1 Kings 3:24
3:24 The king ordered, “Get me a sword!” So they placed a sword before the king.
1 Kings 19:17
19:17 Jehu will kill anyone who escapes Hazael’s sword, and Elisha will kill anyone who escapes Jehu’s sword.
1 Kings 18:28
18:28 So they yelled louder and, in accordance with their prescribed ritual,
1 mutilated themselves with swords and spears until their bodies were covered with blood.
2
1 Kings 19:1
Elijah Runs for His Life
19:1 Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, including a detailed account of how he killed all the prophets with the sword.
1 Kings 1:51
1:51 Solomon was told, “Look, Adonijah fears you;
3 see, he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying, ‘May King Solomon solemnly promise
4 me today that he will not kill his servant with the sword.’”
1 Kings 2:8
2:8 “Note well, you still have to contend with Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim, 5 who tried to call down upon me a horrible judgment when I went to Mahanaim. 6 He came down and met me at the Jordan, and I solemnly promised 7 him by the Lord, ‘I will not strike you down 8 with the sword.’
1 Kings 19:10
19:10 He answered, “I have been absolutely loyal
9 to the
Lord, the sovereign God,
10 even though the Israelites have abandoned the agreement they made with you,
11 torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life.”
12
1 Kings 19:14
19:14 He answered, “I have been absolutely loyal
13 to the
Lord, the sovereign God,
14 even though the Israelites have abandoned the agreement they made with you,
15 torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life.”
16
1 Kings 2:32
2:32 May the
Lord punish him for the blood he shed;
17 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
18 – Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.
1 tn Or “as was their custom.”
2 tn Heb “until blood poured out on them.”
1 tn Heb “King Solomon.” The name and title have been replaced by the pronoun (“you”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
2 tn Or “swear an oath to.”
1 tn Heb “Look, with you is Shimei….”
2 tn Heb “and he cursed me with a horrible curse on the day I went to Mahanaim.”
3 tn Or “swore an oath to.”
4 tn Heb “kill you.”
1 tn Or “very zealous.” The infinitive absolute preceding the finite verb emphasizes the degree of his zeal and allegiance.
2 tn Traditionally, “the God of hosts.”
3 tn Heb “abandoned your covenant.”
4 tn Heb “and they are seeking my life to take it.”
1 tn Or “very zealous.” The infinitive absolute preceding the finite verb emphasizes the degree of his zeal and allegiance.
2 tn Traditionally, “the God of hosts.”
3 tn Heb “abandoned your covenant.”
4 tn Heb “and they are seeking my life to take it.”
1 tn Heb “The Lord will cause his blood to return upon his head.”
2 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.”