1 Kings 1:47

1:47 The king’s servants have even come to congratulate ¹  our master ²  King David, saying, ‘May your God ³  make Solomon more famous than you and make him an even greater king than you!’ ⁴  Then the king leaned ⁵  on the bed

1 Kings 7:31

7:31 Inside the stand was a round opening that was a foot-and-a-half deep; it had a support that was two and one-quarter feet long. ⁶  On the edge of the opening were carvings in square frames. ⁷ 

1 Kings 13:18

13:18 The old prophet then said, ⁸  “I too am a prophet like you. An angel told me with the Lord’s authority, ⁹  ‘Bring him back with you to your house so he can eat and drink.’” ¹⁰  But he was lying to him. ¹¹ 

1 Kings 16:7

16:7 The prophet Jehu son of Hanani received from the Lord the message predicting the downfall of Baasha and his family because of all the evil Baasha had done in the sight of the Lord. ¹²  His actions angered the Lord (including the way he had destroyed Jeroboam’s dynasty), so that his family ended up like Jeroboam’s. ¹³ 

1 Kings 16:16

16:16 While deployed there, the army received this report: ¹⁴  “Zimri has conspired against the king and assassinated him.” ¹⁵  So all Israel made Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel that very day in the camp.

1 Kings 22:22

22:22 He replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ The Lord ¹⁶  said, ‘Deceive and overpower him. ¹⁷  Go out and do as you have proposed.’

[1:47]  ¹ tn Heb “to bless.”

[1:47]  ² tn The plural form is used in the Hebrew text to indicate honor and authority.

[1:47]  ³ tc Many Hebrew mss agree with the Qere in reading simply “God.”

[1:47]  ⁴ tn Heb “make the name of Solomon better than your name, and make his throne greater than your throne.” The term שֵׁם (shem, “name”) is used here of one’s fame and reputation.

[1:47]  ⁵ tn Or “bowed down; worshiped.”

[7:31]  ⁶ tn Heb “And its opening from the inside to the top and upwards [was] a cubit, and its opening was round, the work of a stand, a cubit-and-a-half.” The precise meaning of this description is uncertain.

[7:31]  ⁷ tn Heb “also over its opening were carvings and their frames [were] squared, not round.”

[13:18]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and he said to him.”

[13:18]  ¹² tn Heb “by the word of the Lord.”

[13:18]  ¹³ tn Heb “eat food and drink water.”

[13:18]  ¹⁴ tn Or “deceiving him.”

[16:7]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and also through Jehu son of Hanani the word of the Lord came concerning [or “against”] Baasha and his house, and because of all the evil which he did in the eyes of the Lord.”

[16:7]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “angering him by the work of his hands, so that he was like the house of Jeroboam, and because of how he struck it down.”

[16:16]  ²¹ tn Heb “and the people who were encamped heard.”

[16:16]  ²² tn Heb “has conspired against and also has struck down the king.”

[22:22]  ²⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:22]  ²⁷ tn The Hebrew text has two imperfects connected by וְגַם (vÿgam). These verbs could be translated as specific futures, “you will deceive and also you will prevail,” in which case the Lord is assuring the spirit of success on his mission. However, in a commissioning context (note the following imperatives) such as this, it is more likely that the imperfects are injunctive, in which case one could translate, “Deceive, and also overpower.”