1 Kings 2:22

2:22 King Solomon answered his mother, “Why just request Abishag the Shunammite for him? ¹  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 4:24

4:24 His royal court was so large because ²  he ruled over all the kingdoms west of the Euphrates River from Tiphsah ³  to Gaza; he was at peace with all his neighbors. ⁴ 

1 Kings 5:5

5:5 So I have decided ⁵  to build a temple to honor the Lord ⁶  my God, as the Lord instructed my father David, ‘Your son, whom I will put on your throne in your place, is the one who will build a temple to honor me.’ ⁷ 

1 Kings 6:1

The Building of the Temple

6:1 In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites left Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, during the month Ziv ⁸  (the second month), he began building the Lord’s temple.

1 Kings 7:14

7:14 He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, ⁹  and his father was a craftsman in bronze from Tyre. He had the skill and knowledge ¹⁰  to make all kinds of works of bronze. He reported to King Solomon and did all the work he was assigned.

1 Kings 13:26

13:26 When the old prophet who had invited him to his house heard the news, ¹¹  he said, “It is the prophet ¹²  who rebelled against the Lord. ¹³  The Lord delivered him over to the lion and it ripped him up ¹⁴  and killed him, just as the Lord warned him.” ¹⁵ 

1 Kings 14:2

14:2 Jeroboam told his wife, “Disguise ¹⁶  yourself so that people cannot recognize you are Jeroboam’s wife. Then go to Shiloh; Ahijah the prophet, who told me I would rule over this nation, lives there. ¹⁷ 

1 Kings 14:5

14:5 But the Lord had told Ahijah, “Look, Jeroboam’s wife is coming to find out from you what will happen to her son, for he is sick. Tell her so-and-so. ¹⁸  When she comes, she will be in a disguise.”

1 Kings 18:24

18:24 Then you ¹⁹  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.” ²⁰  All the people responded, “This will be a fair test.” ²¹ 

1 Kings 20:32

20:32 So they put sackcloth around their waists and ropes on their heads and went to the king of Israel. They said, “Your servant ²²  Ben Hadad says, ‘Please let me live!’” Ahab ²³  replied, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.” ²⁴ 

[2:22]  ¹ tn Heb “for Adonijah.”

[4:24]  ² tn Heb “because.” The words “his royal court was so large” are added to facilitate the logical connection with the preceding verse.

[4:24]  ³ sn Tiphsah. This was located on the Euphrates River.

[4:24]  ⁴ tn Heb “for he was ruling over all [the region] beyond the River, from Tiphsah to Gaza, over all the kingdoms beyond the River, and he had peace on every side all around.”

[5:5]  ³ tn Heb “Look, I am saying.”

[5:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “a house for the name of the Lord.” The word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor. The “name” of the Lord sometimes designates the Lord himself, being indistinguishable from the proper name.

[5:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “a house for my name.” The word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor. The “name” of the Lord sometimes designates the Lord himself, being indistinguishable from the proper name.

[6:1]  ⁴ sn During the month Ziv. This would be April-May, 966 b.c. by modern reckoning.

[7:14]  ⁵ tn 2 Chr 2:14 (13 HT) says “from the daughters of Dan.”

[7:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “he was filled with the skill, understanding, and knowledge.”

[13:26]  ⁶ tn Heb “and the prophet who had brought him back from the road heard.”

[13:26]  ⁷ tn Heb “the man of God.”

[13:26]  ⁸ tn Heb “the mouth of the Lord.”

[13:26]  ⁹ tn Heb “broke him,” or “crushed him.”

[13:26]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “according to the word of the Lord which he spoke to him.”

[14:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “Get up, change yourself.”

[14:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “look, Ahijah the prophet is there, he told me [I would be] king over this nation.”

[14:5]  ⁸ sn Tell her so-and-so. Certainly the Lord gave Ahijah a specific message to give to Jeroboam’s wife (see vv. 6-16), but the author of Kings here condenses the Lord’s message with the words “so-and-so.” For dramatic effect he prefers to have us hear the message from Ahijah’s lips as he speaks to the king’s wife.

[18:24]  ⁹ tn Elijah now directly addresses the prophets.

[18:24]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the God.”

[18:24]  ¹¹ tn Heb “The matter [i.e., proposal] is good [i.e., acceptable].”

[20:32]  ¹⁰ sn Your servant. By referring to Ben Hadad as Ahab’s servant, they are suggesting that Ahab make him a subject in a vassal treaty arrangement.

[20:32]  ¹¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ahab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:32]  ¹² sn He is my brother. Ahab’s response indicates that he wants to make a parity treaty and treat Ben Hadad as an equal partner.