1 Kings 3:22

3:22 The other woman said, “No! My son is alive; your son is dead!” But the first woman replied, “No, your son is dead; my son is alive.” Each presented her case before the king. ¹ 

1 Kings 7:14

7:14 He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, ²  and his father was a craftsman in bronze from Tyre. He had the skill and knowledge ³  to make all kinds of works of bronze. He reported to King Solomon and did all the work he was assigned.

1 Kings 9:16

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 11:4

11:4 When Solomon became old, his wives shifted his allegiance to ⁴  other gods; he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord his God, as his father David had been. ⁵ 

1 Kings 14:5-6

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. ⁶  When she comes, she will be in a disguise.” 14:6 When Ahijah heard the sound of her footsteps as she came through the door, he said, “Come on in, wife of Jeroboam! Why are you pretending to be someone else? I have been commissioned to give you bad news. ⁷ 

1 Kings 16:31

16:31 As if following in the sinful footsteps of Jeroboam son of Nebat were not bad enough, he married Jezebel the daughter of King Ethbaal of the Sidonians. Then he worshiped and bowed to Baal. ⁸ 

1 Kings 17:10

17:10 So he got up and went to Zarephath. When he went through the city gate, there was a widow gathering wood. He called out to her, “Please give me a cup ⁹  of water, so I can take a drink.”

1 Kings 17:17

17:17 After this ¹⁰  the son of the woman who owned the house got sick. His illness was so severe he could no longer breathe.

1 Kings 20:7

20:7 The king of Israel summoned all the leaders ¹¹  of the land and said, “Notice how this man is looking for trouble. ¹²  Indeed, he demanded my wives, sons, silver, and gold, and I did not resist him.”

1 Kings 21:7

21:7 His wife Jezebel said to him, “You are the king of Israel! ¹³  Get up, eat some food, and have a good time. ¹⁴  I will get the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite for you.”

[3:22]  ¹ tn Heb “they spoke before the king.” Another option is to translate, “they argued before the king.”

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

[7:14]  ³ tn Heb “he was filled with the skill, understanding, and knowledge.”

[11:4]  ³ tn Heb “bent his heart after.”

[11:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “his heart was not complete with the Lord his God, like the heart of David his father.”

[14:5]  ⁴ 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.

[14:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “I am sent to you [with] a hard [message].”

[16:31]  ⁶ tn Heb “and he went and served Baal and bowed down to him.”

[17:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “a little.”

[17:17]  ⁸ tn Heb “after these things.”

[20:7]  ⁹ tn Heb “elders.”

[20:7]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Know and see that this [man] is seeking trouble.”

[21:7]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “You, now, you are exercising kingship over Israel.”

[21:7]  ¹¹ tn Heb “so your heart [i.e., disposition] might be well.”