1 Raja-raja 1:8

1:8 But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and David’s elite warriors ¹  did not ally themselves ²  with Adonijah.

1 Raja-raja 2:39

2:39 Three years later two of Shimei’s servants ran away to King Achish son of Maacah of Gath. Shimei was told, “Look, your servants are in Gath.”

1 Raja-raja 8:4

8:4 The priests and Levites carried the ark of the Lord, the tent of meeting, ³  and all the holy items in the tent. ⁴ 

1 Raja-raja 9:8

9:8 This temple will become a heap of ruins; ⁵  everyone who passes by it will be shocked and will hiss out their scorn, ⁶  saying, ‘Why did the Lord do this to this land and this temple?’

1 Raja-raja 9:15

9:15 Here are the details concerning the work crews ⁷  King Solomon conscripted ⁸  to build the Lord’s temple, his palace, the terrace, the wall of Jerusalem, ⁹  and the cities of ¹⁰  Hazor, ¹¹  Megiddo, ¹²  and Gezer.

1 Raja-raja 11:15

11:15 During David’s campaign against Edom, ¹³  Joab, the commander of the army, while on a mission to bury the dead, killed every male in Edom.

1 Raja-raja 16:4

16:4 Dogs will eat the members of Baasha’s family ¹⁴  who die in the city, and the birds of the sky will eat the ones who die in the country.”

1 Raja-raja 18:3

18:3 So Ahab summoned Obadiah, who supervised the palace. (Now Obadiah was a very loyal follower of the Lord. ¹⁵ 

1 Raja-raja 18:24

18:24 Then you ¹⁶  will invoke the name of your god, and I will invoke the name of the Lord. The god who responds with fire will demonstrate that he is the true God.” ¹⁷  All the people responded, “This will be a fair test.” ¹⁸ 

1 Raja-raja 19:17

19:17 Jehu will kill anyone who escapes Hazael’s sword, and Elisha will kill anyone who escapes Jehu’s sword.

1 Raja-raja 20:1

Ben Hadad Invades Israel

20:1 Now King Ben Hadad of Syria assembled all his army, along with thirty-two other kings with their horses and chariots. He marched against Samaria ¹⁹  and besieged and attacked it. ²⁰ 

1 Raja-raja 20:15

20:15 So Ahab ²¹  assembled the 232 servants of the district governors. After that he assembled all the Israelite army, numbering 7,000. ²² 

1 Raja-raja 22:31

22:31 Now the king of Syria had ordered his thirty-two chariot commanders, “Do not fight common soldiers or high-ranking officers; ²³  fight only the king of Israel.”

[1:8]  ¹ tn Or “bodyguard” (Heb “mighty men”).

[1:8]  ² tn Heb “were not.”

[8:4]  ³ tn Heb “the tent of assembly.”

[8:4]  sn The tent of meeting. See Exod 33:7-11.

[8:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “and they carried the ark of the Lord…. The priests and the Levites carried them.”

[9:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “and this house will be high [or elevated].” The statement makes little sense in this context, which predicts the desolation that judgment will bring. Some treat the clause as concessive, “Even though this temple is lofty [now].” Others, following the lead of several ancient versions, emend the text to, “this temple will become a heap of ruins.”

[9:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “hiss,” or perhaps “whistle.” This refers to a derisive sound one would make when taunting an object of ridicule.

[9:15]  ⁷ sn The work crews. This Hebrew word מַס (mas) refers to a group of laborers conscripted for royal or public service.

[9:15]  ⁸ tn Heb “raised up.”

[9:15]  ⁹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[9:15]  ¹⁰ tn The words “the cities of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[9:15]  ¹¹ map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 D3; Map3 A2; Map4 C1.

[9:15]  ¹² map For location see Map1 D4; Map2 C1; Map4 C2; Map5 F2; Map7 B1.

[11:15]  ¹³ tn Heb “when David was [fighting (?)] with Edom.”

[16:4]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “the ones belonging to Baasha.”

[18:3]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “now Obadiah greatly feared the Lord.” “Fear” refers here to obedience and allegiance, the products of healthy respect for the Lord’s authority.

[18:24]  ¹⁶ tn Elijah now directly addresses the prophets.

[18:24]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “the God.”

[18:24]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “The matter [i.e., proposal] is good [i.e., acceptable].”

[20:1]  ¹⁹ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[20:1]  ²⁰ tn Heb “and he went up and besieged Samaria and fought against it.”

[20:15]  ²¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ahab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:15]  ²² tn Heb “after them he assembled all the people, all the sons of Israel, seven thousand.”

[22:31]  ²³ tn Heb “small or great.”