1 Kings 2:30

2:30 When Benaiah arrived at the tent of the Lord, he said to him, “The king says, ‘Come out!’” But he replied, “No, I will die here!” So Benaiah sent word to the king and reported Joab’s reply. ¹ 

1 Kings 2:42

2:42 the king summoned ²  Shimei and said to him, “You will recall ³  that I made you take an oath by the Lord, and I solemnly warned you, ‘If you ever leave and go anywhere, ⁴  know for sure that you will certainly die.’ You said to me, ‘The proposal is acceptable; I agree to it.’ ⁵ 

1 Kings 4:33

4:33 He produced manuals on botany, describing every kind of plant, ⁶  from the cedars of Lebanon to the hyssop that grows on walls. He also produced manuals on biology, describing ⁷  animals, birds, insects, and fish.

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 8:9

8:9 There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets Moses had placed there in Horeb. ⁹  It was there that ¹⁰  the Lord made an agreement with the Israelites after he brought them out of the land of Egypt.

1 Kings 8:16

8:16 He told David, ¹¹  ‘Since the day I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a temple in which to live. ¹²  But I have chosen David to lead my people Israel.’

1 Kings 8:44

8:44 “When you direct your people to march out and fight their enemies, ¹³  and they direct their prayers to the Lord ¹⁴  toward his chosen city and this temple I built for your honor, ¹⁵ 

1 Kings 8:53

8:53 After all, ¹⁶  you picked them out of all the nations of the earth to be your special possession, ¹⁷  just as you, O sovereign Lord, announced through your servant Moses when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt.”

1 Kings 9:9

9:9 Others will then answer, ¹⁸  ‘Because they abandoned the Lord their God, who led their ancestors ¹⁹  out of Egypt. They embraced other gods whom they worshiped and served. ²⁰  That is why the Lord has brought all this disaster down on them.’”

1 Kings 11:29

11:29 At that time, when Jeroboam had left Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met him on the road; the two of them were alone in the open country. Ahijah ²¹  was wearing a brand new robe,

1 Kings 17:13

17:13 Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid. Go and do as you planned. ²²  But first make a small cake for me and bring it to me; then make something for yourself and your son.

1 Kings 19:11

19:11 The Lord ²³  said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the Lord. Look, the Lord is ready to pass by.”

A very powerful wind went before the Lord, digging into the mountain and causing landslides, ²⁴  but the Lord was not in the wind. After the windstorm there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake.

1 Kings 20:31

20:31 His advisers ²⁵  said to him, “Look, we have heard that the kings of the Israelite dynasty are kind. ²⁶  Allow us to put sackcloth around our waists and ropes on our heads ²⁷  and surrender ²⁸  to the king of Israel. Maybe he will spare our lives.”

1 Kings 20:33

20:33 The men took this as a good omen and quickly accepted his offer, saying, “Ben Hadad is your brother.” Ahab ²⁹  then said, “Go, get him.” So Ben Hadad came out to him, and Ahab pulled him up into his chariot.

1 Kings 21:13

21:13 The two villains arrived and sat opposite him. Then the villains testified against Naboth right before the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king.” So they dragged him ³⁰  outside the city and stoned him to death. ³¹ 

1 Kings 22:34

22:34 Now an archer shot an arrow at random, ³²  and it struck the king of Israel between the plates of his armor. The king ³³  ordered his charioteer, “Turn around and take me from the battle line, ³⁴  because I’m wounded.”

[2:30]  ¹ tn Heb “saying, “In this way Joab spoke and in this way he answered me.”

[2:42]  ² tn Heb “sent and summoned.”

[2:42]  ³ tn Heb “Is it not [true]…?” In the Hebrew text the statement is interrogative; the rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course it is.”

[2:42]  ⁴ tn Heb “here or there.”

[2:42]  ⁵ tn Heb “good is the word; I have heard.”

[4:33]  ³ tn Heb “he spoke about plants.”

[4:33]  ⁴ tn Heb “he spoke about.”

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

[8:9]  ⁵ sn Horeb is another name for Mount Sinai.

[8:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “in Horeb where.”

[8:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “saying.”

[8:16]  ⁷ tn Heb “to build a house for my name to be there.”

[8:44]  ⁷ tn Heb “When your people go out for battle against their enemies in the way which you send them.”

[8:44]  ⁸ tn Or perhaps “to you, O Lord.” See 2 Chr 6:34.

[8:44]  ⁹ tn Heb “your name.” See the note on the word “reputation” in v. 41.

[8:53]  ⁸ tn Or “For.”

[8:53]  ⁹ tn Heb “your inheritance.”

[9:9]  ⁹ tn Heb “and they will say.”

[9:9]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “fathers.”

[9:9]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and they took hold of other gods and bowed down to them and served them.”

[11:29]  ¹⁰ tn The Hebrew text has simply “he,” making it a bit unclear whether Jeroboam or Ahijah is the subject, but in the Hebrew word order Ahijah is the nearer antecedent, and this is followed by the present translation.

[17:13]  ¹¹ tn Heb “according to your word.”

[19:11]  ¹² tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:11]  ¹³ tn Heb “tearing away the mountains and breaking the cliffs” (or perhaps, “breaking the stones”).

[20:31]  ¹³ tn Or “servants.”

[20:31]  ¹⁴ 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]  ¹⁵ 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]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “go out.”

[20:33]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ahab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[21:13]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “led him.”

[21:13]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and they stoned him with stones and he died.”

[22:34]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “now a man drew a bow in his innocence” (i.e., with no specific target in mind, or at least without realizing his target was the king of Israel).

[22:34]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:34]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “camp.”