1 Kings 5:6

5:6 So now order some cedars of Lebanon to be cut for me. My servants will work with your servants. I will pay your servants whatever you say is appropriate, for you know that we have no one among us who knows how to cut down trees like the Sidonians.”

1 Kings 11:11

11:11 So the Lord said to Solomon, “Because you insist on doing these things and have not kept the covenantal rules I gave you, ¹  I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.

1 Kings 13:21

13:21 and he cried out to the prophet from Judah, “This is what the Lord says, ‘You ²  have rebelled against the Lord ³  and have not obeyed the command the Lord your God gave you.

1 Kings 15:5

15:5 He did this ⁴  because David had done what he approved ⁵  and had not disregarded any of his commandments ⁶  his entire lifetime, except for the incident involving Uriah the Hittite.

1 Kings 22:31

22:31 Now the king of Syria had ordered his thirty-two chariot commanders, “Do not fight common soldiers or high-ranking officers; ⁷  fight only the king of Israel.”

[11:11]  ¹ tn Heb “Because this is with you, and you have not kept my covenant and my rules which I commanded you.”

[13:21]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text has “because” at the beginning of the sentence. In the Hebrew text vv. 21-22 are one long sentence comprised of a causal clause giving the reason for divine punishment (vv. 21-22a) and the main clause announcing the punishment (v. 22b). The translation divides this lengthy sentence for stylistic reasons.

[13:21]  ² tn Heb “the mouth [i.e., command] of the Lord.”

[15:5]  ¹ tn The words “he did this” are added for stylistic reasons.

[15:5]  ² tn Heb “what was right in the eyes of the Lord.”

[15:5]  ³ tn Heb “and had not turned aside from all which he commanded him.”

[22:31]  ¹ tn Heb “small or great.”