1 Kings 1:41

1:41 Now Adonijah and all his guests heard the commotion just as they had finished eating. ¹  When Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he asked, “Why is there such a noisy commotion in the city?” ² 

1 Kings 11:2

11:2 They came from nations about which the Lord had warned the Israelites, “You must not establish friendly relations with them! ³  If you do, they will surely shift your allegiance to their gods.” ⁴  But Solomon was irresistibly attracted to them. ⁵ 

1 Kings 15:7

15:7 The rest of the events of Abijah’s reign, including all his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah. ⁶  Abijah and Jeroboam had been at war with each other.

1 Kings 15:23

15:23 The rest of the events of Asa’s reign, including all his successes and accomplishments, as well as a record of the cities he built, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah. ⁷  Yet when he was very old he developed a foot disease. ⁸ 

1 Kings 18:23

18:23 Let them bring us two bulls. Let them choose one of the bulls for themselves, cut it up into pieces, and place it on the wood. But they must not set it on fire. I will do the same to the other bull and place it on the wood. But I will not set it on fire.

1 Kings 18:40

18:40 Elijah told them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Don’t let even one of them escape!” So they seized them, and Elijah led them down to the Kishon Valley and executed ⁹  them there.

1 Kings 19:2

19:2 Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah with this warning, ¹⁰  “May the gods judge me severely ¹¹  if by this time tomorrow I do not take your life as you did theirs!” ¹² 

1 Kings 20:23

20:23 Now the advisers ¹³  of the king of Syria said to him: “Their God is a god of the mountains. That’s why they overpowered us. But if we fight them in the plains, we will certainly overpower them.

1 Kings 20:25

20:25 Muster an army like the one you lost, with the same number of horses and chariots. ¹⁴  Then we will fight them in the plains; we will certainly overpower them.” He approved their plan and did as they advised. ¹⁵ 

1 Kings 20:31

20:31 His advisers ¹⁶  said to him, “Look, we have heard that the kings of the Israelite dynasty are kind. ¹⁷  Allow us to put sackcloth around our waists and ropes on our heads ¹⁸  and surrender ¹⁹  to the king of Israel. Maybe he will spare our lives.”

1 Kings 22:13

22:13 Now the messenger who went to summon Micaiah said to him, “Look, the prophets are in complete agreement that the king will succeed. ²⁰  Your words must agree with theirs; you must predict success.” ²¹ 

1 Kings 22:17

22:17 Micaiah ²²  said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains like sheep that have no shepherd. Then the Lord said, ‘They have no master. They should go home in peace.’”

1 Kings 22:39

22:39 The rest of the events of Ahab’s reign, including a record of his accomplishments and how he built a luxurious palace and various cities, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel. ²³ 

[1:41]  ¹ tn Heb “And Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard, now they had finished eating.”

[1:41]  ² tn Heb “Why is the city’s sound noisy?”

[11:2]  ³ tn Heb “you must not go into them, and they must not go into you.”

[11:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “Surely they will bend your heart after their gods.” The words “if you do” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[11:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “Solomon clung to them for love.” The pronominal suffix, translated “them,” is masculine here, even though it appears the foreign women are in view. Perhaps this is due to attraction to the masculine forms used of the nations earlier in the verse.

[15:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Abijah, and all which he did, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?”

[15:23]  ⁷ tn Heb “As for the rest of all the events of Asa, and all his strength and all which he did and the cities which he built, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?”

[15:23]  ⁸ tn Heb “Yet in the time of his old age he became sick in his feet.”

[18:40]  ⁹ tn Or “slaughtered.”

[19:2]  ¹¹ tn Heb “saying.”

[19:2]  ¹² tn Heb “So may the gods do to me, and so may they add.”

[19:2]  ¹³ tn Heb “I do not make your life like the life of one of them.”

[20:23]  ¹³ tn Or “servants.”

[20:25]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “And you, you muster an army like the one that fell from you, horse like horse and chariot like chariot.”

[20:25]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “he listened to their voice and did so.”

[20:31]  ¹⁷ tn Or “servants.”

[20:31]  ¹⁸ tn Or “merciful.” The word used here often means “devoted” or “loyal.” Perhaps the idea is that the Israelite kings are willing to make treaties with other kings.

[20:31]  ¹⁹ sn Sackcloth was worn as a sign of sorrow and repentance. The precise significance of the ropes on the head is uncertain, but it probably was a sign of submission. These actions were comparable to raising a white flag on the battlefield or throwing in the towel in a boxing match.

[20:31]  ²⁰ tn Heb “go out.”

[22:13]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “the words of the prophets are [with] one mouth good for the king.”

[22:13]  ²⁰ tn Heb “let your words be like the word of each of them and speak good.”

[22:17]  ²¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Micaiah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:39]  ²³ tn Heb “As for the rest of the acts of Ahab and all that he did, and the house of ivory which he built and all the cities which he built, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel?”