1 Kings 16:26

16:26 He followed in the footsteps of Jeroboam son of Nebat and encouraged Israel to sin; 1  they angered the Lord God of Israel with their worthless idols. 2 

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.” 3  Seven times Elijah sent him to look. 4 

1 Kings 8:44

8:44 “When you direct your people to march out and fight their enemies, 5  and they direct their prayers to the Lord 6  toward his chosen city and this temple I built for your honor, 7 

1 Kings 8:48

8:48 When they return to you with all their heart and being 8  in the land where they are held prisoner, 9  and direct their prayers to you toward the land you gave to their ancestors, your chosen city, and the temple I built for your honor, 10 

1 Kings 18:27

18:27 At noon Elijah mocked them, “Yell louder! After all, he is a god; he may be deep in thought, or perhaps he stepped out for a moment or has taken a trip. Perhaps he is sleeping and needs to be awakened.” 11 

1 Kings 19:4

19:4 while he went a day’s journey into the desert. He went and sat down under a shrub 12  and asked the Lord to take his life: 13  “I’ve had enough! Now, O Lord, take my life. After all, I’m no better than my ancestors.” 14 

1 Kings 22:43

22:43 He followed in his father Asa’s footsteps and was careful to do what the Lord approved. 15  (22:44) 16  However, the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.

1 tn Heb “walked in all the way of Jeroboam son of Nebat and in his sin which he made Israel sin.”

2 tn Heb “angering the Lord God of Israel with their empty things.”

3 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.

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

5 tn Heb “When your people go out for battle against their enemies in the way which you send them.”

6 tn Or perhaps “to you, O Lord.” See 2 Chr 6:34.

7 tn Heb “your name.” See the note on the word “reputation” in v. 41.

7 tn Or “soul.”

8 tn Heb “in the land of their enemies.”

9 tn Heb “your name.” See the note on the word “reputation” in v. 41.

9 sn Elijah’s sarcastic proposals would have been especially offensive and irritating to Baal’s prophets, for they believed Baal was imprisoned in the underworld as death’s captive during this time of drought. Elijah’s apparent ignorance of their theology is probably designed for dramatic effect; indeed the suggestion that Baal is away on a trip or deep in sleep comes precariously close to the truth as viewed by the prophets.

11 tn Or “broom tree” (also in v. 5).

12 tn Heb “and asked with respect to his life to die.”

13 tn Heb “fathers.”

13 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.”

14 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.