1 Kings 6:12

6:12 “As for this temple you are building, if you follow ¹  my rules, observe ²  my regulations, and obey all my commandments, ³  I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David. ⁴ 

1 Kings 13:17

13:17 For the Lord gave me strict orders, ⁵  ‘Do not eat or drink ⁶  there; do not go back the way you came.’”

1 Kings 16:31

16:31 As if following in the sinful footsteps of Jeroboam son of Nebat were not bad enough, he married Jezebel the daughter of King Ethbaal of the Sidonians. Then he worshiped and bowed to Baal. ⁷ 

1 Kings 18:21

18:21 Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long are you going to be paralyzed by indecision? ⁸  If the Lord is the true God, ⁹  then follow him, but if Baal is, follow him!” But the people did not say a word.

1 Kings 19:20

19:20 He left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, then I will follow you.” Elijah ¹⁰  said to him, “Go back! Indeed, what have I done to you?”

[6:12]  ¹ tn Heb “walk in.”

[6:12]  ² tn Heb “do.”

[6:12]  ³ tn Heb “and keep all my commandments by walking in them.”

[6:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “I will establish my word with you which I spoke to David your father.”

[13:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “for a word to me by the word of the Lord.”

[13:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “eat food and drink water.”

[16:31]  ⁹ tn Heb “and he went and served Baal and bowed down to him.”

[18:21]  ¹³ tn Heb “How long are you going to limp around on two crutches?” (see HALOT 762 s.v. סְעִפִּים). In context this idiomatic expression refers to indecision rather than physical disability.

[18:21]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “the God.”

[19:20]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.