1 Kings 8:59

8:59 May the Lord our God be constantly aware of these requests of mine I have presented to him, ¹  so that he might vindicate ²  his servant and his people Israel as the need arises.

1 Kings 8:65

8:65 At that time Solomon and all Israel with him celebrated a festival before the Lord our God for two entire weeks. This great assembly included people from all over the land, from Lebo Hamath in the north to the Brook of Egypt ³  in the south. ⁴ 

1 Kings 12:33

A Prophet from Judah Visits Bethel

12:33 On the fifteenth day of the eighth month (a date he had arbitrarily chosen) ⁵  Jeroboam ⁶  offered sacrifices on the altar he had made in Bethel. ⁷  He inaugurated a festival for the Israelites and went up to the altar to offer sacrifices.

1 Kings 17:14

17:14 For this is what the Lord God of Israel says, ‘The jar of flour will not be empty and the jug of oil will not run out until the day the Lord makes it rain on the surface of the ground.’”

1 Kings 19:4

19:4 while he went a day’s journey into the desert. He went and sat down under a shrub ⁸  and asked the Lord to take his life: ⁹  “I’ve had enough! Now, O Lord, take my life. After all, I’m no better than my ancestors.” ¹⁰ 

[8:59]  ¹ tn Heb “May these words of mine, which I have requested before the Lord, be near the Lord our God day and night.”

[8:59]  ² tn Heb “accomplish the justice of.”

[8:65]  ³ tn Or “the Wadi of Egypt” (NAB, NIV, NRSV); CEV “the Egyptian Gorge.”

[8:65]  ⁴ tn Heb “Solomon held at that time the festival, and all Israel was with him, a great assembly from Lebo Hamath to the Brook of Egypt, before the Lord our God for seven days and seven days, fourteen days.”

[12:33]  ⁵ tn Heb “which he had chosen by himself.”

[12:33]  ⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jeroboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[12:33]  ⁷ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[19:4]  ⁷ tn Or “broom tree” (also in v. 5).

[19:4]  ⁸ tn Heb “and asked with respect to his life to die.”

[19:4]  ⁹ tn Heb “fathers.”