1 Raja-raja 16:22

16:22 Omri’s supporters were stronger than those who supported Tibni son of Ginath. Tibni died; Omri became king.

1 Raja-raja 22:12

22:12 All the prophets were prophesying the same, saying, “Attack Ramoth Gilead! You will succeed; the Lord will hand it over to the king.”

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 ¹  said, ‘Deceive and overpower him. ²  Go out and do as you have proposed.’

1 Raja-raja 8:45

8:45 then listen from heaven to their prayers for help ³  and vindicate them. ⁴ 

1 Raja-raja 16:27

16:27 The rest of the events of Omri’s reign, including his accomplishments and successes, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel. ⁵ 

1 Raja-raja 20:11

20:11 The king of Israel replied, “Tell him the one who puts on his battle gear should not boast like one who is taking it off.” ⁶ 

1 Raja-raja 22:45

22:45 The rest of the events of Jehoshaphat’s reign, including his successes and military exploits, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah. ⁷ 

1 Raja-raja 20:25

20:25 Muster an army like the one you lost, with the same number of horses and chariots. ⁸  Then we will fight them in the plains; we will certainly overpower them.” He approved their plan and did as they advised. ⁹ 

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.” ¹⁰ 

1 Raja-raja 5:3

5:3 “You know that my father David was unable to build a temple to honor the Lord ¹¹  his God, for he was busy fighting battles on all fronts while the Lord subdued his enemies. ¹² 

1 Raja-raja 15:23

15:23 The rest of the events of Asa’s reign, including all his successes and accomplishments, as well as a record of the cities he built, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah. ¹³  Yet when he was very old he developed a foot disease. ¹⁴ 

1 Raja-raja 16:5

16:5 The rest of the events of Baasha’s reign, including his accomplishments and successes, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel. ¹⁵ 

1 Raja-raja 20:13

The Lord Delivers Israel

20:13 Now a prophet visited King Ahab of Israel and said, “This is what the Lord says, ‘Do you see this huge army? ¹⁶  Look, I am going to hand it over to you this very day. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”

1 Raja-raja 20:23

20:23 Now the advisers ¹⁷  of the king of Syria said to him: “Their God is a god of the mountains. That’s why they overpowered us. But if we fight them in the plains, we will certainly overpower them.

1 Raja-raja 20:28

20:28 The prophet ¹⁸  visited the king of Israel and said, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Because the Syrians said, “The Lord is a god of the mountains and not a god of the valleys,” I will hand over to you this entire huge army. ¹⁹  Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”

1 Raja-raja 22:6

22:6 So the king of Israel assembled about four hundred prophets and asked them, “Should I attack Ramoth Gilead or not?” ²⁰  They said, “Attack! The sovereign one ²¹  will hand it over to the king.”

1 Raja-raja 22:13

22:13 Now the messenger who went to summon Micaiah said to him, “Look, the prophets are in complete agreement that the king will succeed. ²²  Your words must agree with theirs; you must predict success.” ²³ 

[22:22]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:22]  ² 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.”

[8:45]  ³ tn Heb “their prayer and their request for help.”

[8:45]  ⁴ tn Heb “and accomplish their justice.”

[16:27]  ⁵ tn Heb “As for the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his strength which he demonstrated, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel?”

[20:11]  ⁶ sn The point of the saying is that someone who is still preparing for a battle should not boast as if he has already won the battle. A modern parallel would be, “Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched.”

[22:45]  ⁷ tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Jehoshaphat, and his strength that he demonstrated and how he fought, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?”

[20:25]  ⁸ tn Heb “And you, you muster an army like the one that fell from you, horse like horse and chariot like chariot.”

[20:25]  ⁹ tn Heb “he listened to their voice and did so.”

[22:15]  ¹⁰ 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.

[5:3]  ¹¹ tn Heb “a house for the name of the Lord.” The word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor. The “name” of the Lord sometimes designates the Lord himself, being indistinguishable from the proper name.

[5:3]  ¹² tn Heb “because of the battles which surrounded him until the Lord placed them under the soles of his feet.”

[15:23]  ¹³ tn Heb “As for the rest of all the events of Asa, and all his strength and all which he did and the cities which he built, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?”

[15:23]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “Yet in the time of his old age he became sick in his feet.”

[16:5]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Baasha, and that which he did and his strength, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel?”

[20:13]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “this great horde.”

[20:23]  ¹⁷ tn Or “servants.”

[20:28]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “the man of God.”

[20:28]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “I will place all this great horde in your hand.”

[22:6]  ²⁰ tn Heb “Should I go against Ramoth Gilead for war or should I refrain?”

[22:6]  ²¹ tn Though Jehoshaphat requested an oracle from “the Lord” (יְהוָה, Yahweh), they stop short of actually using this name and substitute the title אֲדֹנָי (’adonai, “lord; master”). This ambiguity may explain in part Jehoshaphat’s hesitancy and caution (vv. 7-8). He seems to doubt that the four hundred are genuine prophets of the Lord.

[22:13]  ²² tn Heb “the words of the prophets are [with] one mouth good for the king.”

[22:13]  ²³ tn Heb “let your words be like the word of each of them and speak good.”