1 Kings 2:3

2:3 Do the job the Lord your God has assigned you ¹  by following his instructions ²  and obeying ³  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 7:14

7:14 He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, ⁵  and his father was a craftsman in bronze from Tyre. He had the skill and knowledge ⁶  to make all kinds of works of bronze. He reported to King Solomon and did all the work he was assigned.

1 Kings 8:37-38

8:37 “The time will come when the land suffers from a famine, a plague, blight and disease, or a locust ⁷  invasion, or when their enemy lays siege to the cities of the land, ⁸  or when some other type of plague or epidemic occurs. 8:38 When all your people Israel pray and ask for help, ⁹  as they acknowledge their pain ¹⁰  and spread out their hands toward this temple,

1 Kings 11:34

11:34 I will not take the whole kingdom from his hand. I will allow him to be ruler for the rest of his life for the sake of my chosen servant David who kept my commandments and rules.

1 Kings 12:20

12:20 When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. No one except the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the Davidic dynasty. ¹¹ 

1 Kings 15:29

15:29 When he became king, he executed Jeroboam’s entire family. He wiped out everyone who breathed, ¹²  just as the Lord had predicted ¹³  through his servant Ahijah the Shilonite.

1 Kings 18:5

18:5 Ahab told Obadiah, “Go through the land to all the springs and valleys. Maybe we can find some grazing areas ¹⁴  so we can keep the horses and mules alive and not have to kill ¹⁵  some of the animals.”

1 Kings 20:15

20:15 So Ahab ¹⁶  assembled the 232 servants of the district governors. After that he assembled all the Israelite army, numbering 7,000. ¹⁷ 

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

² tn Heb “by walking in his ways.”

³ tn Or “keeping.”

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

⁵ tn 2 Chr 2:14 (13 HT) says “from the daughters of Dan.”

⁶ tn Heb “he was filled with the skill, understanding, and knowledge.”

⁹ tn Actually two Hebrew terms appear here, both of which are usually taken as referring to locusts. Perhaps different stages of growth or different varieties are in view.

¹⁰ tn Heb “in the land, his gates.”

¹³ tn Heb “every prayer, every request for help which will be to all the people, to all your people Israel.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “which they know, each the pain of his heart.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “there was no one [following] after the house of David except the tribe of Judah, it alone.”

²¹ tn Heb “and when he became king, he struck down all the house of Jeroboam; he did not leave any breath to Jeroboam until he destroyed him.”

²² tn Heb “according to the word of the Lord which he spoke.”

²⁵ tn Heb “grass.”

²⁶ tn Heb “to cut off.”

²⁹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ahab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³⁰ tn Heb “after them he assembled all the people, all the sons of Israel, seven thousand.”