1 Kings 6:13

6:13 I will live among the Israelites and will not abandon my people Israel.”

1 Kings 18:18

18:18 Elijah¹ replied, “I have not brought disaster² on Israel. But you and your father’s dynasty have, by abandoning the Lord’s commandments and following the Baals.

1 Kings 8:57

8:57 May the Lord our God be with us, as he was with our ancestors. May he not abandon us or leave us.

1 Kings 14:16

14:16 He will hand Israel over to their enemies³ because of the sins which Jeroboam committed and which he made Israel commit.”

1 Kings 15:21

15:21 When Baasha heard the news, he stopped fortifying⁴ Ramah and settled down in Tirzah.

1 Kings 9:9

9:9 Others will then answer,⁵ ‘Because they abandoned the Lord their God, who led their ancestors⁶ out of Egypt. They embraced other gods whom they worshiped and served.⁷ That is why the Lord has brought all this disaster down on them.’”

1 Kings 11:33

11:33 I am taking the kingdom from him⁸ because they have⁹ abandoned me and worshiped the Sidonian goddess Astarte, the Moabite god Chemosh, and the Ammonite god Milcom. They have not followed my instructions¹⁰ by doing what I approve and obeying my rules and regulations, like Solomon’s father David did.¹¹

1 Kings 12:8

12:8 But Rehoboam rejected their advice and consulted the young advisers who served him, with whom he had grown up.¹²

1 Kings 9:6-7

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,¹³ and decide to serve and worship other gods,¹⁴ 9:7 then I will remove Israel from the land¹⁵ I have given them, I will abandon this temple I have consecrated with my presence,¹⁶ and Israel will be mocked and ridiculed¹⁷ among all the nations.

1 Kings 19:10

19:10 He answered, “I have been absolutely loyal¹⁸ to the Lord, the sovereign God,¹⁹ even though the Israelites have abandoned the agreement they made with you,²⁰ torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life.”²¹

1 Kings 19:14

19:14 He answered, “I have been absolutely loyal²² to the Lord, the sovereign God,²³ even though the Israelites have abandoned the agreement they made with you,²⁴ torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life.”²⁵

¹tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

²tn Or “trouble.”

¹tn Heb “and he will give [up] Israel.”

¹tn Heb “building.”

¹tn Heb “and they will say.”

²tn Heb “fathers.”

³tn Heb “and they took hold of other gods and bowed down to them and served them.”

¹tn The words “I am taking the kingdom from him” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

²tc This is the reading of the MT; the LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate read “he has.”

³tn Heb “walked in my ways.”

⁴tn Heb “by doing what is right in my eyes, my rules and my regulations, like David his father.”

¹tn Heb “He rejected the advice of the elders which they advised and he consulted the young men with whom he had grown up, who stood before him.” The referent (Rehoboam) of the initial pronoun (“he”) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹tn Heb “which I placed before you.”

²tn Heb “and walk and serve other gods and bow down to them.”

¹tn Heb “I will cut off Israel from upon the surface of the land.”

²tn Heb “and the temple which I consecrated for my name I will send away from before my face.”

³tn Heb “will become a proverb and a taunt,” that is, a proverbial example of destruction and an object of reproach.

¹tn Or “very zealous.” The infinitive absolute preceding the finite verb emphasizes the degree of his zeal and allegiance.

²tn Traditionally, “the God of hosts.”

³tn Heb “abandoned your covenant.”

⁴tn Heb “and they are seeking my life to take it.”

¹tn Or “very zealous.” The infinitive absolute preceding the finite verb emphasizes the degree of his zeal and allegiance.

²tn Traditionally, “the God of hosts.”

³tn Heb “abandoned your covenant.”

⁴tn Heb “and they are seeking my life to take it.”