1 Kings 8:16

8:16 He told David,¹ ‘Since the day I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a temple in which to live.² But I have chosen David to lead my people Israel.’

1 Kings 11:11

11:11 So the Lord said to Solomon, “Because you insist on doing these things and have not kept the covenantal rules I gave you,³ I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.

1 Kings 10:12

10:12 With the timber the king made supports⁴ for the Lord’s temple and for the royal palace and stringed instruments⁵ for the musicians. No one has seen so much of this fine timber to this very day.⁶)

1 Kings 16:2

16:2 “I raised you up⁷ from the dust and made you ruler over my people Israel. Yet you followed in Jeroboam’s footsteps⁸ and encouraged my people Israel to sin; their sins have made me angry.⁹

1 Kings 21:2

21:2 Ahab said to Naboth, “Give me your vineyard so I can make a vegetable garden out of it, for it is adjacent to my palace. I will give you an even better vineyard in its place, or if you prefer,¹⁰ I will pay you silver for it.”¹¹

1 Kings 12:2

12:2 ¹² When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard the news, he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon and had been living ever since.¹³

1 Kings 3:11

3:11 God said to him, “Because you asked for the ability to make wise judicial decisions, and not for long life, or riches, or vengeance on your enemies,¹⁴

1 Kings 8:39

8:39 then listen from your heavenly dwelling place, forgive their sin,¹⁵ and act favorably toward each one based on your evaluation of his motives.¹⁶ (Indeed you are the only one who can correctly evaluate the motives of all people.)¹⁷

1 Kings 14:9

14:9 You have sinned more than all who came before you. You went and angered me by making other gods, formed out of metal; you have completely disregarded me.¹⁸

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.”¹⁹

1 Kings 2:22

2:22 King Solomon answered his mother, “Why just request Abishag the Shunammite for him?²⁰ Since he is my older brother, you should also request the kingdom for him, for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab son of Zeruiah!”

1 Kings 7:14

7:14 He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali,²¹ and his father was a craftsman in bronze from Tyre. He had the skill and knowledge²² to make all kinds of works of bronze. He reported to King Solomon and did all the work he was assigned.

1 Kings 18:12

18:12 But when I leave you, the Lord’s spirit will carry you away so I can’t find you.²³ If I go tell Ahab I’ve seen you, he won’t be able to find you and he will kill me.²⁴ That would not be fair,²⁵ because your servant has been a loyal follower of²⁶ the Lord from my youth.

¹tn Heb “saying.”

²tn Heb “to build a house for my name to be there.”

³tn Heb “Because this is with you, and you have not kept my covenant and my rules which I commanded you.”

⁵tn 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.”

⁶tn Two types of stringed instruments are specifically mentioned, the כִּנּוֹר (kinnor, “zither” [?]), and נֶבֶל (nevel, “harp”).

⁷tn Heb “there has not come thus, the fine timber, and there has not been seen to this day.”

⁷tn The Hebrew text has “because” at the beginning of the sentence. In the Hebrew text vv. 2-3 are one sentence comprised of a causal clause giving the reason for divine punishment (v. 2) and the main clause announcing the punishment (v. 3). The translation divides this sentence for stylistic reasons.

⁸tn Heb “walked in the way of Jeroboam.”

⁹tn Heb “angering me by their sins.”

⁹tn Heb “if it is good in your eyes.”

¹⁰tc The Old Greek translation includes the following words: “And it will be mine as a garden of herbs.”

¹¹tc Verse 2 is not included in the Old Greek translation. See the note on 11:43.

¹²tn Heb “and Jeroboam lived in Egypt.” The parallel text in 2 Chr 10:2 reads, “and Jeroboam returned from Egypt.” In a purely consonantal text the forms “and he lived” and “and he returned” are identical (וישׁב).

¹³tn Heb “because you asked for this thing, and did not ask for yourself many days and did not ask for yourself riches and did not ask for the life of your enemies, but you asked for yourself understanding to hear judgment.”

¹⁵tn The words “their sin” are added for clarification.

¹⁶tn Heb “and act and give to each one according to all his ways because you know his heart.” In the Hebrew text vv. 37-39a actually contain one lengthy conditional sentence, which the translation has divided up for stylistic reasons.

¹⁷tn Heb “Indeed you know, you alone, the heart of all the sons of mankind.”

¹⁷tn Heb “you went and you made for yourself other gods, metal [ones], angering me, and you threw me behind your back.”

¹⁹tc The last sentence of v. 25 is absent in the Syriac Peshitta.

²¹tn Heb “for Adonijah.”

²³tn 2 Chr 2:14 (13 HT) says “from the daughters of Dan.”

²⁴tn Heb “he was filled with the skill, understanding, and knowledge.”

²⁵tn Heb “to [a place] which I do not know.”

²⁶tn Heb “and I will go to inform Ahab and he will not find you and he will kill me.”

²⁷tn The words “that would not be fair” are added to clarify the logic of Obadiah’s argument.

²⁸tn Heb “has feared the Lord” (also see the note at 1 Kgs 18:3).