1 Kings 2:14

2:14 He added, ¹  “I have something to say to you.” She replied, “Speak.”

1 Kings 5:2

5:2 Solomon then sent this message to Hiram:

1 Kings 6:11

6:11 ² The Lord said ³  to Solomon:

1 Kings 8:29-30

8:29 Night and day may you watch over this temple, the place where you promised you would live. ⁴  May you answer your servant’s prayer for this place. ⁵  8:30 Respond to the request of your servant and your people Israel for this place. ⁶  Hear from inside your heavenly dwelling place ⁷  and respond favorably. ⁸ 

1 Kings 17:2

17:2 The Lord told him: ⁹ 

1 Kings 17:8

17:8 The Lord told him, ¹⁰ 

1 Kings 22:15

22:15 When he came before the king, the king asked him, “Micaiah, should we attack Ramoth Gilead or not?” He answered him, “Attack! You will succeed; the Lord will hand it over to the king.” ¹¹ 

[2:14]  ¹ tn Heb “and he said.”

[6:11]  ² tc The LXX lacks vv. 11-14.

[6:11]  ³ tn Heb “the word of the Lord was.”

[8:29]  ³ tn Heb “so your eyes might be open toward this house night and day, toward the place about which you said, ‘My name will be there.’”

[8:29]  ⁴ tn Heb “by listening to the prayer which your servant is praying concerning this place.”

[8:30]  ⁴ tn Heb “listen to the request of your servant and your people Israel which they are praying concerning this place.”

[8:30]  ⁵ tn Heb “and you, hear inside your dwelling place, inside heaven.” The precise nuance of the preposition אֶל (’el), used here with the verb “hear,” is unclear. One expects the preposition “from,” which appears in the parallel text in 2 Chr 6:21. The nuance “inside; among” is attested for אֶל (see Gen 23:19; 1 Sam 10:22; Jer 4:3), but in each case a verb of motion is employed with the preposition, unlike 1 Kgs 8:30. The translation above (“from inside”) is based on the demands of the immediate context rather than attested usage elsewhere.

[8:30]  ⁶ tn Heb “hear and forgive.”

[17:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “and the word of the Lord came to him, saying.”

[17:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “And the word of the Lord came to him, saying.”

[22:15]  ⁷ sn “Attack! You will succeed; the Lord will hand it over to the king.” One does not expect Micaiah, having just vowed to speak only what the Lord tells him, to agree with the other prophets and give the king an inaccurate prophecy. Micaiah’s actions became understandable later, when it is revealed that the Lord desires to deceive the king and lead him to his demise. The Lord even dispatches a lying spirit to deceive Ahab’s prophets. Micaiah can lie to the king because he realizes this lie is from the Lord. It is important to note that in v. 14 Micaiah only vows to speak the word of the Lord; he does not necessarily say he will tell the truth. In this case the Lord’s word itself is deceptive. Only when the king adjures him to tell the truth (v. 16), does Micaiah do so.