1 Raja-raja 1:35

1:35 Then follow him up as he comes and sits on my throne. He will be king in my place; I have decreed ¹  that he will be ruler over Israel and Judah.”

1 Raja-raja 3:14

3:14 If you follow my instructions ²  by obeying ³  my rules and regulations, just as your father David did, ⁴  then I will grant you long life.” ⁵ 

1 Raja-raja 7:48

7:48 Solomon also made all these items for the Lord’s temple: the gold altar, the gold table on which was kept the Bread of the Presence, ⁶ 

1 Raja-raja 11:9

11:9 The Lord was angry with Solomon because he had shifted his allegiance ⁷  away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him on two occasions ⁸ 

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, ⁹  “Go, make an appearance before Ahab, so I may send rain on the surface of the ground.”

1 Raja-raja 18:15

18:15 But Elijah said, “As certainly as the Lord who rules over all ¹⁰  lives (whom I serve), ¹¹  I will make an appearance before him today.”

[1:35]  ¹ tn Or “commanded.”

[3:14]  ² tn Heb “walk in my ways.”

[3:14]  ³ tn Or “keeping.”

[3:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “walked.”

[3:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “I will lengthen your days.”

[7:48]  ⁶ tn Heb “the bread of the face [or presence].” Many recent English versions employ “the bread of the Presence,” although this does not convey much to the modern reader.

[7:48]  sn This bread was viewed as a perpetual offering to God and was regarded as holy. See Lev 24:5-9.

[11:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “bent his heart.”

[11:9]  ⁸ sn These two occasions are mentioned in 1 Kgs 3:5 and 9:2.

[18:1]  ⁹ tn Heb “the word of the Lord came to Elijah.”

[18:15]  ¹⁰ tn Traditionally, “the Lord of Hosts.”

[18:15]  ¹¹ tn Heb “(before whom I stand).”