1 Kings 3:28

3:28 When all Israel heard about the judicial decision which the king had rendered, they respected¹ the king, for they realized² that he possessed supernatural wisdom³ to make judicial decisions.

1 Kings 10:7

10:7 I did not believe these things until I came and saw them with my own eyes. Indeed, I didn’t hear even half the story!⁴ Your wisdom and wealth⁵ surpass what was reported to me.

1 Kings 10:12

10:12 With the timber the king made supports⁶ for the Lord’s temple and for the royal palace and stringed instruments⁷ for the musicians. No one has seen so much of this fine timber to this very day.⁸)

1 Kings 13:25

13:25 Some men came by⁹ and saw the corpse lying in the road with the lion standing beside it.¹⁰ They went and reported what they had seen¹¹ in the city where the old prophet lived.

1 Kings 18:1

Elijah Meets the King’s Servant

18:1 Some time later, in the third year of the famine, the Lord told Elijah,¹² “Go, make an appearance before Ahab, so I may send rain on the surface of the ground.”

1 Kings 20:7

20:7 The king of Israel summoned all the leaders¹³ of the land and said, “Notice how this man is looking for trouble.¹⁴ Indeed, he demanded my wives, sons, silver, and gold, and I did not resist him.”

1 Kings 20:13

The Lord Delivers Israel

20:13 Now a prophet visited King Ahab of Israel and said, “This is what the Lord says, ‘Do you see this huge army?¹⁵ Look, I am going to hand it over to you this very day. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”

1 Kings 20:22

The Lord Gives Israel Another Victory

20:22 The prophet¹⁶ visited the king of Israel and instructed him, “Go, fortify your defenses.¹⁷ Determine¹⁸ what you must do, for in the spring¹⁹ the king of Syria will attack²⁰ you.”

1 Kings 21:29

21:29 “Have you noticed how Ahab shows remorse²¹ before me? Because he shows remorse before me, I will not bring disaster on his dynasty during his lifetime, but during the reign of his son.”²²

1 Kings 22:17

22:17 Micaiah²³ said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains like sheep that have no shepherd. Then the Lord said, ‘They have no master. They should go home in peace.’”

¹tn Heb “feared,” perhaps in the sense, “stood in awe of.”

²tn Heb “saw.”

³tn Heb “the wisdom of God within him.”

⁴tn Heb “the half was not told to me.”

⁵tn Heb “good.”

⁷tn This Hebrew architectural term occurs only here. The meaning is uncertain; some have suggested “banisters” or “parapets”; cf. TEV, NLT “railings.” The parallel passage in 2 Chr 9:11 has a different word, meaning “tracks,” or perhaps “steps.”

⁸tn Two types of stringed instruments are specifically mentioned, the כִּנּוֹר (kinnor, “zither” [?]), and נֶבֶל (nevel, “harp”).

⁹tn Heb “there has not come thus, the fine timber, and there has not been seen to this day.”

¹⁰tn Heb “Look, men were passing by.”

¹¹tn Heb “the corpse.” The noun has been replaced by the pronoun (“it”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

¹²tn The words “what they had seen” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

¹³tn Heb “the word of the Lord came to Elijah.”

¹⁶tn Heb “elders.”

¹⁷tn Heb “Know and see that this [man] is seeking trouble.”

¹⁹tn Heb “this great horde.”

²²tn The definite article indicates previous reference, that is, “the prophet mentioned earlier” (see v. 13).

²³tn Heb “strengthen yourself.”

²⁴tn Heb “know and see.”

²⁵tn Heb “at the turning of the year.”

²⁶tn Heb “go up against.”

²⁵tn Or “humbles himself.” The expression occurs a second time later in this verse.

²⁶tn Heb “I will not bring the disaster during his days, [but] in the days of his son I will bring the disaster on his house.”

²⁸tn Heb “he”; the referent (Micaiah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.