1 Kings 2:20

2:20 She said, “I would like to ask you for just one small favor. ¹  Please don’t refuse me.” ²  He said, ³  “Go ahead and ask, my mother, for I would not refuse you.”

1 Kings 9:6

9:6 “But if you or your sons ever turn away from me, fail to obey the regulations and rules I instructed you to keep, ⁴  and decide to serve and worship other gods, ⁵ 

1 Kings 12:24

12:24 ‘The Lord says this: “Do not attack and make war with your brothers, the Israelites. Each of you go home, for I have caused this to happen.”’” ⁶  They obeyed the Lord and went home as the Lord had ordered them to do. ⁷ 

1 Kings 12:27

12:27 If these people go up to offer sacrifices in the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem, ⁸  their loyalty could shift to their former master, ⁹  King Rehoboam of Judah. They might kill me and return to King Rehoboam of Judah.”

1 Kings 13:6

13:6 The king pled with ¹⁰  the prophet, ¹¹  “Seek the favor of ¹²  the Lord your God and pray for me, so that my hand may be restored.” So the prophet sought the Lord’s favor ¹³  and the king’s hand was restored to its former condition. ¹⁴ 

1 Kings 13:33

A Prophet Announces the End of Jeroboam’s Dynasty

13:33 After this happened, Jeroboam still did not change his evil ways; ¹⁵  he continued to appoint common people ¹⁶  as priests at the high places. Anyone who wanted the job he consecrated as a priest. ¹⁷ 

[2:20]  ¹ tn Or “I’d like to make just one request of you.”

[2:20]  ² tn Heb “Do not turn back my face.”

[2:20]  ³ tn Heb “and the king said to her.”

[9:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “which I placed before you.”

[9:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “and walk and serve other gods and bow down to them.”

[12:24]  ⁷ tn Heb “for this thing is from me.”

[12:24]  ⁸ tn Heb “and they heard the word of the Lord and returned to go according to the word of the Lord.”

[12:27]  ¹⁰ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[12:27]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the heart of these people could return to their master.”

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

[13:6]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “the man of God” (a second time later in this verse, and once in v. 7 and v. 8).

[13:6]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “appease the face of.”

[13:6]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “appeased the face of the Lord.”

[13:6]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and it was as in the beginning.”

[13:33]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “did not turn from his evil way.”

[13:33]  ¹⁷ sn The expression common people refers to people who were not Levites. See 1 Kgs 12:31.

[13:33]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “and one who had the desire he was filling his hand so that he became [one of] the priests of the high places.”