1 Kings 3:10

3:10 The Lord was pleased that Solomon made this request.

1 Kings 3:15

3:15 Solomon then woke up and realized it was a dream. He went to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the Lord’s covenant, offered up burnt sacrifices, presented peace offerings, and held a feast for all his servants.

1 Kings 8:53

8:53 After all, you picked them out of all the nations of the earth to be your special possession, just as you, O sovereign Lord, announced through your servant Moses when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt.”

1 Kings 22:6

22:6 So the king of Israel assembled about four hundred prophets and asked them, “Should I attack Ramoth Gilead or not?” They said, “Attack! The sovereign one will hand it over to the king.”

1 Kings 2:26

2:26 The king then told Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your property in Anathoth. You deserve to die, 10  but today I will not kill you because you did carry the ark of the sovereign Lord before my father David and you suffered with my father through all his difficult times.” 11 


tn The Hebrew term translated “Lord” here and in v.15 is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).

tn Heb “And the thing was good in the eyes of the Lord, for Solomon asked for this thing.”

tn Heb “and look, a dream.”

tn Or “tokens of peace”; NIV, TEV “fellowship offerings.”

tn Or “For.”

tn Heb “your inheritance.”

tn Heb “Should I go against Ramoth Gilead for war or should I refrain?”

tn Though Jehoshaphat requested an oracle from “the Lord” (יְהוָה, Yahweh), they stop short of actually using this name and substitute the title אֲדֹנָי (’adonai, “lord; master”). This ambiguity may explain in part Jehoshaphat’s hesitancy and caution (vv. 7-8). He seems to doubt that the four hundred are genuine prophets of the Lord.

tn Or “field.”

10 tn Heb “you are a man of death.”

11 tn Heb “and because you suffered through all which my father suffered.”