1 Kings 3:15

3:15 Solomon then woke up and realized it was a dream. ¹  He went to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the Lord’s covenant, offered up burnt sacrifices, presented peace offerings, ²  and held a feast for all his servants.

1 Kings 8:1

Solomon Moves the Ark into the Temple

8:1 ³ Then Solomon convened in Jerusalem ⁴  Israel’s elders, all the leaders of the Israelite tribes and families, so they could witness the transferal of the ark of the Lord’s covenant from the city of David (that is, Zion). ⁵ 

1 Kings 9:15-16

9:15 Here are the details concerning the work crews ⁶  King Solomon conscripted ⁷  to build the Lord’s temple, his palace, the terrace, the wall of Jerusalem, ⁸  and the cities of ⁹  Hazor, ¹⁰  Megiddo, ¹¹  and Gezer. 9:16 (Pharaoh, king of Egypt, had attacked and captured Gezer. He burned it and killed the Canaanites who lived in the city. He gave it as a wedding present to his daughter, who had married Solomon.)

1 Kings 9:25

9:25 Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings ¹²  on the altar he had built for the Lord, burning incense along with them before the Lord. He made the temple his official worship place. ¹³ 

1 Kings 12:18

12:18 King Rehoboam sent Adoniram, ¹⁴  the supervisor of the work crews, ¹⁵  out after them, but all Israel stoned him to death. King Rehoboam managed to jump into his chariot and escape to Jerusalem. ¹⁶ 

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.”’” ¹⁷  They obeyed the Lord and went home as the Lord had ordered them to do. ¹⁸ 

1 Kings 12:27

12:27 If these people go up to offer sacrifices in the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem, ¹⁹  their loyalty could shift to their former master, ²⁰  King Rehoboam of Judah. They might kill me and return to King Rehoboam of Judah.”

1 Kings 15:19

15:19 “I want to make a treaty with you, like the one our fathers made. ²¹  See, I have sent you silver and gold as a present. Break your treaty with King Baasha of Israel, so he will retreat from my land.” ²² 

1 Kings 18:36

18:36 When it was time for the evening offering, ²³  Elijah the prophet approached the altar ²⁴  and prayed: “O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, prove ²⁵  today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command.

1 Kings 20:1

Ben Hadad Invades Israel

20:1 Now King Ben Hadad of Syria assembled all his army, along with thirty-two other kings with their horses and chariots. He marched against Samaria ²⁶  and besieged and attacked it. ²⁷ 

1 Kings 20:22

The Lord Gives Israel Another Victory

20:22 The prophet ²⁸  visited the king of Israel and instructed him, “Go, fortify your defenses. ²⁹  Determine ³⁰  what you must do, for in the spring ³¹  the king of Syria will attack ³²  you.”

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 ³³  then said, “Go, get him.” So Ben Hadad came out to him, and Ahab pulled him up into his chariot.

1 Kings 22:6

22:6 So the king of Israel assembled about four hundred prophets and asked them, “Should I attack Ramoth Gilead or not?” ³⁴  They said, “Attack! The sovereign one ³⁵  will hand it over to the king.”

1 Kings 22:15

22:15 When he came before the king, the king asked him, “Micaiah, should we attack Ramoth Gilead or not?” He answered him, “Attack! You will succeed; the Lord will hand it over to the king.” ³⁶ 

[3:15]  ¹ tn Heb “and look, a dream.”

[3:15]  ² tn Or “tokens of peace”; NIV, TEV “fellowship offerings.”

[8:1]  ³ tc The Old Greek translation includes the following words at the beginning of ch. 8: “It so happened that when Solomon finished building the Lord’s temple and his own house, after twenty years.”

[8:1]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[8:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “Then Solomon convened the elders of Israel, the heads of the tribes, the chiefs of the fathers belonging to the sons of Israel to King Solomon [in] Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the city of David (it is Zion).”

[9:15]  ⁵ sn The work crews. This Hebrew word מַס (mas) refers to a group of laborers conscripted for royal or public service.

[9:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “raised up.”

[9:15]  ⁷ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[9:15]  ⁸ tn The words “the cities of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[9:15]  ⁹ map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 D3; Map3 A2; Map4 C1.

[9:15]  ¹⁰ map For location see Map1 D4; Map2 C1; Map4 C2; Map5 F2; Map7 B1.

[9:25]  ⁷ tn Or “tokens of peace”; NIV, TEV “fellowship offerings.”

[9:25]  ⁸ tn Heb “and he made complete the house.”

[12:18]  ⁹ tc The MT has “Adoram” here, but the Old Greek translation and Syriac Peshitta have “Adoniram.” Cf. 1 Kgs 4:6.

[12:18]  ¹⁰ sn The work crews. See the note on this expression in 4:6.

[12:18]  ¹¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[12:24]  ¹¹ tn Heb “for this thing is from me.”

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

[12:27]  ¹³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[12:27]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “the heart of these people could return to their master.”

[15:19]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “[May there be] a covenant between me and you [as there was] between my father and your father.”

[15:19]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “so he will go up from upon me.”

[18:36]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “at the offering up of the offering.”

[18:36]  ¹⁸ tn The words “the altar” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[18:36]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “let it be known.”

[20:1]  ¹⁹ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[20:1]  ²⁰ tn Heb “and he went up and besieged Samaria and fought against it.”

[20:22]  ²¹ tn The definite article indicates previous reference, that is, “the prophet mentioned earlier” (see v. 13).

[20:22]  ²² tn Heb “strengthen yourself.”

[20:22]  ²³ tn Heb “know and see.”

[20:22]  ²⁴ tn Heb “at the turning of the year.”

[20:22]  ²⁵ tn Heb “go up against.”

[20:33]  ²³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ahab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:6]  ²⁵ tn Heb “Should I go against Ramoth Gilead for war or should I refrain?”

[22:6]  ²⁶ tn Though Jehoshaphat requested an oracle from “the Lord” (יְהוָה, Yahweh), they stop short of actually using this name and substitute the title אֲדֹנָי (’adonai, “lord; master”). This ambiguity may explain in part Jehoshaphat’s hesitancy and caution (vv. 7-8). He seems to doubt that the four hundred are genuine prophets of the Lord.

[22:15]  ²⁷ sn “Attack! You will succeed; the Lord will hand it over to the king.” One does not expect Micaiah, having just vowed to speak only what the Lord tells him, to agree with the other prophets and give the king an inaccurate prophecy. Micaiah’s actions became understandable later, when it is revealed that the Lord desires to deceive the king and lead him to his demise. The Lord even dispatches a lying spirit to deceive Ahab’s prophets. Micaiah can lie to the king because he realizes this lie is from the Lord. It is important to note that in v. 14 Micaiah only vows to speak the word of the Lord; he does not necessarily say he will tell the truth. In this case the Lord’s word itself is deceptive. Only when the king adjures him to tell the truth (v. 16), does Micaiah do so.