1 Raja-raja 1:30

1:30 I will keep ¹  today the oath I swore to you by the Lord God of Israel: ‘Surely Solomon your son will be king after me; he will sit in my place on my throne.’”

1 Raja-raja 2:3-4

2:3 Do the job the Lord your God has assigned you ²  by following his instructions ³  and obeying ⁴  his rules, commandments, regulations, and laws as written in the law of Moses. Then you will succeed in all you do and seek to accomplish, ⁵  2:4 and the Lord will fulfill his promise to me, ⁶  ‘If your descendants watch their step ⁷  and live faithfully in my presence ⁸  with all their heart and being, ⁹  then,’ he promised, ¹⁰  ‘you will not fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’ ¹¹ 

1 Raja-raja 2:8

2:8 “Note well, you still have to contend with Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim, ¹²  who tried to call down upon me a horrible judgment when I went to Mahanaim. ¹³  He came down and met me at the Jordan, and I solemnly promised ¹⁴  him by the Lord, ‘I will not strike you down ¹⁵  with the sword.’

1 Raja-raja 2:15

2:15 He said, “You know that the kingdom ¹⁶  was mine and all Israel considered me king. ¹⁷  But then the kingdom was given to my brother, for the Lord decided it should be his. ¹⁸ 

1 Raja-raja 2:24

2:24 Now, as certainly as the Lord lives (he who made me secure, allowed me to sit on my father David’s throne, and established a dynasty ¹⁹  for me as he promised), Adonijah will be executed today!”

1 Raja-raja 2:28-30

2:28 When the news reached Joab (for Joab had supported ²⁰  Adonijah, although he had not supported Absalom), he ²¹  ran to the tent of the Lord and grabbed hold of the horns of the altar. ²²  2:29 When King Solomon heard ²³  that Joab had run to the tent of the Lord and was right there beside the altar, he ordered Benaiah son of Jehoiada, ²⁴  “Go, strike him down.” 2:30 When Benaiah arrived at the tent of the Lord, he said to him, “The king says, ‘Come out!’” But he replied, “No, I will die here!” So Benaiah sent word to the king and reported Joab’s reply. ²⁵ 

1 Raja-raja 2:42

2:42 the king summoned ²⁶  Shimei and said to him, “You will recall ²⁷  that I made you take an oath by the Lord, and I solemnly warned you, ‘If you ever leave and go anywhere, ²⁸  know for sure that you will certainly die.’ You said to me, ‘The proposal is acceptable; I agree to it.’ ²⁹ 

1 Raja-raja 2:44

2:44 Then the king said to Shimei, “You are well aware of the way you mistreated my father David. ³⁰  The Lord will punish you for what you did. ³¹ 

1 Raja-raja 3:1

The Lord Gives Solomon Wisdom

3:1 Solomon made an alliance by marriage with Pharaoh, king of Egypt; he married Pharaoh’s daughter. He brought her to the City of David ³²  until he could finish building his residence and the temple of the Lord and the wall around Jerusalem. ³³ 

1 Raja-raja 5:7

5:7 When Hiram heard Solomon’s message, he was very happy. He said, “The Lord is worthy of praise today because he ³⁴  has given David a wise son to rule over this great nation.”

1 Raja-raja 6:1

The Building of the Temple

6:1 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 ³⁵  (the second month), he began building the Lord’s temple.

1 Raja-raja 7:40

7:40 Hiram also made basins, shovels, and bowls. He ³⁶  finished all the work on the Lord’s temple he had been assigned by King Solomon. ³⁷ 

1 Raja-raja 7:45

7:45 and the pots, shovels, and bowls. All these items King Solomon assigned Hiram to make for the Lord’s temple ³⁸  were made from polished bronze.

