1 Kings 15:5

15:5 He did this ¹  because David had done what he approved ²  and had not disregarded any of his commandments ³  his entire lifetime, except for the incident involving Uriah the Hittite.

1 Kings 21:4

21:4 So Ahab went into his palace, bitter and angry that Naboth the Jezreelite had said, ⁴  “I will not sell to you my ancestral inheritance.” ⁵  He lay down on his bed, pouted, ⁶  and would not eat.

1 Kings 22:43

22:43 He followed in his father Asa’s footsteps and was careful to do what the Lord approved. ⁷  (22:44) ⁸  However, the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.

[15:5]  ¹ tn The words “he did this” are added for stylistic reasons.

[15:5]  ² tn Heb “what was right in the eyes of the Lord.”

[15:5]  ³ tn Heb “and had not turned aside from all which he commanded him.”

[21:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “on account of the word that Naboth the Jezreelite spoke to him.”

[21:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “I will not give to you the inheritance of my fathers.”

[21:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “turned away his face.”

[22:43]  ⁷ tn Heb “he walked in all the way of Asa his father and did not turn from it, doing what is right in the eyes of the Lord.”

[22:43]  ⁸ sn Beginning with 22:43b, the verse numbers through 22:53 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), because 22:43b in the English Bible = 22:44 in the Hebrew text. The remaining verses in the chapter differ by one, with 22:44-53 ET = 22:45-54 HT.