1 Kings 1:13

1:13 Visit ¹  King David and say to him, ‘My master, O king, did you not solemnly promise ²  your servant, “Surely your son Solomon will be king after me; he will sit on my throne”? So why has Adonijah become king?’

1 Kings 2:44

2:44 Then the king said to Shimei, “You are well aware of the way you mistreated my father David. ³  The Lord will punish you for what you did. ⁴ 

1 Kings 5:3

5:3 “You know that my father David was unable to build a temple to honor the Lord ⁵  his God, for he was busy fighting battles on all fronts while the Lord subdued his enemies. ⁶ 

1 Kings 5:6

5:6 So now order some cedars of Lebanon to be cut for me. My servants will work with your servants. I will pay your servants whatever you say is appropriate, for you know that we have no one among us who knows how to cut down trees like the Sidonians.”

1 Kings 6:12

6:12 “As for this temple you are building, if you follow ⁷  my rules, observe ⁸  my regulations, and obey all my commandments, ⁹  I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David. ¹⁰ 

1 Kings 8:39

8:39 then listen from your heavenly dwelling place, forgive their sin, ¹¹  and act favorably toward each one based on your evaluation of his motives. ¹²  (Indeed you are the only one who can correctly evaluate the motives of all people.) ¹³ 

1 Kings 8:53

8:53 After all, ¹⁴  you picked them out of all the nations of the earth to be your special possession, ¹⁵  just as you, O sovereign Lord, announced through your servant Moses when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt.”

1 Kings 18:36

18:36 When it was time for the evening offering, ¹⁶  Elijah the prophet approached the altar ¹⁷  and prayed: “O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, prove ¹⁸  today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command.

1 Kings 21:6-7

21:6 He answered her, “While I was talking to Naboth the Jezreelite, I said to him, ‘Sell me your vineyard for silver, or if you prefer, I will give you another vineyard in its place.’ But he said, ‘I will not sell you my vineyard.’” ¹⁹  21:7 His wife Jezebel said to him, “You are the king of Israel! ²⁰  Get up, eat some food, and have a good time. ²¹  I will get the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite for you.”

1 Kings 21:19

21:19 Say to him, ‘This is what the Lord says: “Haven’t you committed murder and taken possession of the property of the deceased?”’ Then say to him, ‘This is what the Lord says: “In the spot where dogs licked up Naboth’s blood they will also lick up your blood – yes, yours!”’”

[1:13]  ¹ tn Heb “come, go to.” The imperative of הָלַךְ (halakh) is here used as an introductory interjection. See BDB 234 s.v. חָלַךְ.

[1:13]  ² tn Or “swear an oath to.”

[2:44]  ³ tn Heb “You know all the evil, for your heart knows, which you did to David my father.”

[2:44]  ⁴ tn Heb “The Lord will cause your evil to return upon your head.”

[5:3]  ⁵ 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.

[5:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “because of the battles which surrounded him until the Lord placed them under the soles of his feet.”

[6:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “walk in.”

[6:12]  ⁸ tn Heb “do.”

[6:12]  ⁹ tn Heb “and keep all my commandments by walking in them.”

[6:12]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “I will establish my word with you which I spoke to David your father.”

[8:39]  ⁹ tn The words “their sin” are added for clarification.

[8:39]  ¹⁰ tn 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.

[8:39]  ¹¹ tn Heb “Indeed you know, you alone, the heart of all the sons of mankind.”

[8:53]  ¹¹ tn Or “For.”

[8:53]  ¹² tn Heb “your inheritance.”

[18:36]  ¹³ tn Heb “at the offering up of the offering.”

[18:36]  ¹⁴ tn The words “the altar” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[18:36]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “let it be known.”

[21:6]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “While I was talking…, I said…, he said….” Ahab’s explanation is one lengthy sentence in the Hebrew text, which is divided in the English translation for stylistic reasons.

[21:7]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “You, now, you are exercising kingship over Israel.”

[21:7]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “so your heart [i.e., disposition] might be well.”