1 Kings 1:40

1:40 All the people followed him up, playing flutes and celebrating so loudly they made the ground shake. ¹ 

1 Kings 3:2

3:2 Now the people were offering sacrifices at the high places, ²  because in those days a temple had not yet been built to honor the Lord. ³ 

1 Kings 9:20

9:20 Now several non-Israelite peoples were left in the land after the conquest of Joshua, including the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. ⁴ 

1 Kings 12:12

12:12 Jeroboam and all the people reported ⁵  to Rehoboam on the third day, just as the king had ordered when he said, “Return to me on the third day.”

1 Kings 12:23

12:23 “Say this to King Rehoboam son of Solomon of Judah, and to all Judah and Benjamin, as well as the rest of the people,

1 Kings 12:31

12:31 He built temples ⁶  on the high places and appointed as priests people who were not Levites.

1 Kings 14:7

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

1 Kings 18:22

18:22 Elijah said to them: ⁸  “I am the only prophet of the Lord who is left, but there are 450 prophets of Baal.

1 Kings 18:37

18:37 Answer me, O Lord, answer me, so these people will know that you, O Lord, are the true God ⁹  and that you are winning back their allegiance.” ¹⁰ 

1 Kings 18:39

18:39 When all the people saw this, they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground and said, “The Lord is the true God! ¹¹  The Lord is the true God!”

[1:40]  ¹ tn Heb “and all the people went up after him, and the people were playing flutes and rejoicing with great joy and the ground split open at the sound of them.” The verb בָּקַע (baqa’, “to split open”), which elsewhere describes the effects of an earthquake, is obviously here an exaggeration for the sake of emphasis.

[3:2]  ² sn Offering sacrifices at the high places. The “high places” were places of worship that were naturally or artificially elevated.

[3:2]  ³ tn Heb “for the name of the Lord.” The word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor (thus the translation here, “to honor the Lord”). The “name” of the Lord sometimes designates the Lord himself, being indistinguishable from the proper name.

[9:20]  ³ tn Heb “all the people who were left from the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not from the sons of Israel.”

[12:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “came.”

[12:31]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew text has the singular, but the plural is preferable here (see 1 Kgs 13:32). The Old Greek translation and the Vulgate have the plural.

[14:7]  ⁶ 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.

[18:22]  ⁷ tn Heb “to the people.”

[18:37]  ⁸ tn Heb “the God.”

[18:37]  ⁹ tn Heb “that you are turning their heart[s] back.”

[18:39]  ⁹ tn Heb “the God” (the phrase occurs twice in this verse).