1 Kings 2:23

2:23 King Solomon then swore an oath by the Lord, “May God judge me severely, ¹  if Adonijah does not pay for this request with his life! ² 

1 Kings 13:1

13:1 Just then ³  a prophet ⁴  from Judah, sent by the Lord, arrived in Bethel, ⁵  as Jeroboam was standing near the altar ready to offer a sacrifice.

1 Kings 13:5

13:5 The altar split open and the ashes ⁶  fell from the altar to the ground, ⁷  in fulfillment of the sign the prophet had announced with the Lord’s authority. ⁸ 

1 Kings 13:12

13:12 Their father asked them, “Which road did he take?” His sons showed him ⁹  the road the prophet ¹⁰  from Judah had taken.

1 Kings 15:4

15:4 Nevertheless for David’s sake the Lord his God maintained his dynasty ¹¹  in Jerusalem by giving him a son ¹²  to succeed him ¹³  and by protecting Jerusalem. ¹⁴ 

1 Kings 17:24

17:24 The woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a prophet and that the Lord really does speak through you.” ¹⁵ 

¹ tn Heb “So may God do to me, and so may he add.”

² tn Heb “if with his life Adonijah has not spoken this word.”

³ tn Heb “Look.” The Hebrew particle הִנֵּה (hinneh) is a rhetorical device by which the author invites the reader to visualize the scene for dramatic effect.

⁴ tn Heb “the man of God.”

⁵ tn Heb “came by the word of the Lord to Bethel.”

⁵ tn Heb “the fat.” Reference is made to burnt wood mixed with fat. See HALOT 234 s.v. דשׁן.

⁶ tn Heb “were poured out from the altar.”

⁷ tn Heb “according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the Lord.”

⁷ tn The Hebrew text has “and his sons saw” (וַיִּרְאוּ [vayyir’u], Qal from רָאָה [ra’ah]). In this case the verbal construction (vav consecutive + prefixed verbal form) would have to be understood as pluperfect, “his sons had seen.” Such uses of this construction are rare at best. Consequently many, following the lead of the ancient versions, prefer to emend the verbal form to a Hiphil with pronominal suffix (וַיַּרְאֻהוּ [vayyar’uhu], “and they showed him”).

⁸ tn Heb “the man of God.”

⁹ tn Heb “gave him a lamp.”

¹⁰ tc The Old Greek has the plural “his sons.”

¹¹ tn Heb “by raising up his son after him.”

¹² tn Heb “and by causing Jerusalem to stand firm.”

¹¹ tn Heb “you are a man of God and the word of the Lord is truly in your mouth.”