1 Kings 5:3

5:3 “You know that my father David was unable to build a temple to honor the Lord ¹  his God, for he was busy fighting battles on all fronts while the Lord subdued his enemies. ² 

1 Kings 8:48

8:48 When they return to you with all their heart and being ³  in the land where they are held prisoner, ⁴  and direct their prayers to you toward the land you gave to their ancestors, your chosen city, and the temple I built for your honor, ⁵ 

1 Kings 9:6

9:6 “But if you or your sons ever turn away from me, fail to obey the regulations and rules I instructed you to keep, ⁶  and decide to serve and worship other gods, ⁷ 

1 Kings 12:6

12:6 King Rehoboam consulted with the older advisers who had served ⁸  his father Solomon when he had been alive. He asked them, ⁹  “How do you advise me to answer these people?”

1 Kings 12:9

12:9 He asked them, “How do you advise me ¹⁰  to respond to these people who said to me, ‘Lessen the demands your father placed on us’?” ¹¹ 

1 Kings 18:21

18:21 Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long are you going to be paralyzed by indecision? ¹²  If the Lord is the true God, ¹³  then follow him, but if Baal is, follow him!” But the people did not say a word.

1 Kings 18:25

18:25 Elijah told the prophets of Baal, “Choose one of the bulls for yourselves and go first, for you are the majority. Invoke the name of your god, but do not light a fire.” ¹⁴ 

1 Kings 20:23

20:23 Now the advisers ¹⁵  of the king of Syria said to him: “Their God is a god of the mountains. That’s why they overpowered us. But if we fight them in the plains, we will certainly overpower them.

¹ tn Heb “a house for the name of the Lord.” 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.

² tn Heb “because of the battles which surrounded him until the Lord placed them under the soles of his feet.”

³ tn Or “soul.”

⁴ tn Heb “in the land of their enemies.”

⁵ tn Heb “your name.” See the note on the word “reputation” in v. 41.

⁵ tn Heb “which I placed before you.”

⁶ tn Heb “and walk and serve other gods and bow down to them.”

⁷ tn Heb “stood before.”

⁸ tn Heb “saying.”

⁹ tn In the Hebrew text the verb “we will respond” is plural, although it can be understood as an editorial “we.” The ancient versions have the singular here.

¹⁰ tn Heb “Lighten the yoke which your father placed on us.”

¹¹ tn Heb “How long are you going to limp around on two crutches?” (see HALOT 762 s.v. סְעִפִּים). In context this idiomatic expression refers to indecision rather than physical disability.

¹² tn Heb “the God.”

¹³ tc The last sentence of v. 25 is absent in the Syriac Peshitta.

¹⁵ tn Or “servants.”