1 Raja-raja 2:4

2:4 and the Lord will fulfill his promise to me, ¹  ‘If your descendants watch their step ²  and live faithfully in my presence ³  with all their heart and being, ⁴  then,’ he promised, ⁵  ‘you will not fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’ ⁶ 

1 Raja-raja 2:32

2:32 May the Lord punish him for the blood he shed; ⁷  behind my father David’s back he struck down and murdered with the sword two men who were more innocent and morally upright than he ⁸  – Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.

1 Raja-raja 8:33

8:33 “The time will come when ⁹  your people Israel are defeated by an enemy ¹⁰  because they sinned against you. If they come back to you, renew their allegiance to you, ¹¹  and pray for your help ¹²  in this temple,

1 Raja-raja 8:59

8:59 May the Lord our God be constantly aware of these requests of mine I have presented to him, ¹³  so that he might vindicate ¹⁴  his servant and his people Israel as the need arises.

1 Raja-raja 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 ¹⁵  in the south. ¹⁶ 

1 Raja-raja 15:19

15:19 “I want to make a treaty with you, like the one our fathers made. ¹⁷  See, I have sent you silver and gold as a present. Break your treaty with King Baasha of Israel, so he will retreat from my land.” ¹⁸ 

1 Raja-raja 17:1

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17:1 Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As certainly as the Lord God of Israel lives (whom I serve), ¹⁹  there will be no dew or rain in the years ahead unless I give the command.” ²⁰ 

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 19:10

19:10 He answered, “I have been absolutely loyal ²¹  to the Lord, the sovereign God, ²²  even though the Israelites have abandoned the agreement they made with you, ²³  torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life.” ²⁴ 

1 Raja-raja 19:14

19:14 He answered, “I have been absolutely loyal ²⁵  to the Lord, the sovereign God, ²⁶  even though the Israelites have abandoned the agreement they made with you, ²⁷  torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life.” ²⁸ 

1 Raja-raja 20:7

20:7 The king of Israel summoned all the leaders ²⁹  of the land and said, “Notice how this man is looking for trouble. ³⁰  Indeed, he demanded my wives, sons, silver, and gold, and I did not resist him.”

1 Raja-raja 20:32

20:32 So they put sackcloth around their waists and ropes on their heads and went to the king of Israel. They said, “Your servant ³¹  Ben Hadad says, ‘Please let me live!’” Ahab ³²  replied, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.” ³³ 

[2:4]  ¹ tn Heb “then the Lord will establish his word which he spoke to me, saying.”

[2:4]  ² tn Heb “guard their way.”

[2:4]  ³ tn Heb “by walking before me in faithfulness.”

[2:4]  ⁴ tn Or “soul.”

[2:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “saying.”

[2:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man from upon the throne of Israel.”

[2:32]  ⁷ tn Heb “The Lord will cause his blood to return upon his head.”

[2:32]  ⁸ tn Heb “because he struck down two men more innocent and better than he and he killed them with the sword, and my father David did not know.”

[8:33]  ⁹ tn Heb “when.” In the Hebrew text vv. 33-34 actually contain one lengthy conditional sentence, which the translation has divided into two sentences for stylistic reasons.

[8:33]  ¹⁰ tn Or “are struck down before an enemy.”

[8:33]  ¹¹ tn Heb “confess [or perhaps, “praise”] your name.”

[8:33]  ¹² tn Heb “and they pray and ask for help.”

[8:59]  ¹³ 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]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “accomplish the justice of.”

[8:65]  ¹⁵ tn Or “the Wadi of Egypt” (NAB, NIV, NRSV); CEV “the Egyptian Gorge.”

[8:65]  ¹⁶ 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.”

[15:19]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “[May there be] a covenant between me and you [as there was] between my father and your father.”

[15:19]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “so he will go up from upon me.”

[17:1]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “before whom I stand.”

[17:1]  ²⁰ tn Heb “except at the command of my word.”

[19:10]  ²¹ tn Or “very zealous.” The infinitive absolute preceding the finite verb emphasizes the degree of his zeal and allegiance.

[19:10]  ²² tn Traditionally, “the God of hosts.”

[19:10]  ²³ tn Heb “abandoned your covenant.”

[19:10]  ²⁴ tn Heb “and they are seeking my life to take it.”

[19:14]  ²⁵ tn Or “very zealous.” The infinitive absolute preceding the finite verb emphasizes the degree of his zeal and allegiance.

[19:14]  ²⁶ tn Traditionally, “the God of hosts.”

[19:14]  ²⁷ tn Heb “abandoned your covenant.”

[19:14]  ²⁸ tn Heb “and they are seeking my life to take it.”

[20:7]  ²⁹ tn Heb “elders.”

[20:7]  ³⁰ tn Heb “Know and see that this [man] is seeking trouble.”

[20:32]  ³¹ sn Your servant. By referring to Ben Hadad as Ahab’s servant, they are suggesting that Ahab make him a subject in a vassal treaty arrangement.

[20:32]  ³² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ahab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:32]  ³³ sn He is my brother. Ahab’s response indicates that he wants to make a parity treaty and treat Ben Hadad as an equal partner.