1 Kings 7:13

Solomon Commissions Hiram to Supply the Temple

7:13 King Solomon sent for Hiram ¹  of Tyre. ² 

1 Kings 14:26

14:26 He took away the treasures of the Lord’s temple and of the royal palace; he took everything, including all the golden shields that Solomon had made.

1 Kings 17:23

17:23 Elijah took the boy, brought him down from the upper room to the house, and handed him to his mother. Elijah then said, “See, your son is alive!”

1 Kings 18:4

18:4 When Jezebel was killing ³  the Lord’s prophets, Obadiah took one hundred prophets and hid them in two caves in two groups of fifty. He also brought them food and water.)

1 Kings 18:31

18:31 Then Elijah took twelve stones, corresponding to the number of tribes that descended from Jacob, to whom the Lord had said, “Israel will be your new ⁴  name.” ⁵ 

1 Kings 1:39

1:39 Zadok the priest took a horn filled with olive oil ⁶  from the tent and poured it on ⁷  Solomon; the trumpet was blown and all the people declared, “Long live King Solomon!”

1 Kings 3:1

The Lord Gives Solomon Wisdom

3:1 Solomon made an alliance by marriage with Pharaoh, king of Egypt; he married Pharaoh’s daughter. He brought her to the City of David ⁸  until he could finish building his residence and the temple of the Lord and the wall around Jerusalem. ⁹ 

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. ¹⁰ 

1 Kings 19:21

19:21 Elisha ¹¹  went back and took his pair of oxen and slaughtered them. He cooked the meat over a fire that he made by burning the harness and yoke. ¹²  He gave the people meat and they ate. Then he got up and followed Elijah and became his assistant.

1 Kings 15:18

15:18 Asa took all the silver and gold that was left in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and of the royal palace and handed it to his servants. He then told them to deliver it ¹³  to Ben Hadad son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, ruler in Damascus, along with this message:

[7:13]  ¹ tn Heb “King Solomon sent and took Hiram from Tyre.” In 2 Chr 2:13 (MT v. 12) and 4:11, 16 his name is spelled “Huram.”

[7:13]  ² map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[18:4]  ³ tn Heb “cutting off.”

[18:31]  ⁵ tn The word “new” is implied but not actually present in the Hebrew text.

[18:31]  ⁶ sn Israel will be your new name. See Gen 32:28; 35:10.

[1:39]  ⁷ tn Heb “the horn of oil.” This has been specified as olive oil in the translation for clarity.

[1:39]  ⁸ tn Or “anointed.”

[3:1]  ⁹ sn The phrase City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

[3:1]  ¹⁰ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[16:31]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and he went and served Baal and bowed down to him.”

[19:21]  ¹³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:21]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and with the equipment of the oxen he cooked them, the flesh.”

[15:18]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “King Asa sent it.”