1 Kings 8:8

8:8 The poles were so long their ends were visible from the holy place in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from beyond that point. ¹  They have remained there to this very day.

1 Kings 18:6

18:6 They divided up the land between them; Ahab went ²  one way and Obadiah went the other.

1 Kings 10:15

10:15 besides what he collected from the merchants, ³  traders, Arabian kings, and governors of the land.

1 Kings 4:23

4:23 ten calves fattened in the stall, ⁴  twenty calves from the pasture, and a hundred sheep, not to mention rams, gazelles, deer, and well-fed birds.

1 Kings 5:16

5:16 besides 3,300 ⁵  officials who supervised the workers. ⁶ 

1 Kings 8:7

8:7 The cherubs’ wings extended over the place where the ark sat; the cherubs overshadowed the ark and its poles. ⁷ 

1 Kings 18:22

18:22 Elijah said to them: ⁸  “I am the only prophet of the Lord who is left, but there are 450 prophets of Baal.

1 Kings 8:39

8:39 then listen from your heavenly dwelling place, forgive their sin, ⁹  and act favorably toward each one based on your evaluation of his motives. ¹⁰  (Indeed you are the only one who can correctly evaluate the motives of all people.) ¹¹ 

1 Kings 10:13

10:13 King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba everything she requested, besides what he had freely offered her. ¹²  Then she left and returned ¹³  to her homeland with her attendants.

1 Kings 11:29

11:29 At that time, when Jeroboam had left Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met him on the road; the two of them were alone in the open country. Ahijah ¹⁴  was wearing a brand new robe,

1 Kings 12:20

12:20 When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. No one except the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the Davidic dynasty. ¹⁵ 

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) ¹⁶  Jeroboam ¹⁷  offered sacrifices on the altar he had made in Bethel. ¹⁸  He inaugurated a festival for the Israelites and went up to the altar to offer sacrifices.

1 Kings 14:13

14:13 All Israel will mourn him and bury him. He is the only one in Jeroboam’s family ¹⁹  who will receive a decent burial, for he is the only one in whom the Lord God of Israel found anything good.

1 Kings 19:10

19:10 He answered, “I have been absolutely loyal ²⁰  to the Lord, the sovereign God, ²¹  even though the Israelites have abandoned the agreement they made with you, ²²  torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life.” ²³ 

1 Kings 19:14

19:14 He answered, “I have been absolutely loyal ²⁴  to the Lord, the sovereign God, ²⁵  even though the Israelites have abandoned the agreement they made with you, ²⁶  torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life.” ²⁷ 

1 Kings 22:31

22:31 Now the king of Syria had ordered his thirty-two chariot commanders, “Do not fight common soldiers or high-ranking officers; ²⁸  fight only the king of Israel.”

[8:8]  ¹ tn Heb “they could not be seen outside.”

[18:6]  ² tn The Hebrew text has “alone” here and again in reference to Obadiah toward the end of the verse.

[10:15]  ³ tn Heb “traveling men.”

[4:23]  ⁴ tn The words “in the stall” are added for clarification; note the immediately following reference to cattle from the pasture.

[5:16]  ⁵ tc Some Greek mss of the OT read “3,600”; cf. 2 Chr 2:2, 18 and NLT.

[5:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “besides thirty-three hundred from the officials of Solomon’s governors who were over the work, the ones ruling over the people, the ones doing the work.”

[8:7]  ⁶ sn And its poles. These poles were used to carry the ark. See Exod 25:13-15.

[18:22]  ⁷ tn Heb “to the people.”

[8:39]  ⁸ tn The words “their sin” are added for clarification.

[8:39]  ⁹ tn Heb “and act and give to each one according to all his ways because you know his heart.” In the Hebrew text vv. 37-39a actually contain one lengthy conditional sentence, which the translation has divided up for stylistic reasons.

[8:39]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Indeed you know, you alone, the heart of all the sons of mankind.”

[10:13]  ⁹ tn Heb “besides what he had given her according to the hand of King Solomon.”

[10:13]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “turned and went.”

[11:29]  ¹⁰ tn The Hebrew text has simply “he,” making it a bit unclear whether Jeroboam or Ahijah is the subject, but in the Hebrew word order Ahijah is the nearer antecedent, and this is followed by the present translation.

[12:20]  ¹¹ tn Heb “there was no one [following] after the house of David except the tribe of Judah, it alone.”

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

[12:33]  ¹³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jeroboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[12:33]  ¹⁴ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[14:13]  ¹³ tn Heb “house.”

[19:10]  ¹⁴ tn Or “very zealous.” The infinitive absolute preceding the finite verb emphasizes the degree of his zeal and allegiance.

[19:10]  ¹⁵ tn Traditionally, “the God of hosts.”

[19:10]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “abandoned your covenant.”

[19:10]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and they are seeking my life to take it.”

[19:14]  ¹⁵ tn Or “very zealous.” The infinitive absolute preceding the finite verb emphasizes the degree of his zeal and allegiance.

[19:14]  ¹⁶ tn Traditionally, “the God of hosts.”

[19:14]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “abandoned your covenant.”

[19:14]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “and they are seeking my life to take it.”

[22:31]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “small or great.”