1 Kings 4:33

4:33 He produced manuals on botany, describing every kind of plant, ¹  from the cedars of Lebanon to the hyssop that grows on walls. He also produced manuals on biology, describing ²  animals, birds, insects, and fish.

1 Kings 8:20

8:20 The Lord has kept the promise he made. ³  I have taken my father David’s place and have occupied the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised. I have built this temple for the honor ⁴  of the Lord God of Israel

1 Kings 8:56

8:56 “The Lord is worthy of praise because he has made Israel his people secure ⁵  just as he promised! Not one of all the faithful promises he made through his servant Moses is left unfulfilled! ⁶ 

1 Kings 12:7

12:7 They said to him, “Today if you show a willingness to help these people and grant their request, they will be your servants from this time forward.” ⁷ 

1 Kings 21:6

21:6 He answered her, “While I was talking to Naboth the Jezreelite, I said to him, ‘Sell me your vineyard for silver, or if you prefer, I will give you another vineyard in its place.’ But he said, ‘I will not sell you my vineyard.’” ⁸ 

1 Kings 21:19

21:19 Say to him, ‘This is what the Lord says: “Haven’t you committed murder and taken possession of the property of the deceased?”’ Then say to him, ‘This is what the Lord says: “In the spot where dogs licked up Naboth’s blood they will also lick up your blood – yes, yours!”’”

1 Kings 22:13

22:13 Now the messenger who went to summon Micaiah said to him, “Look, the prophets are in complete agreement that the king will succeed. ⁹  Your words must agree with theirs; you must predict success.” ¹⁰ 

[4:33]  ¹ tn Heb “he spoke about plants.”

[4:33]  ² tn Heb “he spoke about.”

[8:20]  ³ tn Heb “his word that he spoke.”

[8:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “name.”

[8:56]  ⁵ tn Heb “he has given a resting place to his people Israel.”

[8:56]  ⁶ tn Heb “not one word from his entire good word he spoke by Moses his servant has fallen.”

[12:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “If today you are a servant to these people and you serve them and answer them and speak to them good words, they will be your servants all the days.”

[21:6]  ⁹ tn Heb “While I was talking…, I said…, he said….” Ahab’s explanation is one lengthy sentence in the Hebrew text, which is divided in the English translation for stylistic reasons.

[22:13]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the words of the prophets are [with] one mouth good for the king.”

[22:13]  ¹² tn Heb “let your words be like the word of each of them and speak good.”