1 Raja-raja 8:1

Solomon Moves the Ark into the Temple

8:1 ³⁹ Then Solomon convened in Jerusalem ⁴⁰  Israel’s elders, all the leaders of the Israelite tribes and families, so they could witness the transferal of the ark of the Lord’s covenant from the city of David (that is, Zion). ⁴¹ 

1 Raja-raja 8:9

8:9 There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets Moses had placed there in Horeb. ⁴²  It was there that ⁴³  the Lord made an agreement with the Israelites after he brought them out of the land of Egypt.

1 Raja-raja 8:23

8:23 He prayed: ⁴⁴  “O Lord, God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven above or on earth below! You maintain covenantal loyalty ⁴⁵  to your servants who obey you with sincerity. ⁴⁶ 

1 Raja-raja 8:44

8:44 “When you direct your people to march out and fight their enemies, ⁴⁷  and they direct their prayers to the Lord ⁴⁸  toward his chosen city and this temple I built for your honor, ⁴⁹ 

1 Raja-raja 8:53

8:53 After all, ⁵⁰  you picked them out of all the nations of the earth to be your special possession, ⁵¹  just as you, O sovereign Lord, announced through your servant Moses when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt.”

1 Raja-raja 8:56

8:56 “The Lord is worthy of praise because he has made Israel his people secure ⁵²  just as he promised! Not one of all the faithful promises he made through his servant Moses is left unfulfilled! ⁵³ 

1 Raja-raja 8:65-66

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 ⁵⁴  in the south. ⁵⁵  8:66 On the fifteenth day after the festival started, ⁵⁶  he dismissed the people. They asked God to empower the king ⁵⁷  and then went to their homes, happy and content ⁵⁸  because of all the good the Lord had done for his servant David and his people Israel.

1 Raja-raja 9:3

9:3 The Lord said to him, “I have answered ⁵⁹  your prayer and your request for help that you made to me. I have consecrated this temple you built by making it my permanent home; ⁶⁰  I will be constantly present there. ⁶¹ 

1 Raja-raja 9:8

9:8 This temple will become a heap of ruins; ⁶²  everyone who passes by it will be shocked and will hiss out their scorn, ⁶³  saying, ‘Why did the Lord do this to this land and this temple?’

1 Raja-raja 9:15

9:15 Here are the details concerning the work crews ⁶⁴  King Solomon conscripted ⁶⁵  to build the Lord’s temple, his palace, the terrace, the wall of Jerusalem, ⁶⁶  and the cities of ⁶⁷  Hazor, ⁶⁸  Megiddo, ⁶⁹  and Gezer.

1 Raja-raja 11:4

11:4 When Solomon became old, his wives shifted his allegiance to ⁷⁰  other gods; he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord his God, as his father David had been. ⁷¹ 

1 Raja-raja 11:11

11:11 So the Lord said to Solomon, “Because you insist on doing these things and have not kept the covenantal rules I gave you, ⁷²  I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.

1 Raja-raja 11:31

11:31 Then he told Jeroboam, “Take ten pieces, for this is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘Look, I am about to tear the kingdom from Solomon’s hand and I will give ten tribes to you.

1 Raja-raja 12:27

12:27 If these people go up to offer sacrifices in the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem, ⁷³  their loyalty could shift to their former master, ⁷⁴  King Rehoboam of Judah. They might kill me and return to King Rehoboam of Judah.”

1 Raja-raja 13:18

13:18 The old prophet then said, ⁷⁵  “I too am a prophet like you. An angel told me with the Lord’s authority, ⁷⁶  ‘Bring him back with you to your house so he can eat and drink.’” ⁷⁷  But he was lying to him. ⁷⁸ 

1 Raja-raja 13:32

13:32 for the prophecy he announced with the Lord’s authority ⁷⁹  against the altar in Bethel ⁸⁰  and against all the temples on the high places in the cities of the north ⁸¹  will certainly be fulfilled.”

