1 Raja-raja 1:3

1:3 So they looked through all Israel ¹  for a beautiful young woman and found Abishag, a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.

1 Raja-raja 1:17

1:17 She replied to him, “My master, you swore an oath to your servant by the Lord your God, ‘Solomon your son will be king after me and he will sit on my throne.’

1 Raja-raja 1:24

1:24 Nathan said, “My master, O king, did you announce, ‘Adonijah will be king after me; he will sit on my throne’?

1 Raja-raja 1:42

1:42 As he was still speaking, Jonathan ²  son of Abiathar the priest arrived. Adonijah said, “Come in, for ³  an important man like you must be bringing good news.” ⁴ 

1 Raja-raja 2:9

2:9 But now ⁵  don’t treat him as if he were innocent. You are a wise man and you know how to handle him; ⁶  make sure he has a bloody death.” ⁷ 

1 Raja-raja 3:7

3:7 Now, O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in my father David’s place, even though I am only a young man and am inexperienced. ⁸ 

1 Raja-raja 8:19

8:19 But you will not build the temple; your very own son will build the temple for my honor.’ ⁹ 

1 Raja-raja 11:22

11:22 Pharaoh said to him, “What do you lack here that makes you want to go to your homeland?” ¹⁰  Hadad replied, ¹¹  “Nothing, but please give me permission to leave.” ¹² 

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.” ¹³ 

1 Raja-raja 18:18

18:18 Elijah ¹⁴  replied, “I have not brought disaster ¹⁵  on Israel. But you and your father’s dynasty have, by abandoning the Lord’s commandments and following the Baals.

1 Raja-raja 18:37

18:37 Answer me, O Lord, answer me, so these people will know that you, O Lord, are the true God ¹⁶  and that you are winning back their allegiance.” ¹⁷ 

1 Raja-raja 20:14

20:14 Ahab asked, “By whom will this be accomplished?” ¹⁸  He answered, “This is what the Lord says, ‘By the servants of the district governors.’” Ahab ¹⁹  asked, “Who will launch the attack?” He answered, “You will.”

1 Raja-raja 20:40

20:40 Well, it just so happened that while your servant was doing this and that, he disappeared.” The king of Israel said to him, “Your punishment is already determined by your own testimony.” ²⁰ 

1 Raja-raja 22:3

22:3 The king of Israel said to his servants, “Surely you recognize that Ramoth Gilead belongs to us, though we are hesitant to reclaim it from the king of Syria.” ²¹ 

[1:3]  ¹ tn Heb “through all the territory of Israel.”

[1:42]  ² tn The Hebrew text has “look” at this point. The particle הִנֵּה (hinneh), “look draws attention to Jonathan’s arrival and invites the audience to view the scene through the eyes of the participants.

[1:42]  ³ tn Or “surely.”

[1:42]  ⁴ tn Heb “you are a man of strength [or “ability”] and you bring a message [that is] good.” Another option is to understand the phrase אִישׁ חַיִל (’ish khayil) in the sense of “a worthy man,” that is “loyal.” See also 1 Kgs 1:52 and HALOT 311 s.v. חַיִל.

[2:9]  ⁵ tc The Lucianic recension of the Old Greek and the Vulgate have here “you” rather than “now.” The two words are homonyms in Hebrew.

[2:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “what you should do to him.”

[2:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “bring his grey hair down in blood [to] Sheol.”

[3:7]  ⁸ tn Heb “and I do not know going out or coming in.”

[8:19]  ⁹ tn Heb “your son, the one who came out of your body, he will build the temple for my name.”

[11:22]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Indeed what do you lack with me, that now you are seeking to go to your land?”

[11:22]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and he said.”

[11:22]  ¹² sn So Hadad asked Pharaoh… This lengthy description of Hadad’s exile in Egypt explains why Hadad wanted to oppose Solomon and supports the author’s thesis that his hostility to Solomon found its ultimate source in divine providence. Though Hadad enjoyed a comfortable life in Egypt, when the Lord raised him up (apparently stirring up his desire for vengeance) he decided to leave the comforts of Egypt and return to Edom.

[17:24]  ¹³ 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.

[18:18]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:18]  ¹⁵ tn Or “trouble.”

[18:37]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “the God.”

[18:37]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “that you are turning their heart[s] back.”

[20:14]  ¹⁸ tn The words “will this be accomplished” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[20:14]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ahab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:40]  ²⁰ tn Heb “so [i.e., in accordance with his testimony] is your judgment, you have determined [it].”

[22:3]  ²¹ tn Heb “Do you know that Ramoth Gilead belongs to us, and we hesitate to take it from the hand of the king of Aram?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course, you must know!”