1 Kings 3:2

3:2 Now the people were offering sacrifices at the high places, ¹  because in those days a temple had not yet been built to honor the Lord. ² 

1 Kings 4:31

4:31 He was wiser than any man, including Ethan the Ezrahite or Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol. He was famous in all the neighboring nations. ³ 

1 Kings 8:18-19

8:18 The Lord told my father David, ‘It is right for you to have a strong desire to build a temple to honor me. ⁴  8:19 But you will not build the temple; your very own son will build the temple for my honor.’ ⁵ 

1 Kings 8:33

8:33 “The time will come when ⁶  your people Israel are defeated by an enemy ⁷  because they sinned against you. If they come back to you, renew their allegiance to you, ⁸  and pray for your help ⁹  in this temple,

1 Kings 8:41-42

8:41 “Foreigners, who do not belong to your people Israel, will come from a distant land because of your reputation. ¹⁰  8:42 When they hear about your great reputation ¹¹  and your ability to accomplish mighty deeds, ¹²  they will come and direct their prayers toward this temple.

1 Kings 11:26

11:26 Jeroboam son of Nebat, one of Solomon’s servants, rebelled against ¹³  the king. He was an Ephraimite ¹⁴  from Zeredah whose mother was a widow named Zeruah.

1 Kings 14:31

14:31 Rehoboam passed away ¹⁵  and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David. His mother was an Ammonite named Naamah. His son Abijah ¹⁶  replaced him as king.

1 Kings 18:31-32

18:31 Then Elijah took twelve stones, corresponding to the number of tribes that descended from Jacob, to whom the Lord had said, “Israel will be your new ¹⁷  name.” ¹⁸  18:32 With the stones he constructed an altar for the Lord. ¹⁹  Around the altar he made a trench large enough to contain two seahs ²⁰  of seed.

1 Kings 21:8

21:8 She wrote out orders, ²¹  signed Ahab’s name to them, ²²  and sealed them with his seal. She then sent the orders ²³  to the leaders ²⁴  and to the nobles who lived in Naboth’s city. ²⁵ 

1 Kings 22:16

22:16 The king said to him, “How many times must I make you solemnly promise in ²⁶  the name of the Lord to tell me only the truth?”

1 Kings 22:42

22:42 Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king and he reigned for twenty-five years in Jerusalem. ²⁷  His mother was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.

[3:2]  ¹ sn Offering sacrifices at the high places. The “high places” were places of worship that were naturally or artificially elevated.

[3:2]  ² tn Heb “for the name of the Lord.” The word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor (thus the translation here, “to honor the Lord”). The “name” of the Lord sometimes designates the Lord himself, being indistinguishable from the proper name.

[4:31]  ³ tn Heb “his name was in all the surrounding nations.”

[8:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “Because it was with your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was with your heart.”

[8:19]  ⁷ tn Heb “your son, the one who came out of your body, he will build the temple for my name.”

[8:33]  ⁹ tn Heb “when.” In the Hebrew text vv. 33-34 actually contain one lengthy conditional sentence, which the translation has divided into two sentences for stylistic reasons.

[8:33]  ¹⁰ tn Or “are struck down before an enemy.”

[8:33]  ¹¹ tn Heb “confess [or perhaps, “praise”] your name.”

[8:33]  ¹² tn Heb “and they pray and ask for help.”

[8:41]  ¹¹ tn Heb “your name.” In the OT 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.

[8:42]  ¹³ tn Heb “your great name.” See the note on the word “reputation” in the previous verse.

[8:42]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and your strong hand and your outstretched arm.”

[11:26]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “raised a hand against.”

[11:26]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “Ephrathite,” which here refers to an Ephraimite (see HALOT 81 s.v. אֶפְרַיִם).

[14:31]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

[14:31]  ¹⁸ tn In the Hebrew text the name is spelled “Abijam” here and in 1 Kgs 15:1-8.

[18:31]  ¹⁹ tn The word “new” is implied but not actually present in the Hebrew text.

[18:31]  ²⁰ sn Israel will be your new name. See Gen 32:28; 35:10.

[18:32]  ²¹ tn Heb “and he built the stones into an altar in the name of the Lord.”

[18:32]  ²² tn A seah was a dry measure equivalent to about seven quarts.

[21:8]  ²³ tn Heb “scrolls.”

[21:8]  ²⁴ tn Heb “in the name of Ahab.”

[21:8]  ²⁵ tn Heb “scrolls.”

[21:8]  ²⁶ tn Heb “elders.”

[21:8]  ²⁷ tn Heb “to the nobles who were in his city, the ones who lived with Naboth.”

[22:16]  ²⁵ tn Or “swear an oath by.”

[22:42]  ²⁷ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.