1 Kings 4:3

4:3 Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, wrote down what happened. ¹ 

Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was in charge of the records.

1 Kings 13:11

13:11 Now there was an old prophet living in Bethel. ²  When his sons came home, they told their father ³  everything the prophet ⁴  had done in Bethel that day and all the words he had spoken to the king. ⁵ 

1 Kings 3:8

3:8 Your servant stands ⁶  among your chosen people; ⁷  they are a great nation that is too numerous to count or number.

1 Kings 8:5

8:5 Now King Solomon and all the Israelites who had assembled with him went on ahead of the ark and sacrificed more sheep and cattle than could be counted or numbered. ⁸ 

[4:3]  ¹ tn Heb “were scribes”; NASB, NIV, NRSV “secretaries”; TEV, NLT “court secretaries.”

[13:11]  ² map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[13:11]  ³ tn Heb “and his son came and told him.” The MT has the singular here, but several other textual witnesses have the plural, which is more consistent with the second half of the verse and with vv. 12-13.

[13:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “the man of God.”

[13:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “all the actions which the man of God performed that day in Bethel, the words which he spoke to the king, and they told them to their father.”

[3:8]  ³ tn There is no verb expressed in the Hebrew text; “stands” is supplied in the translation for clarification.

[3:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “your people whom you have chosen.”

[8:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “And King Solomon and all the assembly of Israel, those who had been gathered to him, [were] before the ark, sacrificing sheep and cattle which could not be counted or numbered because of the abundance.”