained his dynasty 8  in Jerusalem by giving him a son 9  to succeed him 10  and by protecting Jerusalem. 11 

1 Kings 15:1

Abijah’s Reign over Judah

15:1 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijah 12  became king over Judah.

1 Kings 18:4

18:4 When Jezebel was killing 13  the Lord’s prophets, Obadiah took one hundred prophets and hid them in two caves in two groups of fifty. He also brought them food and water.)

1 Kings 18:22

18:22 Elijah said to them: 14  “I am the only prophet of the Lord who is left, but there are 450 prophets of Baal.

1 tn Heb “yet the heart of Asa was complete with the Lord all his days.”

2 tn Heb “he walked in all the way of Asa his father and did not turn from it, doing what is right in the eyes of the Lord.”

3 sn Beginning with 22:43b, the verse numbers through 22:53 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), because 22:43b in the English Bible = 22:44 in the Hebrew text. The remaining verses in the chapter differ by one, with 22:44-53 ET = 22:45-54 HT.

4 tn The word “visit” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

5 tn Heb “They sent and called for him.”

6 tn Heb “and the wife of Jeroboam did so; she arose and went to Shiloh and entered the house of Ahijah.”

7 tn Heb “his eyes were set because of his old age.”

8 tn Heb “gave him a lamp.”

9 tc The Old Greek has the plural “his sons.”

10 tn Heb “by raising up his son after him.”

11 tn Heb “and by causing Jerusalem to stand firm.”

12 tc The Old Greek also has the phrase “the son of Rehoboam.”

13 tn Heb “cutting off.”

14 tn Heb “to the people.”