1 Kings 1:14

1:14 While ¹  you are still there speaking to the king, I will arrive ²  and verify your report.” ³ 

1 Kings 2:18

2:18 Bathsheba replied, “That’s fine, ⁴  I’ll speak to the king on your behalf.”

1 Kings 4:32

4:32 He composed ⁵  3,000 proverbs and 1,005 songs.

1 Kings 8:26

8:26 Now, O God of Israel, may the promise you made ⁶  to your servant, my father David, be realized. ⁷ 

1 Kings 12:3

12:3 They sent for him, ⁸  and Jeroboam and the whole Israelite assembly came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

1 Kings 13:27

13:27 He told his sons, “Saddle my donkey,” and they did so. ⁹ 

1 Kings 20:11

20:11 The king of Israel replied, “Tell him the one who puts on his battle gear should not boast like one who is taking it off.” ¹⁰ 

1 Kings 21:23

21:23 The Lord says this about Jezebel, ‘Dogs will devour Jezebel by the outer wall ¹¹  of Jezreel.’

1 Kings 22:14

22:14 But Micaiah said, “As certainly as the Lord lives, I will say what the Lord tells me to say.”

[1:14]  ¹ tn In the Hebrew text the sentence is introduced by the particle הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”), which here draws attention to Nathan’s concluding word of assurance and support. For this use of the word, see HALOT 252 s.v. הִנֵּה.

[1:14]  ² tc The Hebrew text reads, “I will come after you.”

[1:14]  ³ tn Heb “fill up [i.e., confirm] your words.”

[2:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “[It is] good!”

[4:32]  ⁷ tn Heb “spoke.”

[8:26]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the words that you spoke.”

[8:26]  ¹¹ tn Or “prove to be reliable.”

[12:3]  ¹³ tn Heb “They sent and called for him.”

[13:27]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and they saddled [it].”

[20:11]  ¹⁹ sn The point of the saying is that someone who is still preparing for a battle should not boast as if he has already won the battle. A modern parallel would be, “Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched.”

[21:23]  ²² tc A few Hebrew mss and some ancient versions agree with 2 Kgs 9:10, 36, which reads, “the plot [of ground] at Jezreel.” The Hebrew words translated “outer wall” (חֵל, khel, defectively written here!) and “plot [of ground]” (חֵלֶק, kheleq) are spelled similarly.