1 Kings 8:37

8:37 “The time will come when the land suffers from a famine, a plague, blight and disease, or a locust ¹  invasion, or when their enemy lays siege to the cities of the land, ²  or when some other type of plague or epidemic occurs.

1 Kings 2:45

2:45 But King Solomon will be empowered ³  and David’s dynasty ⁴  will endure permanently before the Lord.”

1 Kings 1:37

1:37 As the Lord is with my master the king, so may he be with Solomon, and may he make him an even greater king than my master King David!” ⁵ 

1 Kings 1:52

1:52 Solomon said, “If he is a loyal subject, ⁶  not a hair of his head will be harmed, but if he is found to be a traitor, ⁷  he will die.”

1 Kings 2:33

2:33 May Joab and his descendants be perpetually guilty of their shed blood, but may the Lord give perpetual peace to David, his descendants, his family, ⁸  and his dynasty.” ⁹ 

1 Kings 2:37

2:37 If you ever do leave and cross the Kidron Valley, know for sure that you will certainly die! You will be responsible for your own death.” ¹⁰ 

1 Kings 4:28

4:28 Each one also brought to the assigned location his quota of barley and straw for the various horses. ¹¹ 

1 Kings 11:32

11:32 He will retain one tribe, for my servant David’s sake and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.

1 Kings 14:3

14:3 Take ¹²  ten loaves of bread, some small cakes, and a container of honey and visit him. He will tell you what will happen to the boy.”

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 ¹³  name.” ¹⁴ 

1 Kings 4:7

4:7 Solomon had twelve district governors appointed throughout Israel who acquired supplies for the king and his palace. Each was responsible for one month in the year.

1 Kings 8:29

8:29 Night and day may you watch over this temple, the place where you promised you would live. ¹⁵  May you answer your servant’s prayer for this place. ¹⁶ 

1 Kings 8:35

8:35 “The time will come when ¹⁷  the skies are shut up tightly and no rain falls because your people ¹⁸  sinned against you. When they direct their prayers toward this place, renew their allegiance to you, ¹⁹  and turn away from their sin because you punish ²⁰  them,

1 Kings 9:8

9:8 This temple will become a heap of ruins; ²¹  everyone who passes by it will be shocked and will hiss out their scorn, ²²  saying, ‘Why did the Lord do this to this land and this temple?’

1 Kings 13:32

13:32 for the prophecy he announced with the Lord’s authority ²³  against the altar in Bethel ²⁴  and against all the temples on the high places in the cities of the north ²⁵  will certainly be fulfilled.”

1 Kings 17:1

Elijah Visits a Widow in Sidonian Territory

17:1 Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As certainly as the Lord God of Israel lives (whom I serve), ²⁶  there will be no dew or rain in the years ahead unless I give the command.” ²⁷ 

1 Kings 3:26

3:26 The real mother ²⁸  spoke up to the king, for her motherly instincts were aroused. ²⁹  She said, “My master, give her the living child! Whatever you do, don’t kill him!” ³⁰  But the other woman said, “Neither one of us will have him! Let them cut him in two!”

[8:37]  ¹ tn Actually two Hebrew terms appear here, both of which are usually taken as referring to locusts. Perhaps different stages of growth or different varieties are in view.

[8:37]  ² tn Heb “in the land, his gates.”

[2:45]  ³ tn Or “blessed.”

[2:45]  ⁴ tn Heb “throne.”

[1:37]  ⁵ tn Heb “and may he make his throne greater than the throne of my master King David.”

[1:52]  ⁷ tn Heb “if he is a man of strength [or ability].” In this context, where Adonijah calls himself a “servant,” implying allegiance to the new king, the phrase אִישׁ חַיִל (’ish khayil) probably carries the sense of “a worthy man,” that is, “loyal” (see HALOT 311 s.v. חַיִל).

[1:52]  ⁸ tn Heb “but if evil is found in him.”

[2:33]  ⁹ tn Heb “house.”

[2:33]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “his throne.”

[2:37]  ¹¹ tn Heb “your blood will be upon your head.”

[4:28]  ¹³ tn Heb “barley and straw for the horses and the steeds they brought to the place which was there, each according to his measure.”

[14:3]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “take in your hand.”

[18:31]  ¹⁷ tn The word “new” is implied but not actually present in the Hebrew text.

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

[8:29]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “so your eyes might be open toward this house night and day, toward the place about which you said, ‘My name will be there.’”

[8:29]  ²⁰ tn Heb “by listening to the prayer which your servant is praying concerning this place.”

[8:35]  ²¹ tn Heb “when.” In the Hebrew text vv. 35-36a actually contain one lengthy conditional sentence, which the translation has divided into two sentences for stylistic reasons.

[8:35]  ²² tn Heb “they”; the referent (your people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:35]  ²³ tn Heb “confess [or perhaps, “praise”] your name.”

[8:35]  ²⁴ tn The Hebrew text has “because you answer them,” as if the verb is from עָנָה (’anah, “to answer”). However, this reference to a divine answer is premature, since the next verse asks for God to intervene in mercy. It is better to revocalize the consonantal text as תְעַנֵּם (tÿ’annem, “you afflict them”), a Piel verb form from the homonym עָנָה (“to afflict”).

[9:8]  ²³ tn Heb “and this house will be high [or elevated].” The statement makes little sense in this context, which predicts the desolation that judgment will bring. Some treat the clause as concessive, “Even though this temple is lofty [now].” Others, following the lead of several ancient versions, emend the text to, “this temple will become a heap of ruins.”

[9:8]  ²⁴ tn Heb “hiss,” or perhaps “whistle.” This refers to a derisive sound one would make when taunting an object of ridicule.

[13:32]  ²⁵ tn Heb “for the word which he cried out by the word of the Lord”

[13:32]  ²⁶ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[13:32]  ²⁷ tn Heb “Samaria.” The name of Israel’s capital city here stands for the northern kingdom as a whole. Actually Samaria was not built and named until several years after this (see 1 Kgs 16:24), so it is likely that the author of Kings, writing at a later time, is here adapting the old prophet’s original statement.

[17:1]  ²⁷ tn Heb “before whom I stand.”

[17:1]  ²⁸ tn Heb “except at the command of my word.”

[3:26]  ²⁹ tn Heb “the woman whose son was alive.”

[3:26]  ³⁰ tn Heb “for her compassions grew warm for her son.”

[3:26]  ³¹ tn The infinitive absolute before the negated jussive emphasizes the main verb.