1 Raja-raja 8:55

8:55 When he stood up, he pronounced a blessing over the entire assembly of Israel, saying in a loud voice:

1 Raja-raja 9:28

9:28 They sailed ¹  to Ophir, took from there four hundred twenty talents ²  of gold, and then brought them to King Solomon.

1 Raja-raja 13:6

13:6 The king pled with ³  the prophet, ⁴  “Seek the favor of ⁵  the Lord your God and pray for me, so that my hand may be restored.” So the prophet sought the Lord’s favor ⁶  and the king’s hand was restored to its former condition. ⁷ 

1 Raja-raja 13:33

A Prophet Announces the End of Jeroboam’s Dynasty

13:33 After this happened, Jeroboam still did not change his evil ways; ⁸  he continued to appoint common people ⁹  as priests at the high places. Anyone who wanted the job he consecrated as a priest. ¹⁰ 

1 Raja-raja 16:17

16:17 Omri and all Israel went up from Gibbethon and besieged Tirzah.

1 Raja-raja 17:8

17:8 The Lord told him, ¹¹ 

1 Raja-raja 18:5

18:5 Ahab told Obadiah, “Go through the land to all the springs and valleys. Maybe we can find some grazing areas ¹²  so we can keep the horses and mules alive and not have to kill ¹³  some of the animals.”

1 Raja-raja 22:5

22:5 Then Jehoshaphat added, ¹⁴  “First seek an oracle from the Lord.” ¹⁵ 

[9:28]  ¹ tn Heb “went.”

[9:28]  ² tn The Hebrew term כִּכָּר (kikkar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or to a standard unit of weight, generally regarded as a talent. Since the accepted weight for a talent of metal is about 75 pounds, this would have amounted to about 31,500 pounds of gold (cf. NCV); CEV, NLT “sixteen tons”; TEV “more than 14,000 kilogrammes.”

[13:6]  ³ tn Heb “The king answered and said to.”

[13:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “the man of God” (a second time later in this verse, and once in v. 7 and v. 8).

[13:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “appease the face of.”

[13:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “appeased the face of the Lord.”

[13:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “and it was as in the beginning.”

[13:33]  ⁸ tn Heb “did not turn from his evil way.”

[13:33]  ⁹ sn The expression common people refers to people who were not Levites. See 1 Kgs 12:31.

[13:33]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and one who had the desire he was filling his hand so that he became [one of] the priests of the high places.”

[17:8]  ¹¹ tn Heb “And the word of the Lord came to him, saying.”

[18:5]  ¹² tn Heb “grass.”

[18:5]  ¹³ tn Heb “to cut off.”

[22:5]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel.”

[22:5]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “the word of the Lord.” Jehoshaphat is requesting a prophetic oracle revealing the Lord’s will in the matter and their prospects for success. For examples of such oracles, see 2 Sam 5:19, 23-24.