1 Kings 8:53

8:53 After all, ¹  you picked them out of all the nations of the earth to be your special possession, ²  just as you, O sovereign Lord, announced through your servant Moses when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt.”

1 Kings 8:56

8:56 “The Lord is worthy of praise because he has made Israel his people secure ³  just as he promised! Not one of all the faithful promises he made through his servant Moses is left unfulfilled! ⁴ 

1 Kings 12:15

12:15 The king refused to listen to the people, because the Lord was instigating this turn of events ⁵  so that he might bring to pass the prophetic announcement he had made ⁶  through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.

1 Kings 15:29

15:29 When he became king, he executed Jeroboam’s entire family. He wiped out everyone who breathed, ⁷  just as the Lord had predicted ⁸  through his servant Ahijah the Shilonite.

1 Kings 16:7

16:7 The prophet Jehu son of Hanani received from the Lord the message predicting the downfall of Baasha and his family because of all the evil Baasha had done in the sight of the Lord. ⁹  His actions angered the Lord (including the way he had destroyed Jeroboam’s dynasty), so that his family ended up like Jeroboam’s. ¹⁰ 

1 Kings 16:34

16:34 During Ahab’s reign, ¹¹  Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho. ¹²  Abiram, his firstborn son, died when he laid the foundation; ¹³  Segub, his youngest son, died when he erected its gates, ¹⁴  just as the Lord had warned ¹⁵  through Joshua son of Nun. ¹⁶ 

1 Kings 22:6

22:6 So the king of Israel assembled about four hundred prophets and asked them, “Should I attack Ramoth Gilead or not?” ¹⁷  They said, “Attack! The sovereign one ¹⁸  will hand it over to the king.”

1 Kings 22:15

22:15 When he came before the king, the king asked him, “Micaiah, should we attack Ramoth Gilead or not?” He answered him, “Attack! You will succeed; the Lord will hand it over to the king.” ¹⁹ 

[8:53]  ¹ tn Or “For.”

[8:53]  ² tn Heb “your inheritance.”

[8:56]  ³ tn Heb “he has given a resting place to his people Israel.”

[8:56]  ⁴ tn Heb “not one word from his entire good word he spoke by Moses his servant has fallen.”

[12:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “because this turn of events was from the Lord.”

[12:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “so that he might bring to pass his word which the Lord spoke.”

[15:29]  ⁷ tn Heb “and when he became king, he struck down all the house of Jeroboam; he did not leave any breath to Jeroboam until he destroyed him.”

[15:29]  ⁸ tn Heb “according to the word of the Lord which he spoke.”

[16:7]  ⁹ tn Heb “and also through Jehu son of Hanani the word of the Lord came concerning [or “against”] Baasha and his house, and because of all the evil which he did in the eyes of the Lord.”

[16:7]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “angering him by the work of his hands, so that he was like the house of Jeroboam, and because of how he struck it down.”

[16:34]  ¹¹ tn Heb “in his days.”

[16:34]  ¹² map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[16:34]  ¹³ tn Heb “with Abiram, his firstborn, he founded it.”

[16:34]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “with Segub, his youngest, he set up its gates.”

[16:34]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “according to the word of the Lord which he spoke.”

[16:34]  ¹⁶ sn Warned through Joshua son of Nun. For the background to this statement, see Josh 6:26, where Joshua pronounces a curse on the one who dares to rebuild Jericho. Here that curse is viewed as a prophecy spoken by God through Joshua.

[22:6]  ¹³ tn Heb “Should I go against Ramoth Gilead for war or should I refrain?”

[22:6]  ¹⁴ tn Though Jehoshaphat requested an oracle from “the Lord” (יְהוָה, Yahweh), they stop short of actually using this name and substitute the title אֲדֹנָי (’adonai, “lord; master”). This ambiguity may explain in part Jehoshaphat’s hesitancy and caution (vv. 7-8). He seems to doubt that the four hundred are genuine prophets of the Lord.

[22:15]  ¹⁵ sn “Attack! You will succeed; the Lord will hand it over to the king.” One does not expect Micaiah, having just vowed to speak only what the Lord tells him, to agree with the other prophets and give the king an inaccurate prophecy. Micaiah’s actions became understandable later, when it is revealed that the Lord desires to deceive the king and lead him to his demise. The Lord even dispatches a lying spirit to deceive Ahab’s prophets. Micaiah can lie to the king because he realizes this lie is from the Lord. It is important to note that in v. 14 Micaiah only vows to speak the word of the Lord; he does not necessarily say he will tell the truth. In this case the Lord’s word itself is deceptive. Only when the king adjures him to tell the truth (v. 16), does Micaiah do so.