1 Raja-raja 4:29

4:29 God gave Solomon wisdom and very great discernment; the breadth of his understanding ¹  was as infinite as the sand on the seashore.

1 Raja-raja 13:5

13:5 The altar split open and the ashes ²  fell from the altar to the ground, ³  in fulfillment of the sign the prophet had announced with the Lord’s authority. ⁴ 

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.” ⁵ 

[4:29]  ¹ tn Heb “heart,” i.e., mind. (The Hebrew term translated “heart” often refers to the mental faculties.)

[13:5]  ² tn Heb “the fat.” Reference is made to burnt wood mixed with fat. See HALOT 234 s.v. דשׁן.

[13:5]  ³ tn Heb “were poured out from the altar.”

[13:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the Lord.”

[17:24]  ⁵ 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.