1 Kings 2:6

2:6 Do to him what you think is appropriate, ¹  but don’t let him live long and die a peaceful death. ² 

1 Kings 8:45

8:45 then listen from heaven to their prayers for help ³  and vindicate them. ⁴ 

1 Kings 10:18

10:18 The king made a large throne decorated with ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.

1 Kings 11:8

11:8 He built high places for all his foreign wives so they could burn incense and make sacrifices to their gods. ⁵ 

1 Kings 12:32

12:32 Jeroboam inaugurated a festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, ⁶  like the festival celebrated in Judah. ⁷  On the altar in Bethel he offered sacrifices to the calves he had made. ⁸  In Bethel he also appointed priests for the high places he had made.

1 Kings 15:11

15:11 Asa did what the Lord approved ⁹  like his ancestor ¹⁰  David had done.

[2:6]  ¹ tn Heb “according to your wisdom.”

[2:6]  ² tn Heb “and do not bring down his grey hair in peace [to] Sheol.”

[8:45]  ³ tn Heb “their prayer and their request for help.”

[8:45]  ⁴ tn Heb “and accomplish their justice.”

[11:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “and the same thing he did for all his foreign wives, [who] were burning incense and sacrificing to their gods.”

[12:32]  ⁷ sn The eighth month would correspond to October-November in modern reckoning.

[12:32]  ⁸ sn The festival he celebrated in Judah probably refers to the Feast of Tabernacles (i.e., Booths or Temporary Shelters), held in the seventh month (September-October). See also 1 Kgs 8:2.

[12:32]  ⁹ tn Heb “and he offered up [sacrifices] on the altar; he did this in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves which he had made.”

[15:11]  ⁹ tn Heb “what was right in the eyes of the Lord.”

[15:11]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “father,” but Hebrew often uses the terms “father” and “mother” for grandparents and more remote ancestors.