1 Kings 18:37

18:37 Answer me, O Lord, answer me, so these people will know that you, O Lord, are the true God ¹  and that you are winning back their allegiance.” ² 

1 Kings 1:43

1:43 Jonathan replied ³  to Adonijah: “No! ⁴  Our master ⁵  King David has made Solomon king.

1 Kings 12:13

12:13 The king responded to the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the older men

1 Kings 20:4

20:4 The king of Israel replied, “It is just as you say, my master, O king. I and all I own belong to you.”

1 Kings 20:11

20:11 The king of Israel replied, “Tell him the one who puts on his battle gear should not boast like one who is taking it off.” ⁶ 

1 Kings 18:24

18:24 Then you ⁷  will invoke the name of your god, and I will invoke the name of the Lord. The god who responds with fire will demonstrate that he is the true God.” ⁸  All the people responded, “This will be a fair test.” ⁹ 

1 Kings 18:26

18:26 So they took a bull, as he had suggested, ¹⁰  and prepared it. They invoked the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, “Baal, answer us.” But there was no sound and no answer. They jumped ¹¹  around on the altar they had made. ¹² 

1 Kings 1:28

David Picks Solomon as His Successor

1:28 King David responded, ¹³  “Summon Bathsheba!” ¹⁴  She came and stood before the king. ¹⁵ 

1 Kings 1:36

1:36 Benaiah son of Jehoiada responded ¹⁶  to the king: “So be it! ¹⁷  May the Lord God of my master the king confirm it! ¹⁸ 

1 Kings 3:27

3:27 The king responded, “Give the first woman the living child; don’t kill him. She is the mother.”

1 Kings 18:29

18:29 Throughout the afternoon they were in an ecstatic frenzy, ¹⁹  but there was no sound, no answer, and no response. ²⁰ 

1 Kings 2:22

2:22 King Solomon answered his mother, “Why just request Abishag the Shunammite for him? ²¹  Since he is my older brother, you should also request the kingdom for him, for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab son of Zeruiah!”

1 Kings 2:30

2:30 When Benaiah arrived at the tent of the Lord, he said to him, “The king says, ‘Come out!’” But he replied, “No, I will die here!” So Benaiah sent word to the king and reported Joab’s reply. ²² 

1 Kings 12:7

12:7 They said to him, “Today if you show a willingness to help these people and grant their request, they will be your servants from this time forward.” ²³ 

1 Kings 13:6

13:6 The king pled with ²⁴  the prophet, ²⁵  “Seek the favor of ²⁶  the Lord your God and pray for me, so that my hand may be restored.” So the prophet sought the Lord’s favor ²⁷  and the king’s hand was restored to its former condition. ²⁸ 

1 Kings 18:21

18:21 Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long are you going to be paralyzed by indecision? ²⁹  If the Lord is the true God, ³⁰  then follow him, but if Baal is, follow him!” But the people did not say a word.

[18:37]  ¹ tn Heb “the God.”

[18:37]  ² tn Heb “that you are turning their heart[s] back.”

[1:43]  ³ tn Heb “answered and said.”

[1:43]  ⁴ tn For a similar use of אֲבָל (’aval), see Gen 17:19, where God rejects Abraham’s proposal and offers an alternative.

[1:43]  ⁵ tn The plural form is used in the Hebrew text to indicate honor and authority.

[20:11]  ⁵ sn The point of the saying is that someone who is still preparing for a battle should not boast as if he has already won the battle. A modern parallel would be, “Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched.”

[18:24]  ⁷ tn Elijah now directly addresses the prophets.

[18:24]  ⁸ tn Heb “the God.”

[18:24]  ⁹ tn Heb “The matter [i.e., proposal] is good [i.e., acceptable].”

[18:26]  ⁹ tn Heb “and they took the bull which he allowed them.”

[18:26]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “limped” (the same verb is used in v. 21).

[18:26]  ¹¹ tc The MT has “which he made,” but some medieval Hebrew mss and the ancient versions have the plural form of the verb.

[1:28]  ¹¹ tn Heb “answered and said.”

[1:28]  ¹² sn Summon Bathsheba. Bathsheba must have left the room when Nathan arrived (see 1:22).

[1:28]  ¹³ tn Heb “she came before the king and stood before the king.”

[1:36]  ¹³ tn Heb “answered and said.”

[1:36]  ¹⁴ tn Or “Amen.”

[1:36]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “So may the Lord God of my master the king say.”

[18:29]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “when noon passed they prophesied until the offering up of the offering.”

[18:29]  ¹⁶ tc The Old Greek translation and Syriac Peshitta include the following words here: “When it was time to offer the sacrifice, Elijah the Tishbite spoke to the prophets of the abominations: ‘Stand aside for the time being, and I will offer my burnt offering.’ So they stood aside and departed.”

[2:22]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “for Adonijah.”

[2:30]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “saying, “In this way Joab spoke and in this way he answered me.”

[12:7]  ²¹ tn Heb “If today you are a servant to these people and you serve them and answer them and speak to them good words, they will be your servants all the days.”

[13:6]  ²³ tn Heb “The king answered and said to.”

[13:6]  ²⁴ tn Heb “the man of God” (a second time later in this verse, and once in v. 7 and v. 8).

[13:6]  ²⁵ tn Heb “appease the face of.”

[13:6]  ²⁶ tn Heb “appeased the face of the Lord.”

[13:6]  ²⁷ tn Heb “and it was as in the beginning.”

[18:21]  ²⁵ tn Heb “How long are you going to limp around on two crutches?” (see HALOT 762 s.v. סְעִפִּים). In context this idiomatic expression refers to indecision rather than physical disability.

[18:21]  ²⁶ tn Heb “the God.”