1 Kings 2:15

2:15 He said, “You know that the kingdom ¹  was mine and all Israel considered me king. ²  But then the kingdom was given to my brother, for the Lord decided it should be his. ³ 

1 Kings 3:22

3:22 The other woman said, “No! My son is alive; your son is dead!” But the first woman replied, “No, your son is dead; my son is alive.” Each presented her case before the king. ⁴ 

1 Kings 3:28

3:28 When all Israel heard about the judicial decision which the king had rendered, they respected ⁵  the king, for they realized ⁶  that he possessed supernatural wisdom ⁷  to make judicial decisions.

1 Kings 5:6

5:6 So now order some cedars of Lebanon to be cut for me. My servants will work with your servants. I will pay your servants whatever you say is appropriate, for you know that we have no one among us who knows how to cut down trees like the Sidonians.”

1 Kings 8:35

8:35 “The time will come when ⁸  the skies are shut up tightly and no rain falls because your people ⁹  sinned against you. When they direct their prayers toward this place, renew their allegiance to you, ¹⁰  and turn away from their sin because you punish ¹¹  them,

1 Kings 8:46

8:46 “The time will come when your people ¹²  will sin against you (for there is no one who is sinless!) and you will be angry with them and deliver them over to their enemies, who will take them as prisoners to their own land, ¹³  whether far away or close by.

1 Kings 18:27

18:27 At noon Elijah mocked them, “Yell louder! After all, he is a god; he may be deep in thought, or perhaps he stepped out for a moment or has taken a trip. Perhaps he is sleeping and needs to be awakened.” ¹⁴ 

1 Kings 20:7

20:7 The king of Israel summoned all the leaders ¹⁵  of the land and said, “Notice how this man is looking for trouble. ¹⁶  Indeed, he demanded my wives, sons, silver, and gold, and I did not resist him.”

1 Kings 20:31

20:31 His advisers ¹⁷  said to him, “Look, we have heard that the kings of the Israelite dynasty are kind. ¹⁸  Allow us to put sackcloth around our waists and ropes on our heads ¹⁹  and surrender ²⁰  to the king of Israel. Maybe he will spare our lives.”

1 Kings 21:29

21:29 “Have you noticed how Ahab shows remorse ²¹  before me? Because he shows remorse before me, I will not bring disaster on his dynasty during his lifetime, but during the reign of his son.” ²² 

[2:15]  ¹ tn Or “kingship.”

[2:15]  ² tn Heb “set their face to me to be king.”

[2:15]  ³ tn Heb “and the kingdom turned about and became my brother’s, for from the Lord it became his.”

[3:22]  ⁴ tn Heb “they spoke before the king.” Another option is to translate, “they argued before the king.”

[3:28]  ⁷ tn Heb “feared,” perhaps in the sense, “stood in awe of.”

[3:28]  ⁸ tn Heb “saw.”

[3:28]  ⁹ tn Heb “the wisdom of God within him.”

[8:35]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “when.” In the Hebrew text vv. 35-36a actually contain one lengthy conditional sentence, which the translation has divided into two sentences for stylistic reasons.

[8:35]  ¹¹ tn Heb “they”; the referent (your people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:35]  ¹² tn Heb “confess [or perhaps, “praise”] your name.”

[8:35]  ¹³ tn The Hebrew text has “because you answer them,” as if the verb is from עָנָה (’anah, “to answer”). However, this reference to a divine answer is premature, since the next verse asks for God to intervene in mercy. It is better to revocalize the consonantal text as תְעַנֵּם (tÿ’annem, “you afflict them”), a Piel verb form from the homonym עָנָה (“to afflict”).

[8:46]  ¹³ tn Heb “they”; the referent (your people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:46]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “the land of the enemy.”

[18:27]  ¹⁶ sn Elijah’s sarcastic proposals would have been especially offensive and irritating to Baal’s prophets, for they believed Baal was imprisoned in the underworld as death’s captive during this time of drought. Elijah’s apparent ignorance of their theology is probably designed for dramatic effect; indeed the suggestion that Baal is away on a trip or deep in sleep comes precariously close to the truth as viewed by the prophets.

[20:7]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “elders.”

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

[20:31]  ²² tn Or “servants.”

[20:31]  ²³ tn Or “merciful.” The word used here often means “devoted” or “loyal.” Perhaps the idea is that the Israelite kings are willing to make treaties with other kings.

[20:31]  ²⁴ sn Sackcloth was worn as a sign of sorrow and repentance. The precise significance of the ropes on the head is uncertain, but it probably was a sign of submission. These actions were comparable to raising a white flag on the battlefield or throwing in the towel in a boxing match.

[20:31]  ²⁵ tn Heb “go out.”

[21:29]  ²⁵ tn Or “humbles himself.” The expression occurs a second time later in this verse.

[21:29]  ²⁶ tn Heb “I will not bring the disaster during his days, [but] in the days of his son I will bring the disaster on his house.”