1 Kings 17:11

17:11 As she went to get it, he called out to her, “Please bring me a piece of bread.” ¹ 

1 Kings 22:9

22:9 The king of Israel summoned an official and said, “Quickly bring Micaiah son of Imlah.”

1 Kings 7:21

7:21 He set up the pillars on the porch in front of the main hall. He erected one pillar on the right ²  side and called it Jakin; ³  he erected the other pillar on the left ⁴  side and called it Boaz. ⁵ 

1 Kings 1:19

1:19 He has sacrificed many cattle, steers, and sheep and has invited all the king’s sons, Abiathar the priest, and Joab, the commander of the army, but he has not invited your servant Solomon.

1 Kings 2:36

2:36 Next the king summoned ⁶  Shimei and told him, “Build yourself a house in Jerusalem ⁷  and live there – but you may not leave there to go anywhere! ⁸ 

1 Kings 9:13

9:13 Hiram asked, ⁹  “Why did you give me these cities, my friend ¹⁰ ?” He called that area the region of Cabul, a name which it has retained to this day. ¹¹ 

1 Kings 17:20-21

17:20 Then he called out to the Lord, “O Lord, my God, are you also bringing disaster on this widow I am staying with by killing her son?” 17:21 He stretched out over the boy three times and called out to the Lord, “O Lord, my God, please let this boy’s breath return to him.”

1 Kings 18:3

18:3 So Ahab summoned Obadiah, who supervised the palace. (Now Obadiah was a very loyal follower of the Lord. ¹² 

1 Kings 1:9

1:9 Adonijah sacrificed sheep, cattle, and fattened steers at the Stone of Zoheleth near En Rogel. He invited all his brothers, the king’s sons, ¹³  as well as all the men of Judah, the king’s servants.

1 Kings 1:25

1:25 For today he has gone down and sacrificed many cattle, steers, and sheep and has invited all the king’s sons, the army commanders, and Abiathar the priest. At this moment ¹⁴  they are having a feast ¹⁵  in his presence, and they have declared, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’ ¹⁶ 

1 Kings 2:42

2:42 the king summoned ¹⁷  Shimei and said to him, “You will recall ¹⁸  that I made you take an oath by the Lord, and I solemnly warned you, ‘If you ever leave and go anywhere, ¹⁹  know for sure that you will certainly die.’ You said to me, ‘The proposal is acceptable; I agree to it.’ ²⁰ 

1 Kings 13:2

13:2 With the authority of the Lord ²¹  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.’” ²² 

1 Kings 13:21

13:21 and he cried out to the prophet from Judah, “This is what the Lord says, ‘You ²³  have rebelled against the Lord ²⁴  and have not obeyed the command the Lord your God gave you.

1 Kings 16:24

16:24 He purchased the hill of Samaria ²⁵  from Shemer for two talents ²⁶  of silver. He launched a construction project there ²⁷  and named the city he built after Shemer, the former owner of the hill of Samaria.

1 Kings 17:10

17:10 So he got up and went to Zarephath. When he went through the city gate, there was a widow gathering wood. He called out to her, “Please give me a cup ²⁸  of water, so I can take a drink.”

1 Kings 20:7

20:7 The king of Israel summoned all the leaders ²⁹  of the land and said, “Notice how this man is looking for trouble. ³⁰  Indeed, he demanded my wives, sons, silver, and gold, and I did not resist him.”

[17:11]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text also includes the phrase “in your hand.”

[7:21]  ² tn Or “south.”

[7:21]  ³ sn The name Jakin appears to be a verbal form and probably means, “he establishes.”

[7:21]  ⁴ tn Or “north.”

[7:21]  ⁵ sn The meaning of the name Boaz is uncertain. For various proposals, see BDB 126-27 s.v. בעז. One attractive option is to revocalize the name as בְּעֹז (be’oz, “in strength”) and to understand it as completing the verbal form on the first pillar. Taking the words together and reading from right to left, one can translate the sentence, “he establishes [it] in strength.”

[2:36]  ³ tn Heb “sent and summoned.”

[2:36]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[2:36]  ⁵ tn Heb “and you may not go out from there here or there.”

[9:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he said.”

[9:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “my brother.” Kings allied through a parity treaty would sometimes address each other as “my brother.” See 1 Kgs 20:32-33.

[9:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “he called them the land of Cabul to this day.” The significance of the name is unclear, though it appears to be disparaging. The name may be derived from a root, attested in Akkadian and Arabic, meaning “bound” or “restricted.” Some propose a wordplay, pointing out that the name “Cabul” sounds like a Hebrew phrase meaning, “like not,” or “as good as nothing.”

[18:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “now Obadiah greatly feared the Lord.” “Fear” refers here to obedience and allegiance, the products of healthy respect for the Lord’s authority.

[1:9]  ⁶ tc The ancient Greek version omits this appositional phrase.

[1:25]  ⁷ tn Heb “look.”

[1:25]  ⁸ tn Heb “eating and drinking.”

[1:25]  ⁹ tn Heb “let the king, Adonijah, live!”

[2:42]  ⁸ tn Heb “sent and summoned.”

[2:42]  ⁹ tn Heb “Is it not [true]…?” In the Hebrew text the statement is interrogative; the rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course it is.”

[2:42]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “here or there.”

[2:42]  ¹¹ tn Heb “good is the word; I have heard.”

[13:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “by the word of the Lord.”

[13:2]  ¹⁰ sn ‘Look…you.’ For the fulfillment of this prophecy see 2 Kgs 23:15-20.

[13:21]  ¹⁰ tn The Hebrew text has “because” at the beginning of the sentence. In the Hebrew text vv. 21-22 are one long sentence comprised of a causal clause giving the reason for divine punishment (vv. 21-22a) and the main clause announcing the punishment (v. 22b). The translation divides this lengthy sentence for stylistic reasons.

[13:21]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the mouth [i.e., command] of the Lord.”

[16:24]  ¹¹ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[16:24]  ¹² tn The Hebrew term כִּכָּר (kikkar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or to a standard unit of weight, generally regarded as a talent. Since the accepted weight for a talent of metal is about 75 pounds, this would have amounted to about 150 pounds of silver.

[16:24]  ¹³ tn Heb “he built up the hill.”

[17:10]  ¹² tn Heb “a little.”

[20:7]  ¹³ tn Heb “elders.”

[20:7]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “Know and see that this [man] is seeking trouble.”