1 Raja-raja 14:5

14:5 But the Lord had told Ahijah, “Look, Jeroboam’s wife is coming to find out from you what will happen to her son, for he is sick. Tell her so-and-so. ⁸²  When she comes, she will be in a disguise.”

1 Raja-raja 14:13

14:13 All Israel will mourn him and bury him. He is the only one in Jeroboam’s family ⁸³  who will receive a decent burial, for he is the only one in whom the Lord God of Israel found anything good.

1 Raja-raja 14:26

14:26 He took away the treasures of the Lord’s temple and of the royal palace; he took everything, including all the golden shields that Solomon had made.

1 Raja-raja 15:5

15:5 He did this ⁸⁴  because David had done what he approved ⁸⁵  and had not disregarded any of his commandments ⁸⁶  his entire lifetime, except for the incident involving Uriah the Hittite.

1 Raja-raja 15:29

15:29 When he became king, he executed Jeroboam’s entire family. He wiped out everyone who breathed, ⁸⁷  just as the Lord had predicted ⁸⁸  through his servant Ahijah the Shilonite.

1 Raja-raja 16:13

16:13 This happened because of all the sins which Baasha and his son Elah committed and which they made Israel commit. They angered the Lord God of Israel with their worthless idols. ⁸⁹ 

1 Raja-raja 16:34--17:1

16:34 During Ahab’s reign, ⁹⁰  Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho. ⁹¹  Abiram, his firstborn son, died when he laid the foundation; ⁹²  Segub, his youngest son, died when he erected its gates, ⁹³  just as the Lord had warned ⁹⁴  through Joshua son of Nun. ⁹⁵ 

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), ⁹⁶  there will be no dew or rain in the years ahead unless I give the command.” ⁹⁷ 

1 Raja-raja 17:12

17:12 She said, “As certainly as the Lord your God lives, I have no food, except for a handful of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug. Right now I am gathering a couple of sticks for a fire. Then I’m going home to make one final meal for my son and myself. After we have eaten that, we will die of starvation.” ⁹⁸ 

1 Raja-raja 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 Raja-raja 18:1

Elijah Meets the King’s Servant

18:1 Some time later, in the third year of the famine, the Lord told Elijah, ⁹⁹  “Go, make an appearance before Ahab, so I may send rain on the surface of the ground.”

1 Raja-raja 18:10

18:10 As certainly as the Lord your God lives, my master has sent to every nation and kingdom in an effort to find you. When they say, ‘He’s not here,’ he makes them ¹⁰⁰  swear an oath that they could not find you.

1 Raja-raja 18:21

18:21 Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long are you going to be paralyzed by indecision? ¹⁰¹  If the Lord is the true God, ¹⁰²  then follow him, but if Baal is, follow him!” But the people did not say a word.

1 Raja-raja 18:24

18:24 Then you ¹⁰³  will invoke the name of your god, and I will invoke the name of the Lord. The god who responds with fire will demonstrate that he is the true God.” ¹⁰⁴  All the people responded, “This will be a fair test.” ¹⁰⁵ 

1 Raja-raja 18:36

18:36 When it was time for the evening offering, ¹⁰⁶  Elijah the prophet approached the altar ¹⁰⁷  and prayed: “O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, prove ¹⁰⁸  today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command.

1 Raja-raja 19:4

19:4 while he went a day’s journey into the desert. He went and sat down under a shrub ¹⁰⁹  and asked the Lord to take his life: ¹¹⁰  “I’ve had enough! Now, O Lord, take my life. After all, I’m no better than my ancestors.” ¹¹¹ 

1 Raja-raja 19:14

19:14 He answered, “I have been absolutely loyal ¹¹²  to the Lord, the sovereign God, ¹¹³  even though the Israelites have abandoned the agreement they made with you, ¹¹⁴  torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life.” ¹¹⁵ 

1 Raja-raja 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.” ¹¹⁶ 

1 Raja-raja 22:17

22:17 Micaiah ¹¹⁷  said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains like sheep that have no shepherd. Then the Lord said, ‘They have no master. They should go home in peace.’”

