1 Kings 2:33

2:33 May Joab and his descendants be perpetually guilty of their shed blood, but may the Lord give perpetual peace to David, his descendants, his family, ¹  and his dynasty.” ² 

1 Kings 6:7

6:7 As the temple was being built, only stones shaped at the quarry ³  were used; the sound of hammers, pickaxes, or any other iron tool was not heard at the temple while it was being built.

1 Kings 7:12

7:12 Around the great courtyard were three rows of chiseled stones and one row of cedar beams, like the inner courtyard of the Lord’s temple and the hall of the palace. ⁴ 

1 Kings 8:5

8:5 Now King Solomon and all the Israelites who had assembled with him went on ahead of the ark and sacrificed more sheep and cattle than could be counted or numbered. ⁵ 

1 Kings 11:11

11:11 So the Lord said to Solomon, “Because you insist on doing these things and have not kept the covenantal rules I gave you, ⁶  I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.

1 Kings 11:36

11:36 I will leave ⁷  his son one tribe so my servant David’s dynasty may continue to serve me ⁸  in Jerusalem, the city I have chosen as my home. ⁹ 

1 Kings 15:20

15:20 Ben Hadad accepted King Asa’s offer and ordered his army commanders to attack the cities of Israel. ¹⁰  They conquered ¹¹  Ijon, Dan, Abel Beth Maacah, and all the territory of Naphtali, including the region of Kinnereth. ¹² 

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 executed ¹³  them there.

1 Kings 20:12

20:12 When Ben Hadad received this reply, ¹⁴  he and the other kings were drinking in their quarters. ¹⁵  He ordered his servants, “Get ready to attack!” So they got ready to attack the city.

¹ tn Heb “house.”

² tn Heb “his throne.”

³ tn Heb “finished stone of the quarry,” i.e., stones chiseled and shaped at the time they were taken out of the quarry.

⁵ tn Or “the porch of the temple.”

⁷ tn Heb “And King Solomon and all the assembly of Israel, those who had been gathered to him, [were] before the ark, sacrificing sheep and cattle which could not be counted or numbered because of the abundance.”

⁹ tn Heb “Because this is with you, and you have not kept my covenant and my rules which I commanded you.”

¹¹ tn Heb “give.”

¹² tn Heb “so there might be a lamp for David my servant all the days before me in Jerusalem.” The metaphorical “lamp” symbolizes the Davidic dynasty. Because this imagery is unfamiliar to the modern reader, the translation “so my servant David’s dynasty may continue to serve me” has been used.

¹³ tn Heb “so there might be a lamp for David my servant all the days before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen for myself to put my name there.”

¹³ tn Heb “and Ben Hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of the armies which belonged to him against the cities of Israel.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “he struck down.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “and all Kinnereth together with all the land of Naphtali.”

¹⁵ tn Or “slaughtered.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “When he heard this word.”

¹⁸ tn Heb “in the temporary shelters.” This is probably referring to tents.