1 Raja-raja 1:23

1:23 The king was told, “Nathan the prophet is here.” Nathan entered and bowed before the king with his face to the floor. ¹ 

1 Raja-raja 14:19

Jeroboam’s Reign Ends

14:19 The rest of the events of Jeroboam’s reign, including the details of his battles and rule, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel. ² 

1 Raja-raja 17:9

17:9 “Get up, go to Zarephath in Sidonian territory, and live there. I have already told ³  a widow who lives there to provide for you.”

1 Raja-raja 17:24

17:24 The woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a prophet and that the Lord really does speak through you.” ⁴ 

1 Raja-raja 18:14

18:14 Now you say, ‘Go and say to your master, “Elijah is back,”’ ⁵  but he will kill me.”

1 Raja-raja 22:25

22:25 Micaiah replied, “Look, you will see in the day when you go into an inner room to hide.”

[1:23]  ¹ tn Heb “ground.” Since this was indoors, “floor” is more appropriate than “ground.”

[14:19]  ² tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Jeroboam, how he fought and how he ruled, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel?”

[17:9]  ³ tn Heb “Look, I have commanded.”

[17:24]  ⁴ tn Heb “you are a man of God and the word of the Lord is truly in your mouth.”

[17:24]  sn This episode is especially significant in light of Ahab’s decision to promote Baal worship in Israel. In Canaanite mythology the drought that swept over the region (v. 1) would signal that Baal, a fertility god responsible for providing food for his subjects, had been defeated by the god of death and was imprisoned in the underworld. While Baal was overcome by death and unable to function like a king, Israel’s God demonstrated his sovereignty and superiority to death by providing food for a widow and restoring life to her son. And he did it all in Sidonian territory, Baal’s back yard, as it were. The episode demonstrates that Israel’s God, not Baal, is the true king who provides food and controls life and death. This polemic against Baalism reaches its climax in the next chapter, when the Lord proves that he, not Baal, controls the elements of the storm and determines when the rains will fall.

[18:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “Look, Elijah”; or “Elijah is here.”