1 Kings 1:50
grabbed <02388> [caught.]
1 Kings 2:45
be empowered <01288> [blessed.]
dynasty <03678> [the throne.]
1 Kings 3:16
two prostitutes <0802 08147> [two women.]
<02181> [harlots.]
The word {zanoth,} rendered harlots, is here translated by the Targumist, the best judge in this case, {pundekon,} "tavern-keepers:" see on Jos 2:1.
Had these women been harlots, it is not likely that they would have dared to appear before Solomon; nor is it likely that such persons would have been permitted in the reign of David. Their husbands might at this time have been following their necessary occupations in distant parts.
stood <05975> [stood.]
1 Kings 3:24
1 Kings 8:22
stood before ... altar <05975 06440 04196> [stood before the altar.]
spread <06566> [spread forth.]
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1 Kings 10:8
attendants ............... truly happy <0835 05650> [happy are these.]
1 Kings 12:30
sin <02403> [became a sin.]
1 Kings 13:34
sin <02403> [became sin.]
<03582> [to cut it off.]
1 Kings 16:25
<07489> [did worse.]
1 Kings 16:30
before <06440> [above.]
1 Kings 17:3
Hide ...... Valley <05641 05158> [hide thyself.]
1 Kings 17:5
did as .... told <06213 01697> [did according.]
Many learned men have raised doubts on those parts of the Inspired Word, which may, by the perverseness of their argument and the ingenuity of their surmise, be made to appear inconsistent with fact. In this case, they are not satisfied with being expressly told by God that the ravens supplied Elijah with food, while the brook gave him drink, but apparently to mystify a manifest miracle, they suggest whether these ravens might not be merchantmen, or the inhabitants of a neighbouring town. Let any unprejudiced reader and lover of the Bible take the whole history of Elijah, and he will find that his life was almost a daily illustration of the power of God in his miraculous interpositions. Instance the supply of provision in the unwasting barrel of meal and cruse of oil, after the prophet had removed to Zarephath: the power communicated to him to raise the widow's son from death: the wonderful interposition of the Lord to prove the folly of Baal's worshippers, in sending down fire from heaven to consume Elijah's sacrifice and lick up the water, although the sacrifice had been saturated therewith, and the altar surrounded by a deep trench to prevent its running away. The prayer for rain is another instance: the sojourn in Horeb forty days and forty nights, after having eaten of the cake: the destruction of Ahaziah's messengers twice: the smiting of the waters at Jordan: the fall of the mantle on Elisha: and finally, in the closing scene of life, he was taken to glory without tasting the pains of death, the sting was taken away.
1 Kings 18:15
Lord <03068> [As the Lord.]
who rules over all lives <06635 02416> [of hosts liveth.]
serve ....... before <06440 05975> [before whom I.]
appearance <07200> [I will surely.]
