1 Kings 13:2

13:2 With the authority of the Lord ¹  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.’” ² 

1 Kings 2:18

2:18 Bathsheba replied, “That’s fine, ³  I’ll speak to the king on your behalf.”

1 Kings 2:43

2:43 Why then have you broken the oath you made before the Lord and disobeyed the order I gave you?” ⁴ 

1 Kings 1:20

1:20 Now, ⁵  my master, O king, all Israel is watching anxiously to see who is named to succeed my master the king on the throne. ⁶ 

1 Kings 22:23

22:23 So now, look, the Lord has placed a lying spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours; but the Lord has decreed disaster for you.”

1 Kings 11:11

11:11 So the Lord said to Solomon, “Because you insist on doing these things and have not kept the covenantal rules I gave you, ⁷  I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.

1 Kings 20:22

The Lord Gives Israel Another Victory

20:22 The prophet ⁸  visited the king of Israel and instructed him, “Go, fortify your defenses. ⁹  Determine ¹⁰  what you must do, for in the spring ¹¹  the king of Syria will attack ¹²  you.”

[13:2]  ¹ tn Heb “by the word of the Lord.”

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

[2:18]  ³ tn Heb “[It is] good!”

[2:43]  ⁵ tn Heb “Why have you not kept the oath [to] the Lord and the commandment I commanded you?”

[1:20]  ⁷ tc Many Hebrew mss have עַתָּה (’attah, “now”) rather than the similar sounding independent pronoun אַתָּה (’attah, “you”).

[1:20]  ⁸ tn Heb “the eyes of all Israel are upon you to declare to them who will sit on the throne of my master the king after him.”

[11:11]  ⁹ tn Heb “Because this is with you, and you have not kept my covenant and my rules which I commanded you.”

[20:22]  ¹¹ tn The definite article indicates previous reference, that is, “the prophet mentioned earlier” (see v. 13).

[20:22]  ¹² tn Heb “strengthen yourself.”

[20:22]  ¹³ tn Heb “know and see.”

[20:22]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “at the turning of the year.”

[20:22]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “go up against.”