Discovery Box1 Kings 6:1
Context6:1 In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites left Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, during the month Ziv 1 (the second month), he began building the Lord’s temple.
1 Kings 8:1
Context8:1 2 Then Solomon convened in Jerusalem 3 Israel’s elders, all the leaders of the Israelite tribes and families, so they could witness the transferal of the ark of the Lord’s covenant from the city of David (that is, Zion). 4
1 Kings 8:20
Context8:20 The Lord has kept the promise he made. 5 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 6 of the Lord God of Israel
1 Kings 9:5
Context9:5 Then I will allow your dynasty to rule over Israel permanently, 7 just as I promised your father David, ‘You will not fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’ 8
1 Kings 9:7
Context9:7 then I will remove Israel from the land 9 I have given them, I will abandon this temple I have consecrated with my presence, 10 and Israel will be mocked and ridiculed 11 among all the nations.
1 Kings 10:9
Context10:9 May the Lord your God be praised because he favored 12 you by placing you on the throne of Israel! Because of the Lord’s eternal love for Israel, he made you king so you could make just and right decisions.” 13
1 Kings 12:20
Context12:20 When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. No one except the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the Davidic dynasty. 14
1 Kings 14:13
Context14:13 All Israel will mourn him and bury him. He is the only one in Jeroboam’s family 15 who will receive a decent burial, for he is the only one in whom the Lord God of Israel found anything good.
1 Kings 14:15
Context14:15 The Lord will attack Israel, making it like a reed that sways in the water. 16 He will remove Israel from this good land he gave to their ancestors 17 and scatter them beyond the Euphrates River, 18 because they angered the Lord by making Asherah poles. 19
1 Kings 16:2
Context16:2 “I raised you up 20 from the dust and made you ruler over my people Israel. Yet you followed in Jeroboam’s footsteps 21 and encouraged my people Israel to sin; their sins have made me angry. 22
1 Kings 16:13
Context16:13 This happened because of all the sins which Baasha and his son Elah committed and which they made Israel commit. They angered the Lord God of Israel with their worthless idols. 23
1 Kings 16:16
Context16:16 While deployed there, the army received this report: 24 “Zimri has conspired against the king and assassinated him.” 25 So all Israel made Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel that very day in the camp.
1 Kings 16:29
Context16:29 In the thirty-eighth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Omri’s son Ahab became king over Israel. Ahab son of Omri ruled over Israel for twenty-two years in Samaria. 26
1 Kings 20:31
Context20:31 His advisers 27 said to him, “Look, we have heard that the kings of the Israelite dynasty are kind. 28 Allow us to put sackcloth around our waists and ropes on our heads 29 and surrender 30 to the king of Israel. Maybe he will spare our lives.”
[6:1] 1 sn During the month Ziv. This would be April-May, 966
[8:1] 2 tc The Old Greek translation includes the following words at the beginning of ch. 8: “It so happened that when Solomon finished building the Lord’s temple and his own house, after twenty years.”
[8:1] 3 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[8:1] 4 tn Heb “Then Solomon convened the elders of Israel, the heads of the tribes, the chiefs of the fathers belonging to the sons of Israel to King Solomon [in] Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the covenant of the
[8:20] 3 tn Heb “his word that he spoke.”
[9:5] 4 tn Heb “I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever.”
[9:5] 5 tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man from upon the throne of Israel.”
[9:7] 5 tn Heb “I will cut off Israel from upon the surface of the land.”
[9:7] 6 tn Heb “and the temple which I consecrated for my name I will send away from before my face.”
[9:7] 7 tn Heb “will become a proverb and a taunt,” that is, a proverbial example of destruction and an object of reproach.
[10:9] 6 tn Or “delighted in.”
[10:9] 7 tn Heb “to do justice and righteousness.”
[12:20] 7 tn Heb “there was no one [following] after the house of David except the tribe of Judah, it alone.”
[14:15] 9 tn The elliptical Hebrew text reads literally “and the
[14:15] 10 tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 22, 31).
[14:15] 11 tn Heb “the River.” In biblical Hebrew this is a typical reference to the Euphrates River. The name “Euphrates” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
[14:15] 12 tn Heb “because they made their Asherah poles that anger the
[16:2] 10 tn The Hebrew text has “because” at the beginning of the sentence. In the Hebrew text vv. 2-3 are one sentence comprised of a causal clause giving the reason for divine punishment (v. 2) and the main clause announcing the punishment (v. 3). The translation divides this sentence for stylistic reasons.
[16:2] 11 tn Heb “walked in the way of Jeroboam.”
[16:2] 12 tn Heb “angering me by their sins.”
[16:13] 11 tn Heb “angering the
[16:16] 12 tn Heb “and the people who were encamped heard.”
[16:16] 13 tn Heb “has conspired against and also has struck down the king.”
[16:29] 13 map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.
[20:31] 15 tn Or “merciful.” The word used here often means “devoted” or “loyal.” Perhaps the idea is that the Israelite kings are willing to make treaties with other kings.
[20:31] 16 sn Sackcloth was worn as a sign of sorrow and repentance. The precise significance of the ropes on the head is uncertain, but it probably was a sign of submission. These actions were comparable to raising a white flag on the battlefield or throwing in the towel in a boxing match.
