1 Kings 19:15
19:15 The
Lord said to him, “Go back the way you came and then head for the Desert of Damascus. Go and anoint Hazael king over Syria.
1 Kings 19:2
19:2 Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah with this warning,
1 “May the gods judge me severely
2 if by this time tomorrow I do not take your life as you did theirs!”
3
1 Kings 8:7-15
8:7 The cherubs’ wings extended over the place where the ark sat; the cherubs overshadowed the ark and its poles.
4
8:8 The poles were so long their ends were visible from the holy place in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from beyond that point.
5 They have remained there to this very day.
8:9 There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets Moses had placed there in Horeb.
6 It was there that
7 the
Lord made an agreement with the Israelites after he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
8:10 Once the priests left the holy place, a cloud filled the
Lord’s temple.
8:11 The priests could not carry out their duties
8 because of the cloud; the
Lord’s glory filled his temple.
9
8:12 Then Solomon said, “The Lord has said that he lives in thick darkness.
8:13 O Lord, 10 truly I have built a lofty temple for you, a place where you can live permanently.”
8:14 Then the king turned around 11 and pronounced a blessing over the whole Israelite assembly as they stood there. 12
8:15 He said, “The Lord God of Israel is worthy of praise because he has fulfilled 13 what he promised 14 my father David.
1 tn Heb “saying.”
2 tn Heb “So may the gods do to me, and so may they add.”
3 tn Heb “I do not make your life like the life of one of them.”
4 sn And its poles. These poles were used to carry the ark. See Exod 25:13-15.
5 tn Heb “they could not be seen outside.”
6 sn Horeb is another name for Mount Sinai.
7 tn Heb “in Horeb where.”
8 tn Heb “were not able to stand to serve.”
9 tn Heb “the house of the Lord.”
10 tn The words “O Lord” do not appear in the original text, but they are supplied for clarification; Solomon addresses the Lord in prayer at this point.
11 tn Heb “turned his face.”
12 tn Heb “and he blessed all the assembly of Israel, and all the assembly of Israel was standing.”
13 tn The Hebrew text reads, “by his hand.”
14 tn The Hebrew text reads, “by his mouth.”