1 Raja-raja 22:22

22:22 He replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ The Lord ¹¹⁸  said, ‘Deceive and overpower him. ¹¹⁹  Go out and do as you have proposed.’

1 Raja-raja 22:43

22:43 He followed in his father Asa’s footsteps and was careful to do what the Lord approved. ¹²⁰  (22:44) ¹²¹  However, the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.

[1:30]  ¹ tn Or “carry out, perform.”

[2:3]  ² tn Heb “keep the charge of the Lord your God.”

[2:3]  ³ tn Heb “by walking in his ways.”

[2:3]  ⁴ tn Or “keeping.”

[2:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “then you will cause to succeed all which you do and all which you turn there.”

[2:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “then the Lord will establish his word which he spoke to me, saying.”

[2:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “guard their way.”

[2:4]  ⁸ tn Heb “by walking before me in faithfulness.”

[2:4]  ⁹ tn Or “soul.”

[2:4]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “saying.”

[2:4]  ¹¹ tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man from upon the throne of Israel.”

[2:8]  ¹² tn Heb “Look, with you is Shimei….”

[2:8]  ¹³ tn Heb “and he cursed me with a horrible curse on the day I went to Mahanaim.”

[2:8]  ¹⁴ tn Or “swore an oath to.”

[2:8]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “kill you.”

[2:15]  ¹⁶ tn Or “kingship.”

[2:15]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “set their face to me to be king.”

[2:15]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “and the kingdom turned about and became my brother’s, for from the Lord it became his.”

[2:24]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “house.”

[2:28]  ²⁰ tn Heb “turned after” (also later in this verse).

[2:28]  ²¹ tn Heb “Joab.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[2:28]  ²² sn Grabbed hold of the horns of the altar. The “horns” of the altar were the horn-shaped projections on the four corners of the altar (see Exod 27:2). By going to the holy place and grabbing hold of the horns of the altar, Joab was seeking asylum from Solomon.

[2:29]  ²³ tn Heb “and it was related to King Solomon.”

[2:29]  ²⁴ tn Heb “so Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying.”

[2:30]  ²⁵ tn Heb “saying, “In this way Joab spoke and in this way he answered me.”

[2:42]  ²⁶ tn Heb “sent and summoned.”

[2:42]  ²⁷ tn Heb “Is it not [true]…?” In the Hebrew text the statement is interrogative; the rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course it is.”

[2:42]  ²⁸ tn Heb “here or there.”

[2:42]  ²⁹ tn Heb “good is the word; I have heard.”

[2:44]  ³⁰ tn Heb “You know all the evil, for your heart knows, which you did to David my father.”

[2:44]  ³¹ tn Heb “The Lord will cause your evil to return upon your head.”

[3:1]  ³² sn The phrase City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

[3:1]  ³³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[5:7]  ³⁴ tn Or “Blessed be the Lord today, who….”

[6:1]  ³⁵ sn During the month Ziv. This would be April-May, 966 b.c. by modern reckoning.

[7:40]  ³⁶ tn Heb “Hiram.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[7:40]  ³⁷ tn Heb “Hiram finished doing all the work which he did for King Solomon [on] the house of the Lord.”

[7:45]  ³⁸ tn Heb “which Hiram made for King Solomon [for] the house of the Lord.”

[8:1]  ³⁹ tc The Old Greek translation includes the following words at the beginning of ch. 8: “It so happened that when Solomon finished building the Lord’s temple and his own house, after twenty years.”

[8:1]  ⁴⁰ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[8:1]  ⁴¹ tn Heb “Then Solomon convened the elders of Israel, the heads of the tribes, the chiefs of the fathers belonging to the sons of Israel to King Solomon [in] Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the city of David (it is Zion).”

[8:9]  ⁴² sn Horeb is another name for Mount Sinai.

