1 Kings 2:32

2:32 May the Lord punish him for the blood he shed;¹ behind my father David’s back he struck down and murdered with the sword two men who were more innocent and morally upright than he² – Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.

1 Kings 3:6

3:6 Solomon replied, “You demonstrated³ great loyalty to your servant, my father David, as he served⁴ you faithfully, properly, and sincerely.⁵ You have maintained this great loyalty to this day by allowing his son to sit on his throne.⁶

1 Kings 3:26

3:26 The real mother⁷ spoke up to the king, for her motherly instincts were aroused.⁸ She said, “My master, give her the living child! Whatever you do, don’t kill him!”⁹ But the other woman said, “Neither one of us will have him! Let them cut him in two!”

1 Kings 5:6

5:6 So now order some cedars of Lebanon to be cut for me. My servants will work with your servants. I will pay your servants whatever you say is appropriate, for you know that we have no one among us who knows how to cut down trees like the Sidonians.”

1 Kings 8:20

8:20 The Lord has kept the promise he made.¹⁰ I have taken my father David’s place and have occupied the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised. I have built this temple for the honor¹¹ of the Lord God of Israel

1 Kings 13:6

13:6 The king pled with¹² the prophet,¹³ “Seek the favor of¹⁴ the Lord your God and pray for me, so that my hand may be restored.” So the prophet sought the Lord’s favor¹⁵ and the king’s hand was restored to its former condition.¹⁶

1 Kings 15:19

15:19 “I want to make a treaty with you, like the one our fathers made.¹⁷ See, I have sent you silver and gold as a present. Break your treaty with King Baasha of Israel, so he will retreat from my land.”¹⁸

1 Kings 18:12

18:12 But when I leave you, the Lord’s spirit will carry you away so I can’t find you.¹⁹ If I go tell Ahab I’ve seen you, he won’t be able to find you and he will kill me.²⁰ That would not be fair,²¹ because your servant has been a loyal follower of²² the Lord from my youth.

1 Kings 20:9

20:9 So he said to the messengers of Ben Hadad, “Say this to my master, the king, ‘I will give you everything you demanded at first from your servant, but I am unable to agree to this latest demand.’”²³ So the messengers went back and gave their report.

¹tn Heb “The Lord will cause his blood to return upon his head.”

²tn Heb “because he struck down two men more innocent and better than he and he killed them with the sword, and my father David did not know.”

³tn Heb “did.”

⁴tn Heb “walked before.”

⁵tn Heb “in faithfulness and in innocence and in uprightness of heart with you.”

⁶tn Heb “and you have kept to him this great loyalty and you gave to him a son [who] sits on his throne as this day.”

⁵tn Heb “the woman whose son was alive.”

⁶tn Heb “for her compassions grew warm for her son.”

⁷tn The infinitive absolute before the negated jussive emphasizes the main verb.

⁷tn Heb “his word that he spoke.”

⁸tn Heb “name.”

⁹tn Heb “The king answered and said to.”

¹⁰tn Heb “the man of God” (a second time later in this verse, and once in v. 7 and v. 8).

¹¹tn Heb “appease the face of.”

¹²tn Heb “appeased the face of the Lord.”

¹³tn Heb “and it was as in the beginning.”

¹¹tn Heb “[May there be] a covenant between me and you [as there was] between my father and your father.”

¹²tn Heb “so he will go up from upon me.”

¹³tn Heb “to [a place] which I do not know.”

¹⁴tn Heb “and I will go to inform Ahab and he will not find you and he will kill me.”

¹⁵tn The words “that would not be fair” are added to clarify the logic of Obadiah’s argument.

¹⁶tn Heb “has feared the Lord” (also see the note at 1 Kgs 18:3).

¹⁵tn Heb “all which you sent to your servant in the beginning I will do, but this thing I am unable to do.”