1 Kings 8:20

8:20 The Lord has kept the promise he made. ¹  I have taken my father David’s place and have occupied the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised. I have built this temple for the honor ²  of the Lord God of Israel

1 Kings 12:24

12:24 ‘The Lord says this: “Do not attack and make war with your brothers, the Israelites. Each of you go home, for I have caused this to happen.”’” ³  They obeyed the Lord and went home as the Lord had ordered them to do. ⁴ 

1 Kings 13:21

13:21 and he cried out to the prophet from Judah, “This is what the Lord says, ‘You ⁵  have rebelled against the Lord ⁶  and have not obeyed the command the Lord your God gave you.

1 Kings 13:26

13:26 When the old prophet who had invited him to his house heard the news, ⁷  he said, “It is the prophet ⁸  who rebelled against the Lord. ⁹  The Lord delivered him over to the lion and it ripped him up ¹⁰  and killed him, just as the Lord warned him.” ¹¹ 

¹ tn Heb “his word that he spoke.”

² tn Heb “name.”

³ tn Heb “for this thing is from me.”

⁴ tn Heb “and they heard the word of the Lord and returned to go according to the word of the Lord.”

⁵ tn The Hebrew text has “because” at the beginning of the sentence. In the Hebrew text vv. 21-22 are one long sentence comprised of a causal clause giving the reason for divine punishment (vv. 21-22a) and the main clause announcing the punishment (v. 22b). The translation divides this lengthy sentence for stylistic reasons.

⁶ tn Heb “the mouth [i.e., command] of the Lord.”

⁷ tn Heb “and the prophet who had brought him back from the road heard.”

⁸ tn Heb “the man of God.”

⁹ tn Heb “the mouth of the Lord.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “broke him,” or “crushed him.”

¹¹ tn Heb “according to the word of the Lord which he spoke to him.”