1 Raja-raja 1:33

1:33 and he ¹  told them, “Take your master’s ²  servants with you, put my son Solomon on my mule, and lead him down to Gihon. ³ 

1 Raja-raja 1:38

1:38 So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Kerethites, and the Pelethites ⁴  went down, put Solomon on King David’s mule, and led him to Gihon.

1 Raja-raja 1:45

1:45 Then Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anointed ⁵  him king in Gihon. They went up from there rejoicing, and the city is in an uproar. That is the sound you hear.

1 Raja-raja 7:39

7:39 He put five basins on the south side of the temple and five on the north side. He put “The Sea” on the south side, in the southeast corner.

1 Raja-raja 10:19

10:19 There were six steps leading up to the throne, and the back of it was rounded on top. The throne had two armrests with a statue of a lion standing on each side. ⁶ 

1 Raja-raja 14:22

14:22 Judah did evil in the sight of ⁷  the Lord. They made him more jealous by their sins than their ancestors had done. ⁸ 

1 Raja-raja 15:5

15:5 He did this ⁹  because David had done what he approved ¹⁰  and had not disregarded any of his commandments ¹¹  his entire lifetime, except for the incident involving Uriah the Hittite.

1 Raja-raja 16:19

16:19 This happened because of the sins he committed. He did evil in the sight of ¹²  the Lord and followed in Jeroboam’s footsteps and encouraged Israel to continue sinning. ¹³ 

1 Raja-raja 16:33

16:33 Ahab also made an Asherah pole; he ¹⁴  did more to anger the Lord God of Israel than all the kings of Israel who were before him.

1 Raja-raja 18:45

18:45 Meanwhile the sky was covered with dark clouds, the wind blew, and there was a heavy rainstorm. Ahab rode toward ¹⁵  Jezreel.

1 Raja-raja 21:20

21:20 When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, ¹⁶  “So, you have found me, my enemy!” Elijah ¹⁷  replied, “I have found you, because you are committed ¹⁸  to doing evil in the sight of ¹⁹  the Lord.

1 Raja-raja 21:25

21:25 (There had never been anyone like Ahab, who was firmly committed ²⁰  to doing evil in the sight of ²¹  the Lord, urged on by his wife Jezebel. ²² 

1 Raja-raja 22:52

22:52 He did evil in the sight of ²³  the Lord and followed in the footsteps ²⁴  of his father and mother; like Jeroboam son of Nebat, he encouraged Israel to sin. ²⁵ 

[1:33]  ¹ tn Heb “the king.”

[1:33]  ² tn The plural form is used in the Hebrew text to indicate honor and authority.

[1:33]  ³ tn Heb “mount Solomon my son on the mule that belongs to me and take him down to Gihon.”

[1:38]  ⁴ sn The Kerethites and Pelethites were members of David’s royal guard (see 2 Sam 8:18). The Kerethites may have been descendants of an ethnic group originating in Crete.

[1:45]  ⁵ tn I.e., designated by anointing with oil.

[10:19]  ⁶ tn Heb “[There were] armrests on each side of the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the armrests.”

[14:22]  ⁷ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[14:22]  ⁸ tn Heb “and they made him jealous more than all which their fathers had done by their sins which they sinned.”

[15:5]  ⁹ tn The words “he did this” are added for stylistic reasons.

[15:5]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “what was right in the eyes of the Lord.”

[15:5]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and had not turned aside from all which he commanded him.”

[16:19]  ¹² tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[16:19]  ¹³ tn Heb “walking in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin which he did to make Israel sin.”

[16:33]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “Ahab”; the proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[18:45]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “rode and went to.”

[21:20]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and Ahab said to Elijah.” The narrative is elliptical and streamlined. The words “when Elijah arrived” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[21:20]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[21:20]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “you have sold yourself.”

[21:20]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[21:25]  ²⁰ tn Heb “who sold himself.”

[21:25]  ²¹ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[21:25]  ²² tn Heb “like Ahab…whom his wife Jezebel incited.”

[22:52]  ²³ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[22:52]  ²⁴ tn Or “way.”

[22:52]  ²⁵ tn Heb “and walked in the way of his father and in the way of his mother and in the way of Jeroboam son of Nebat who made Israel sin.”