1 Kings 1:51

1:51 Solomon was told, “Look, Adonijah fears you; ¹  see, he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying, ‘May King Solomon solemnly promise ²  me today that he will not kill his servant with the sword.’”

1 Kings 2:39

2:39 Three years later two of Shimei’s servants ran away to King Achish son of Maacah of Gath. Shimei was told, “Look, your servants are in Gath.”

1 Kings 12:28

12:28 After the king had consulted with his advisers, ³  he made two golden calves. Then he said to the people, ⁴  “It is too much trouble for you to go up to Jerusalem. Look, Israel, here are your gods who brought you up from the land of Egypt.”

1 Kings 13:2

13:2 With the authority of the Lord ⁵  he cried out against the altar, “O altar, altar! This is what the Lord says, ‘Look, a son named Josiah will be born to the Davidic dynasty. He will sacrifice on you the priests of the high places who offer sacrifices on you. Human bones will be burned on you.’” ⁶ 

1 Kings 14:2

14:2 Jeroboam told his wife, “Disguise ⁷  yourself so that people cannot recognize you are Jeroboam’s wife. Then go to Shiloh; Ahijah the prophet, who told me I would rule over this nation, lives there. ⁸ 

1 Kings 14:5

14:5 But the Lord had told Ahijah, “Look, Jeroboam’s wife is coming to find out from you what will happen to her son, for he is sick. Tell her so-and-so. ⁹  When she comes, she will be in a disguise.”

1 Kings 15:19

15:19 “I want to make a treaty with you, like the one our fathers made. ¹⁰  See, I have sent you silver and gold as a present. Break your treaty with King Baasha of Israel, so he will retreat from my land.” ¹¹ 

1 Kings 18:44

18:44 The seventh time the servant ¹²  said, “Look, a small cloud, the size of the palm of a man’s hand, is rising up from the sea.” Elijah ¹³  then said, “Go and tell Ahab, ‘Hitch up the chariots and go down, so that the rain won’t overtake you.’” ¹⁴ 

1 Kings 20:31

20:31 His advisers ¹⁵  said to him, “Look, we have heard that the kings of the Israelite dynasty are kind. ¹⁶  Allow us to put sackcloth around our waists and ropes on our heads ¹⁷  and surrender ¹⁸  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. ¹⁹  Your words must agree with theirs; you must predict success.” ²⁰ 

[1:51]  ¹ tn Heb “King Solomon.” The name and title have been replaced by the pronoun (“you”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[1:51]  ² tn Or “swear an oath to.”

[12:28]  ³ tn The words “with his advisers” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[12:28]  ⁴ tn Heb “to them,” although this may be a corruption of “to the people.” Cf. the Old Greek translation.

[13:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “by the word of the Lord.”

[13:2]  ⁶ sn ‘Look…you.’ For the fulfillment of this prophecy see 2 Kgs 23:15-20.

[14:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “Get up, change yourself.”

[14:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “look, Ahijah the prophet is there, he told me [I would be] king over this nation.”

[14:5]  ⁹ sn Tell her so-and-so. Certainly the Lord gave Ahijah a specific message to give to Jeroboam’s wife (see vv. 6-16), but the author of Kings here condenses the Lord’s message with the words “so-and-so.” For dramatic effect he prefers to have us hear the message from Ahijah’s lips as he speaks to the king’s wife.

[15:19]  ¹¹ tn Heb “[May there be] a covenant between me and you [as there was] between my father and your father.”

[15:19]  ¹² tn Heb “so he will go up from upon me.”

[18:44]  ¹³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the servant) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:44]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:44]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “so that the rain won’t restrain you.”

[20:31]  ¹⁵ tn Or “servants.”

[20:31]  ¹⁶ 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]  ¹⁷ 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]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “go out.”

[22:13]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “the words of the prophets are [with] one mouth good for the king.”

[22:13]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “let your words be like the word of each of them and speak good.”