8:33 “The time will come when 4 your people Israel are defeated by an enemy 5 because they sinned against you. If they come back to you, renew their allegiance to you, 6 and pray for your help 7 in this temple, 8:34 then listen from heaven, forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them back to the land you gave to their ancestors.
12:12 Jeroboam and all the people reported 8 to Rehoboam on the third day, just as the king had ordered when he said, “Return to me on the third day.”
20:5 The messengers came again and said, “This is what Ben Hadad says, ‘I sent this message to you, “You must give me your silver, gold, wives, and sons.”
1 tn Heb “Say to Solomon the king, for he will not turn back your face, that he might give to me Abishag the Shunammite for a wife.”
2 tn Heb “house.”
3 tn Heb “his throne.”
3 tn Heb “when.” In the Hebrew text vv. 33-34 actually contain one lengthy conditional sentence, which the translation has divided into two sentences for stylistic reasons.
4 tn Or “are struck down before an enemy.”
5 tn Heb “confess [or perhaps, “praise”] your name.”
6 tn Heb “and they pray and ask for help.”
4 tn Heb “came.”
5 tn Heb “for this he commanded me by the word of the
6 tn Heb “eat food and drink water.”
6 tn Heb “I am unable to return with you or to go with you.”
7 tn Heb “eat food and drink water.”
7 tn Heb “the prophet.” The word “old” has been supplied in the translation to distinguish this individual from the other prophet.
8 tn Heb “the man of God.”
8 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
9 tn Heb “He said, ‘Return,’ seven times.”
9 tn Heb “for the journey is too great for you.”