[8:9]  ⁴³ tn Heb “in Horeb where.”

[8:23]  ⁴⁴ tn Heb “said.”

[8:23]  ⁴⁵ tn Heb “one who keeps the covenant and the loyal love.” The expression is a hendiadys.

[8:23]  ⁴⁶ tn Heb “who walk before you with all their heart.”

[8:44]  ⁴⁷ tn Heb “When your people go out for battle against their enemies in the way which you send them.”

[8:44]  ⁴⁸ tn Or perhaps “to you, O Lord.” See 2 Chr 6:34.

[8:44]  ⁴⁹ tn Heb “your name.” See the note on the word “reputation” in v. 41.

[8:53]  ⁵⁰ tn Or “For.”

[8:53]  ⁵¹ tn Heb “your inheritance.”

[8:56]  ⁵² tn Heb “he has given a resting place to his people Israel.”

[8:56]  ⁵³ tn Heb “not one word from his entire good word he spoke by Moses his servant has fallen.”

[8:65]  ⁵⁴ tn Or “the Wadi of Egypt” (NAB, NIV, NRSV); CEV “the Egyptian Gorge.”

[8:65]  ⁵⁵ 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.”

[8:66]  ⁵⁶ tn Heb “on the eighth day” (that is, the day after the second seven-day sequence).

[8:66]  ⁵⁷ tn Heb “they blessed the king.”

[8:66]  ⁵⁸ tn Heb “good of heart.”

[9:3]  ⁵⁹ tn Heb “I have heard.”

[9:3]  ⁶⁰ tn Heb “by placing my name there perpetually” (or perhaps, “forever”).

[9:3]  ⁶¹ tn Heb “and my eyes and my heart will be there all the days.”

[9:8]  ⁶² 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]  ⁶³ tn Heb “hiss,” or perhaps “whistle.” This refers to a derisive sound one would make when taunting an object of ridicule.

[9:15]  ⁶⁴ sn The work crews. This Hebrew word מַס (mas) refers to a group of laborers conscripted for royal or public service.

[9:15]  ⁶⁵ tn Heb “raised up.”

[9:15]  ⁶⁶ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[9:15]  ⁶⁷ tn The words “the cities of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[9:15]  ⁶⁸ map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 D3; Map3 A2; Map4 C1.

[9:15]  ⁶⁹ map For location see Map1 D4; Map2 C1; Map4 C2; Map5 F2; Map7 B1.

[11:4]  ⁷⁰ tn Heb “bent his heart after.”

[11:4]  ⁷¹ tn Heb “his heart was not complete with the Lord his God, like the heart of David his father.”

[11:11]  ⁷² tn Heb “Because this is with you, and you have not kept my covenant and my rules which I commanded you.”

[12:27]  ⁷³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[12:27]  ⁷⁴ tn Heb “the heart of these people could return to their master.”

[13:18]  ⁷⁵ tn Heb “and he said to him.”

[13:18]  ⁷⁶ tn Heb “by the word of the Lord.”

[13:18]  ⁷⁷ tn Heb “eat food and drink water.”

[13:18]  ⁷⁸ tn Or “deceiving him.”

[13:18]  sn He was lying to him. The motives and actions of the old prophet are difficult to understand. The old man’s response to the prophet’s death (see vv. 26-32) suggests he did not trick him with malicious intent. The old prophet probably wanted the honor of entertaining such a celebrity, or perhaps simply desired some social interaction with a fellow prophet.

[13:32]  ⁷⁹ tn Heb “for the word which he cried out by the word of the Lord”

[13:32]  ⁸⁰ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[13:32]  ⁸¹ 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.

[14:5]  ⁸² sn Tell her so-and-so. Certainly the Lord gave Ahijah a specific message to give to Jeroboam’s wife (see vv. 6-16), but the author of Kings here condenses the Lord’s message with the words “so-and-so.” For dramatic effect he prefers to have us hear the message from Ahijah’s lips as he speaks to the king’s wife.

