1 Kings 3:2

3:2 Now the people were offering sacrifices at the high places,¹ because in those days a temple had not yet been built to honor the Lord.²

1 Kings 4:31

4:31 He was wiser than any man, including Ethan the Ezrahite or Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol. He was famous in all the neighboring nations.³

1 Kings 8:18-19

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.⁴ 8:19 But you will not build the temple; your very own son will build the temple for my honor.’⁵

1 Kings 8:33

8:33 “The time will come when⁶ your people Israel are defeated by an enemy⁷ because they sinned against you. If they come back to you, renew their allegiance to you,⁸ and pray for your help⁹ in this temple,

1 Kings 8:41-42

8:41 “Foreigners, who do not belong to your people Israel, will come from a distant land because of your reputation.¹⁰ 8:42 When they hear about your great reputation¹¹ and your ability to accomplish mighty deeds,¹² they will come and direct their prayers toward this temple.

1 Kings 11:26

11:26 Jeroboam son of Nebat, one of Solomon’s servants, rebelled against¹³ the king. He was an Ephraimite¹⁴ from Zeredah whose mother was a widow named Zeruah.

1 Kings 14:31

14:31 Rehoboam passed away¹⁵ and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David. His mother was an Ammonite named Naamah. His son Abijah¹⁶ replaced him as king.

1 Kings 18:31-32

18:31 Then Elijah took twelve stones, corresponding to the number of tribes that descended from Jacob, to whom the Lord had said, “Israel will be your new¹⁷ name.”¹⁸ 18:32 With the stones he constructed an altar for the Lord.¹⁹ Around the altar he made a trench large enough to contain two seahs²⁰ of seed.

1 Kings 21:8

21:8 She wrote out orders,²¹ signed Ahab’s name to them,²² and sealed them with his seal. She then sent the orders²³ to the leaders²⁴ and to the nobles who lived in Naboth’s city.²⁵

1 Kings 22:16

22:16 The king said to him, “How many times must I make you solemnly promise in²⁶ the name of the Lord to tell me only the truth?”

1 Kings 22:42

22:42 Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king and he reigned for twenty-five years in Jerusalem.²⁷ His mother was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.

¹sn Offering sacrifices at the high places. The “high places” were places of worship that were naturally or artificially elevated.

²tn Heb “for the name of the Lord.” The word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor (thus the translation here, “to honor the Lord”). The “name” of the Lord sometimes designates the Lord himself, being indistinguishable from the proper name.

³tn Heb “his name was in all the surrounding nations.”

⁵tn Heb “Because it was with your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was with your heart.”

⁷tn Heb “your son, the one who came out of your body, he will build the temple for my name.”

⁹tn Heb “when.” In the Hebrew text vv. 33-34 actually contain one lengthy conditional sentence, which the translation has divided into two sentences for stylistic reasons.

¹⁰tn Or “are struck down before an enemy.”

¹¹tn Heb “confess [or perhaps, “praise”] your name.”

¹²tn Heb “and they pray and ask for help.”

¹¹tn Heb “your name.” In the OT the word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor. The “name” of the Lord sometimes designates the Lord himself, being indistinguishable from the proper name.

¹³tn Heb “your great name.” See the note on the word “reputation” in the previous verse.

¹⁴tn Heb “and your strong hand and your outstretched arm.”

¹⁵tn Heb “raised a hand against.”

¹⁶tn Heb “Ephrathite,” which here refers to an Ephraimite (see HALOT 81 s.v. אֶפְרַיִם).

¹⁷tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

¹⁸tn In the Hebrew text the name is spelled “Abijam” here and in 1 Kgs 15:1-8.

¹⁹tn The word “new” is implied but not actually present in the Hebrew text.

²⁰sn Israel will be your new name. See Gen 32:28; 35:10.

²¹tn Heb “and he built the stones into an altar in the name of the Lord.”

²²tn A seah was a dry measure equivalent to about seven quarts.

²³tn Heb “scrolls.”

²⁴tn Heb “in the name of Ahab.”

²⁵tn Heb “scrolls.”

²⁶tn Heb “elders.”

²⁷tn Heb “to the nobles who were in his city, the ones who lived with Naboth.”

²⁵tn Or “swear an oath by.”

²⁷map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.