1 Kings 13:32

13:32 for the prophecy he announced with the Lord’s authority ¹  against the altar in Bethel ²  and against all the temples on the high places in the cities of the north ³  will certainly be fulfilled.”

1 Kings 16:29

Ahab Promotes Idolatry

16:29 In the thirty-eighth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Omri’s son Ahab became king over Israel. Ahab son of Omri ruled over Israel for twenty-two years in Samaria. ⁴ 

1 Kings 20:1

Ben Hadad Invades Israel

20:1 Now King Ben Hadad of Syria assembled all his army, along with thirty-two other kings with their horses and chariots. He marched against Samaria ⁵  and besieged and attacked it. ⁶ 

1 Kings 20:10

20:10 Ben Hadad sent another message to him, “May the gods judge me severely ⁷  if there is enough dirt left in Samaria for my soldiers to scoop up in their hands.” ⁸ 

1 Kings 20:34

20:34 Ben Hadad ⁹  said, “I will return the cities my father took from your father. You may set up markets ¹⁰  in Damascus, just as my father did in Samaria.” ¹¹  Ahab then said, “I want to make a treaty with you before I dismiss you.” ¹²  So he made a treaty with him and then dismissed him.

1 Kings 22:10

22:10 Now the king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah were sitting on their respective thrones, ¹³  dressed in their robes, at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria. ¹⁴  All the prophets were prophesying before them.

[13:32]  ¹ tn Heb “for the word which he cried out by the word of the Lord”

[13:32]  ² map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[13:32]  ³ tn Heb “Samaria.” The name of Israel’s capital city here stands for the northern kingdom as a whole. Actually Samaria was not built and named until several years after this (see 1 Kgs 16:24), so it is likely that the author of Kings, writing at a later time, is here adapting the old prophet’s original statement.

[16:29]  ⁴ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[20:1]  ⁷ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[20:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “and he went up and besieged Samaria and fought against it.”

[20:10]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “So may the gods do to me, and so may they add.”

[20:10]  ¹¹ tn Heb “if the dirt of Samaria suffices for the handfuls of all the people who are at my feet.”

[20:34]  ¹³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ben Hadad) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:34]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “streets,” but this must refer to streets set up with stalls for merchants to sell their goods. See HALOT 299 s.v. חוּץ.

[20:34]  ¹⁵ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[20:34]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “I will send you away with a treaty.” The words “Ahab then said” are supplied in the translation. There is nothing in the Hebrew text to indicate that the speaker has changed from Ben Hadad to Ahab. Some suggest adding “and he said” before “I will send you away.” Others prefer to maintain Ben Hadad as the speaker and change the statement to, “Please send me away with a treaty.”

[22:10]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “were sitting, a man on his throne.”

[22:10]  ¹⁷ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.