1 Kings 2:17

2:17 He said, “Please ask King Solomon if he would give me Abishag the Shunammite as a wife, for he won’t refuse you.” ¹ 

1 Kings 2:33

2:33 May Joab and his descendants be perpetually guilty of their shed blood, but may the Lord give perpetual peace to David, his descendants, his family, ²  and his dynasty.” ³ 

1 Kings 8:33-34

8:33 “The time will come when ⁴  your people Israel are defeated by an enemy ⁵  because they sinned against you. If they come back to you, renew their allegiance to you, ⁶  and pray for your help ⁷  in this temple, 8:34 then listen from heaven, forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them back to the land you gave to their ancestors.

1 Kings 12:12

12:12 Jeroboam and all the people reported ⁸  to Rehoboam on the third day, just as the king had ordered when he said, “Return to me on the third day.”

1 Kings 13:9

13:9 For the Lord gave me strict orders, ⁹  ‘Do not eat or drink ¹⁰  there and do not go home the way you came.’”

1 Kings 13:16

13:16 But he replied, “I can’t go back with you ¹¹  or eat and drink ¹²  with you in this place.

1 Kings 13:29

13:29 The old prophet ¹³  picked up the corpse of the prophet, ¹⁴  put it on the donkey, and brought it back. The old prophet then entered the city to mourn him and to bury him.

1 Kings 17:21

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 18:43

18:43 He told his servant, “Go on up and look in the direction of the sea.” So he went on up, looked, and reported, “There is nothing.” ¹⁵  Seven times Elijah sent him to look. ¹⁶ 

1 Kings 19:7

19:7 The Lord’s angelic messenger came back again, touched him, and said, “Get up and eat, for otherwise you won’t be able to make the journey.” ¹⁷ 

1 Kings 19:15

19:15 The Lord said to him, “Go back the way you came and then head for the Desert of Damascus. Go and anoint Hazael king over Syria.

1 Kings 20:5

20:5 The messengers came again and said, “This is what Ben Hadad says, ‘I sent this message to you, “You must give me your silver, gold, wives, and sons.”

1 Kings 22:26

22:26 Then the king of Israel said, “Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the city official and Joash the king’s son.

[2:17]  ¹ tn Heb “Say to Solomon the king, for he will not turn back your face, that he might give to me Abishag the Shunammite for a wife.”

[2:33]  ² tn Heb “house.”

[2:33]  ³ tn Heb “his throne.”

[8:33]  ³ tn Heb “when.” In the Hebrew text vv. 33-34 actually contain one lengthy conditional sentence, which the translation has divided into two sentences for stylistic reasons.

[8:33]  ⁴ tn Or “are struck down before an enemy.”

[8:33]  ⁵ tn Heb “confess [or perhaps, “praise”] your name.”

[8:33]  ⁶ tn Heb “and they pray and ask for help.”

[12:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “came.”

[13:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “for this he commanded me by the word of the Lord, saying.”

[13:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “eat food and drink water.”

[13:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “I am unable to return with you or to go with you.”

[13:16]  ⁷ tn Heb “eat food and drink water.”

[13:29]  ⁷ tn Heb “the prophet.” The word “old” has been supplied in the translation to distinguish this individual from the other prophet.

[13:29]  ⁸ tn Heb “the man of God.”

[18:43]  ⁸ sn So he went on up, looked, and reported, “There is nothing.” Several times in this chapter those addressed by Elijah obey his orders. In vv. 20 and 42 Ahab does as instructed, in vv. 26 and 28 the prophets follow Elijah’s advice, and in vv. 30, 34, 40 and 43 the people and servants do as they are told. By juxtaposing Elijah’s commands with accounts of those commands being obeyed, the narrator emphasizes the authority of the Lord’s prophet.

[18:43]  ⁹ tn Heb “He said, ‘Return,’ seven times.”

[19:7]  ⁹ tn Heb “for the journey is too great for you.”