1 Kings 2:10

2:10 Then David passed away¹ and was buried in the city of David.²

1 Kings 14:31

14:31 Rehoboam passed away³ and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David. His mother was an Ammonite named Naamah. His son Abijah⁴ replaced him as king.

1 Kings 14:2

14:2 Jeroboam told his wife, “Disguise⁵ yourself so that people cannot recognize you are Jeroboam’s wife. Then go to Shiloh; Ahijah the prophet, who told me I would rule over this nation, lives there.⁶

1 Kings 21:18

21:18 “Get up, go down and meet King Ahab of Israel who lives in Samaria. He is at the vineyard of Naboth; he has gone down there to take possession of it.

1 Kings 21:26

21:26 He was so wicked he worshiped the disgusting idols,⁷ just like the Amorites⁸ whom the Lord had driven out from before the Israelites.)

1 Kings 21:2

21:2 Ahab said to Naboth, “Give me your vineyard so I can make a vegetable garden out of it, for it is adjacent to my palace. I will give you an even better vineyard in its place, or if you prefer,⁹ I will pay you silver for it.”¹⁰

1 Kings 21:20

21:20 When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him,¹¹ “So, you have found me, my enemy!” Elijah¹² replied, “I have found you, because you are committed¹³ to doing evil in the sight of¹⁴ the Lord.

1 Kings 1:23

1:23 The king was told, “Nathan the prophet is here.” Nathan entered and bowed before the king with his face to the floor.¹⁵

1 Kings 1:27

1:27 Has my master the king authorized this without informing your servants¹⁶ who should succeed my master the king on his throne?”¹⁷

Jeremiah 22:19

22:19 He will be left unburied just like a dead donkey.

His body will be dragged off and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.’”¹⁸

¹tn Heb “and David lay down with his fathers.”

²sn The phrase the city of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

³tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

⁴tn In the Hebrew text the name is spelled “Abijam” here and in 1 Kgs 15:1-8.

⁵tn Heb “Get up, change yourself.”

⁶tn Heb “look, Ahijah the prophet is there, he told me [I would be] king over this nation.”

⁷tn The Hebrew word used here, גִלּוּלִים (gillulim) is always used as a disdainful reference to idols. It is generally thought to have originally referred to “dung pellets” (cf. KBL 183 s.v. גִלּוּלִים). It is only one of several terms used in this way, such as אֱלִילִים (’elilim, “worthless things”) and הֲבָלִים (havalim, “vanities” or “empty winds”).

⁸tn Heb “He acted very abominably by walking after the disgusting idols, according to all which the Amorites had done.”

⁹tn Heb “if it is good in your eyes.”

¹⁰tc The Old Greek translation includes the following words: “And it will be mine as a garden of herbs.”

¹¹tn Heb “and Ahab said to Elijah.” The narrative is elliptical and streamlined. The words “when Elijah arrived” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

¹²tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹³tn Heb “you have sold yourself.”

¹⁴tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

¹⁵tn Heb “ground.” Since this was indoors, “floor” is more appropriate than “ground.”

¹⁶tc Many Hebrew mss and ancient textual witnesses agree with the Qere in reading this as singular, “your servant.”

¹⁷tn Heb “From my master the king is this thing done, and you did not make known to your servants who will sit on the throne of my master the king after him?”

¹⁸sn A similar judgment against this ungodly king is pronounced by Jeremiah in 36:30. According to 2 Chr 36:6 he was bound over to be taken captive to Babylon but apparently died before he got there. According to the Jewish historian Josephus, Nebuchadnezzar ordered his body thrown outside the wall in fulfillment of this judgment. The Bible itself, however, does not tell us that.