1 Kings 3:28

3:28 When all Israel heard about the judicial decision which the king had rendered, they respected ¹  the king, for they realized ²  that he possessed supernatural wisdom ³  to make judicial decisions.

1 Kings 10:7

10:7 I did not believe these things until I came and saw them with my own eyes. Indeed, I didn’t hear even half the story! ⁴  Your wisdom and wealth ⁵  surpass what was reported to me.

1 Kings 10:12

10:12 With the timber the king made supports ⁶  for the Lord’s temple and for the royal palace and stringed instruments ⁷  for the musicians. No one has seen so much of this fine timber to this very day. ⁸ )

1 Kings 13:25

13:25 Some men came by ⁹  and saw the corpse lying in the road with the lion standing beside it. ¹⁰  They went and reported what they had seen ¹¹  in the city where the old prophet lived.

1 Kings 18:1

Elijah Meets the King’s Servant

18:1 Some time later, in the third year of the famine, the Lord told Elijah, ¹²  “Go, make an appearance before Ahab, so I may send rain on the surface of the ground.”

1 Kings 20:7

20:7 The king of Israel summoned all the leaders ¹³  of the land and said, “Notice how this man is looking for trouble. ¹⁴  Indeed, he demanded my wives, sons, silver, and gold, and I did not resist him.”

1 Kings 20:13

The Lord Delivers Israel

20:13 Now a prophet visited King Ahab of Israel and said, “This is what the Lord says, ‘Do you see this huge army? ¹⁵  Look, I am going to hand it over to you this very day. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”

1 Kings 20:22

The Lord Gives Israel Another Victory

20:22 The prophet ¹⁶  visited the king of Israel and instructed him, “Go, fortify your defenses. ¹⁷  Determine ¹⁸  what you must do, for in the spring ¹⁹  the king of Syria will attack ²⁰  you.”

1 Kings 21:29

21:29 “Have you noticed how Ahab shows remorse ²¹  before me? Because he shows remorse before me, I will not bring disaster on his dynasty during his lifetime, but during the reign of his son.” ²² 

1 Kings 22:17

22:17 Micaiah ²³  said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains like sheep that have no shepherd. Then the Lord said, ‘They have no master. They should go home in peace.’”

[3:28]  ¹ tn Heb “feared,” perhaps in the sense, “stood in awe of.”

[3:28]  ² tn Heb “saw.”

[3:28]  ³ tn Heb “the wisdom of God within him.”

[10:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “the half was not told to me.”

[10:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “good.”

[10:12]  ⁷ tn This Hebrew architectural term occurs only here. The meaning is uncertain; some have suggested “banisters” or “parapets”; cf. TEV, NLT “railings.” The parallel passage in 2 Chr 9:11 has a different word, meaning “tracks,” or perhaps “steps.”

[10:12]  ⁸ tn Two types of stringed instruments are specifically mentioned, the כִּנּוֹר (kinnor, “zither” [?]), and נֶבֶל (nevel, “harp”).

[10:12]  ⁹ tn Heb “there has not come thus, the fine timber, and there has not been seen to this day.”

[13:25]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Look, men were passing by.”

[13:25]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the corpse.” The noun has been replaced by the pronoun (“it”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[13:25]  ¹² tn The words “what they had seen” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[18:1]  ¹³ tn Heb “the word of the Lord came to Elijah.”

[20:7]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “elders.”

[20:7]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “Know and see that this [man] is seeking trouble.”

[20:13]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “this great horde.”

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

[20:22]  ²³ tn Heb “strengthen yourself.”

[20:22]  ²⁴ tn Heb “know and see.”

[20:22]  ²⁵ tn Heb “at the turning of the year.”

[20:22]  ²⁶ tn Heb “go up against.”

[21:29]  ²⁵ tn Or “humbles himself.” The expression occurs a second time later in this verse.

[21:29]  ²⁶ tn Heb “I will not bring the disaster during his days, [but] in the days of his son I will bring the disaster on his house.”

[22:17]  ²⁸ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Micaiah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.