1 Kings 1:17

1:17 She replied to him, “My master, you swore an oath to your servant by the Lord your God, ‘Solomon your son will be king after me and he will sit on my throne.’

1 Kings 1:30

1:30 I will keep ¹  today the oath I swore to you by the Lord God of Israel: ‘Surely Solomon your son will be king after me; he will sit in my place on my throne.’”

1 Kings 2:15

2:15 He said, “You know that the kingdom ²  was mine and all Israel considered me king. ³  But then the kingdom was given to my brother, for the Lord decided it should be his. ⁴ 

1 Kings 3:7

3:7 Now, O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in my father David’s place, even though I am only a young man and am inexperienced. ⁵ 

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, ⁶ 

1 Kings 5:3

5:3 “You know that my father David was unable to build a temple to honor the Lord ⁷  his God, for he was busy fighting battles on all fronts while the Lord subdued his enemies. ⁸ 

1 Kings 8:47

8:47 When your people ⁹  come to their senses ¹⁰  in the land where they are held prisoner, they will repent and beg for your mercy in the land of their imprisonment, admitting, ‘We have sinned and gone astray; ¹¹  we have done evil.’

1 Kings 9:5

9:5 Then I will allow your dynasty to rule over Israel permanently, ¹²  just as I promised your father David, ‘You will not fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’ ¹³ 

1 Kings 13:14

13:14 and took off after the prophet, ¹⁴  whom he found sitting under an oak tree. He asked him, “Are you the prophet ¹⁵  from Judah?” He answered, “Yes, I am.”

1 Kings 18:21

18:21 Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long are you going to be paralyzed by indecision? ¹⁶  If the Lord is the true God, ¹⁷  then follow him, but if Baal is, follow him!” But the people did not say a word.

1 Kings 18:24

18:24 Then you ¹⁸  will invoke the name of your god, and I will invoke the name of the Lord. The god who responds with fire will demonstrate that he is the true God.” ¹⁹  All the people responded, “This will be a fair test.” ²⁰ 

1 Kings 19:13

19:13 When Elijah heard it, he covered his face with his robe and went out and stood at the entrance to the cave. All of a sudden ²¹  a voice asked him, “Why are you here, Elijah?”

1 Kings 22:3

22:3 The king of Israel said to his servants, “Surely you recognize that Ramoth Gilead belongs to us, though we are hesitant to reclaim it from the king of Syria.” ²² 

1 Kings 22:30

22:30 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and then enter ²³  into the battle; but you wear your royal robes.” So the king of Israel disguised himself and then entered into the battle.

[1:30]  ¹ tn Or “carry out, perform.”

[2:15]  ¹ tn Or “kingship.”

[2:15]  ² tn Heb “set their face to me to be king.”

[2:15]  ³ tn Heb “and the kingdom turned about and became my brother’s, for from the Lord it became his.”

[3:7]  ¹ tn Heb “and I do not know going out or coming in.”

[3:11]  ¹ tn 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.”

[5:3]  ¹ 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]  ² tn Heb “because of the battles which surrounded him until the Lord placed them under the soles of his feet.”

[8:47]  ¹ tn Heb “they”; the referent (your people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:47]  ² tn Or “stop and reflect”; Heb “bring back to their heart.”

[8:47]  ³ tn Or “done wrong.”

[9:5]  ¹ tn Heb “I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever.”

[9:5]  ² tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man from upon the throne of Israel.”

[13:14]  ¹ tn Heb “the man of God.”

[13:14]  ² tn Heb “the man of God.”

[18:21]  ¹ tn Heb “How long are you going to limp around on two crutches?” (see HALOT 762 s.v. סְעִפִּים). In context this idiomatic expression refers to indecision rather than physical disability.

[18:21]  ² tn Heb “the God.”

[18:24]  ¹ tn Elijah now directly addresses the prophets.

[18:24]  ² tn Heb “the God.”

[18:24]  ³ tn Heb “The matter [i.e., proposal] is good [i.e., acceptable].”

[19:13]  ¹ tn Heb “look.”

[22:3]  ¹ tn Heb “Do you know that Ramoth Gilead belongs to us, and we hesitate to take it from the hand of the king of Aram?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course, you must know!”

[22:30]  ¹ tn The Hebrew verbal forms could be imperatives (“Disguise yourself and enter”), but this would make no sense in light of the immediately following context. The forms are better interpreted as infinitives absolute functioning as cohortatives. See IBHS 594 §35.5.2a. Some prefer to emend the forms to imperfects.