1 Kings 2:3

2:3 Do the job the Lord your God has assigned you¹ by following his instructions² and obeying³ his rules, commandments, regulations, and laws as written in the law of Moses. Then you will succeed in all you do and seek to accomplish,⁴

1 Kings 11:19

11:19 Pharaoh liked Hadad so well⁵ he gave him his sister-in-law (Queen Tahpenes’ sister) as a wife.⁶

1 Kings 14:25

14:25 In King Rehoboam’s fifth year, King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem.

1 Kings 18:40

18:40 Elijah told them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Don’t let even one of them escape!” So they seized them, and Elijah led them down to the Kishon Valley and executed⁷ them there.

1 Kings 3:1

The Lord Gives Solomon Wisdom

3:1 Solomon made an alliance by marriage with Pharaoh, king of Egypt; he married Pharaoh’s daughter. He brought her to the City of David⁸ until he could finish building his residence and the temple of the Lord and the wall around Jerusalem.⁹

1 Kings 12:33

A Prophet from Judah Visits Bethel

12:33 On the fifteenth day of the eighth month (a date he had arbitrarily chosen)¹⁰ Jeroboam¹¹ offered sacrifices on the altar he had made in Bethel.¹² He inaugurated a festival for the Israelites and went up to the altar to offer sacrifices.

¹tn Heb “keep the charge of the Lord your God.”

²tn Heb “by walking in his ways.”

³tn Or “keeping.”

⁴tn Heb “then you will cause to succeed all which you do and all which you turn there.”

⁵tn Heb “and Hadad found great favor in the eyes of Pharaoh.”

⁶tn Heb “and he gave to him a wife, the sister of his wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.”

⁹tn Or “slaughtered.”

¹³sn The phrase City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

¹⁴map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

¹⁷tn Heb “which he had chosen by himself.”

¹⁸tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jeroboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁹map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.