1 Kings 20:7

20:7 The king of Israel summoned all the leaders ¹  of the land and said, “Notice how this man is looking for trouble. ²  Indeed, he demanded my wives, sons, silver, and gold, and I did not resist him.”

1 Kings 20:23

20:23 Now the advisers ³  of the king of Syria said to him: “Their God is a god of the mountains. That’s why they overpowered us. But if we fight them in the plains, we will certainly overpower them.

1 Kings 22:43

22:43 He followed in his father Asa’s footsteps and was careful to do what the Lord approved. ⁴  (22:44) ⁵  However, the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.

1 Kings 2:32

2:32 May the Lord punish him for the blood he shed; ⁶  behind my father David’s back he struck down and murdered with the sword two men who were more innocent and morally upright than he ⁷  – Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.

1 Kings 21:2

21:2 Ahab said to Naboth, “Give me your vineyard so I can make a vegetable garden out of it, for it is adjacent to my palace. I will give you an even better vineyard in its place, or if you prefer, ⁸  I will pay you silver for it.” ⁹ 

¹ tn Heb “elders.”

² tn Heb “Know and see that this [man] is seeking trouble.”

³ tn Or “servants.”

⁵ tn Heb “he walked in all the way of Asa his father and did not turn from it, doing what is right in the eyes of the Lord.”

⁶ sn Beginning with 22:43b, the verse numbers through 22:53 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), because 22:43b in the English Bible = 22:44 in the Hebrew text. The remaining verses in the chapter differ by one, with 22:44-53 ET = 22:45-54 HT.

⁷ tn Heb “The Lord will cause his blood to return upon his head.”

⁸ tn 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.”

⁹ tn Heb “if it is good in your eyes.”

¹⁰ tc The Old Greek translation includes the following words: “And it will be mine as a garden of herbs.”