Discovery Box1 Kings 8:21
Context8:21 and set up in it a place for the ark containing the covenant the Lord made with our ancestors 1 when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.”
1 Kings 8:41
Context8:41 “Foreigners, who do not belong to your people Israel, will come from a distant land because of your reputation. 2
1 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 3 (the second month), he began building the Lord’s temple.
1 Kings 8:9
Context8:9 There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets Moses had placed there in Horeb. 4 It was there that 5 the Lord made an agreement with the Israelites after he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
1 Kings 9:9
Context9:9 Others will then answer, 6 ‘Because they abandoned the Lord their God, who led their ancestors 7 out of Egypt. They embraced other gods whom they worshiped and served. 8 That is why the Lord has brought all this disaster down on them.’”
1 Kings 12:28
Context12:28 After the king had consulted with his advisers, 9 he made two golden calves. Then he said to the people, 10 “It is too much trouble for you to go up to Jerusalem. Look, Israel, here are your gods who brought you up from the land of Egypt.”
[8:21] 1 tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 34, 40, 48, 53, 57, 58).
[8:41] 2 tn Heb “your name.” In the OT the word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor. The “name” of the
[6:1] 3 sn During the month Ziv. This would be April-May, 966
[8:9] 4 sn Horeb is another name for Mount Sinai.
[8:9] 5 tn Heb “in Horeb where.”
[9:9] 5 tn Heb “and they will say.”
[9:9] 7 tn Heb “and they took hold of other gods and bowed down to them and served them.”
[12:28] 6 tn The words “with his advisers” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
[12:28] 7 tn Heb “to them,” although this may be a corruption of “to the people.” Cf. the Old Greek translation.
