1 Kings 1:36

1:36 Benaiah son of Jehoiada responded ¹  to the king: “So be it! ²  May the Lord God of my master the king confirm it! ³ 

1 Kings 1:48

1:48 and said ⁴  this: ‘The Lord God of Israel is worthy of praise because ⁵  today he has placed a successor on my throne and allowed me to see it.’” ⁶ 

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. ⁷ 

1 Kings 8:15

8:15 He said, “The Lord God of Israel is worthy of praise because he has fulfilled ⁸  what he promised ⁹  my father David.

1 Kings 8:28

8:28 But respond favorably to ¹⁰  your servant’s prayer and his request for help, O Lord my God. Answer ¹¹  the desperate prayer ¹²  your servant is presenting to you ¹³  today.

1 Kings 11:9

11:9 The Lord was angry with Solomon because he had shifted his allegiance ¹⁴  away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him on two occasions ¹⁵ 

1 Kings 14:7

14:7 Go, tell Jeroboam, ‘This is what the Lord God of Israel says: “I raised you up ¹⁶  from among the people and made you ruler over my people Israel.

1 Kings 15:30

15:30 This happened because of the sins which Jeroboam committed and which he made Israel commit. These sins angered the Lord God of Israel. ¹⁷ 

1 Kings 16:26

16:26 He followed in the footsteps of Jeroboam son of Nebat and encouraged Israel to sin; ¹⁸  they angered the Lord God of Israel with their worthless idols. ¹⁹ 

1 Kings 16:33

16:33 Ahab also made an Asherah pole; he ²⁰  did more to anger the Lord God of Israel than all the kings of Israel who were before him.

1 Kings 17:20-21

17:20 Then he called out to the Lord, “O Lord, my God, are you also bringing disaster on this widow I am staying with by killing her son?” 17:21 He stretched out over the boy three times and called out to the Lord, “O Lord, my God, please let this boy’s breath return to him.”

1 Kings 22:53

22:53 He worshiped and bowed down to Baal, ²¹  angering the Lord God of Israel just as his father had done. ²² 

[1:36]  ¹ tn Heb “answered and said.”

[1:36]  ² tn Or “Amen.”

[1:36]  ³ tn Heb “So may the Lord God of my master the king say.”

[1:48]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew text reads, “and the king said.”

[1:48]  ⁵ tn Or “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who….” In this blessing formula אֲשֶׁר (’asher, “who; because”) introduces the reason why the one being blessed deserves the honor.

[1:48]  ⁶ tn Heb “and my eyes are seeing.”

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

[8:15]  ¹⁰ tn The Hebrew text reads, “by his hand.”

[8:15]  ¹¹ tn The Hebrew text reads, “by his mouth.”

[8:28]  ¹³ tn Heb “turn to.”

[8:28]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “by listening to.”

[8:28]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “the loud cry and the prayer.”

[8:28]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “praying before you.”

[11:9]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “bent his heart.”

[11:9]  ¹⁷ sn These two occasions are mentioned in 1 Kgs 3:5 and 9:2.

[14:7]  ¹⁹ tn The Hebrew text has “because” at the beginning of the sentence. In the Hebrew text vv. 7-11 are one long sentence comprised of a causal clause giving the reason for divine punishment (vv. 7-9) and the main clause announcing the punishment (vv. 10-11). The translation divides this lengthy sentence for stylistic reasons.

[15:30]  ²² tn Heb “because of Jeroboam which he committed and which he made Israel commit, by his provocation by which he made the Lord God of Israel angry.”

[16:26]  ²⁵ tn Heb “walked in all the way of Jeroboam son of Nebat and in his sin which he made Israel sin.”

[16:26]  ²⁶ tn Heb “angering the Lord God of Israel with their empty things.”

[16:33]  ²⁸ tn Heb “Ahab”; the proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[22:53]  ³¹ tn Heb “he served Baal and bowed down to him.”

[22:53]  ³² tn Heb “according to all which his father had done.”