1 Kings 22:2

22:2 In the third year King Jehoshaphat of Judah came down to visit ¹  the king of Israel.

1 Kings 22:2

22:2 In the third year King Jehoshaphat of Judah came down to visit ²  the king of Israel.

1 Kings 8:18

8:18 The Lord told my father David, ‘It is right for you to have a strong desire to build a temple to honor me. ³ 

1 Kings 8:2

8:2 All the men of Israel assembled before King Solomon during the festival ⁴  in the month Ethanim ⁵  (the seventh month).

1 Kings 19:2

19:2 Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah with this warning, ⁶  “May the gods judge me severely ⁷  if by this time tomorrow I do not take your life as you did theirs!” ⁸ 

1 Kings 21:6

21:6 He answered her, “While I was talking to Naboth the Jezreelite, I said to him, ‘Sell me your vineyard for silver, or if you prefer, I will give you another vineyard in its place.’ But he said, ‘I will not sell you my vineyard.’” ⁹ 

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, ¹⁰  I will pay you silver for it.” ¹¹ 

Colossians 1:14

1:14 in whom we have redemption, ¹²  the forgiveness of sins.

¹ tn The word “visit” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

² tn The word “visit” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

³ tn Heb “Because it was with your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was with your heart.”

⁴ sn The festival. This was the Feast of Tabernacles, see Lev 23:34.

⁵ sn The month Ethanim. This would be September-October in modern reckoning.

⁵ tn Heb “saying.”

⁶ tn Heb “So may the gods do to me, and so may they add.”

⁷ tn Heb “I do not make your life like the life of one of them.”

⁶ tn Heb “While I was talking…, I said…, he said….” Ahab’s explanation is one lengthy sentence in the Hebrew text, which is divided in the English translation for stylistic reasons.

⁷ tn Heb “if it is good in your eyes.”

⁸ tc The Old Greek translation includes the following words: “And it will be mine as a garden of herbs.”

⁸ tc διὰ τοῦ αἵματος αὐτοῦ (dia tou {aimato" autou, “through his blood”) is read at this juncture by several minuscule mss (614 630 1505 2464 al) as well as a few, mostly secondary, versional and patristic witnesses. But the reading was prompted by the parallel in Eph 1:7 where the wording is solid. If these words had been in the original of Colossians, why would scribes omit them here but not in Eph 1:7? Further, the testimony on behalf of the shorter reading is quite overwhelming: {א A B C D F G Ψ 075 0150 6 33 1739 1881 Ï latt co as well as several other versions and fathers}. The conviction that “through his blood” is not authentic in Col 1:14 is as strong as the conviction that these words are authentic in Eph 1:7.