[14:13]  ⁸³ tn Heb “house.”

[15:5]  ⁸⁴ tn The words “he did this” are added for stylistic reasons.

[15:5]  ⁸⁵ tn Heb “what was right in the eyes of the Lord.”

[15:5]  ⁸⁶ tn Heb “and had not turned aside from all which he commanded him.”

[15:29]  ⁸⁷ 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]  ⁸⁸ tn Heb “according to the word of the Lord which he spoke.”

[16:13]  ⁸⁹ tn Heb “angering the Lord God of Israel with their empty things.”

[16:34]  ⁹⁰ tn Heb “in his days.”

[16:34]  ⁹¹ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[16:34]  ⁹² tn Heb “with Abiram, his firstborn, he founded it.”

[16:34]  ⁹³ tn Heb “with Segub, his youngest, he set up its gates.”

[16:34]  ⁹⁴ tn Heb “according to the word of the Lord which he spoke.”

[16:34]  ⁹⁵ 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.

[17:1]  ⁹⁶ tn Heb “before whom I stand.”

[17:1]  ⁹⁷ tn Heb “except at the command of my word.”

[17:12]  ⁹⁸ tn Heb “Look, I am gathering two sticks and then I will go and make it for me and my son and we will eat it and we will die.”

[18:1]  ⁹⁹ tn Heb “the word of the Lord came to Elijah.”

[18:10]  ¹⁰⁰ tn Heb “he makes the kingdom or the nation swear an oath.”

[18:21]  ¹⁰¹ tn Heb “How long are you going to limp around on two crutches?” (see HALOT 762 s.v. סְעִפִּים). In context this idiomatic expression refers to indecision rather than physical disability.

[18:21]  ¹⁰² tn Heb “the God.”

[18:24]  ¹⁰³ tn Elijah now directly addresses the prophets.

[18:24]  ¹⁰⁴ tn Heb “the God.”

[18:24]  ¹⁰⁵ tn Heb “The matter [i.e., proposal] is good [i.e., acceptable].”

[18:36]  ¹⁰⁶ tn Heb “at the offering up of the offering.”

[18:36]  ¹⁰⁷ tn The words “the altar” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[18:36]  ¹⁰⁸ tn Heb “let it be known.”

[19:4]  ¹⁰⁹ tn Or “broom tree” (also in v. 5).

[19:4]  ¹¹⁰ tn Heb “and asked with respect to his life to die.”

[19:4]  ¹¹¹ tn Heb “fathers.”

[19:14]  ¹¹² tn Or “very zealous.” The infinitive absolute preceding the finite verb emphasizes the degree of his zeal and allegiance.

[19:14]  ¹¹³ tn Traditionally, “the God of hosts.”

[19:14]  ¹¹⁴ tn Heb “abandoned your covenant.”

[19:14]  ¹¹⁵ tn Heb “and they are seeking my life to take it.”

[22:15]  ¹¹⁶ 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.

[22:17]  ¹¹⁷ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Micaiah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:22]  ¹¹⁸ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:22]  ¹¹⁹ tn The Hebrew text has two imperfects connected by וְגַם (vÿgam). These verbs could be translated as specific futures, “you will deceive and also you will prevail,” in which case the Lord is assuring the spirit of success on his mission. However, in a commissioning context (note the following imperatives) such as this, it is more likely that the imperfects are injunctive, in which case one could translate, “Deceive, and also overpower.”

[22:43]  ¹²⁰ tn Heb “he walked in all the way of Asa his father and did not turn from it, doing what is right in the eyes of the Lord.”

[22:43]  ¹²¹ sn Beginning with 22:43b, the verse numbers through 22:53 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), because 22:43b in the English Bible = 22:44 in the Hebrew text. The remaining verses in the chapter differ by one, with 22:44-53 ET = 22:45-54 HT.