1 Raja-raja 4:33

4:33 He produced manuals on botany, describing every kind of plant, ¹  from the cedars of Lebanon to the hyssop that grows on walls. He also produced manuals on biology, describing ²  animals, birds, insects, and fish.

1 Raja-raja 7:2

7:2 He named ³  it “The Palace of the Lebanon Forest”; ⁴  it was 150 feet ⁵  long, 75 feet ⁶  wide, and 45 feet ⁷  high. It had four rows of cedar pillars and cedar beams above the pillars.

1 Raja-raja 7:8

7:8 The palace where he lived was constructed in a similar way. ⁸  He also constructed a palace like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had married. ⁹ 

1 Raja-raja 7:27

7:27 He also made ten bronze movable stands. Each stand was six feet ¹⁰  long, six feet ¹¹  wide, and four-and-a-half feet ¹²  high.

1 Raja-raja 10:29

10:29 They paid 600 silver pieces for each chariot from Egypt and 150 silver pieces for each horse. They also sold chariots and horses to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Syria. ¹³ 

1 Raja-raja 12:2

12:2 ¹⁴  When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard the news, he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon and had been living ever since. ¹⁵ 

1 Raja-raja 15:18

15:18 Asa took all the silver and gold that was left in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and of the royal palace and handed it to his servants. He then told them to deliver it ¹⁶  to Ben Hadad son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, ruler in Damascus, along with this message:

1 Raja-raja 15:23

15:23 The rest of the events of Asa’s reign, including all his successes and accomplishments, as well as a record of the cities he built, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah. ¹⁷  Yet when he was very old he developed a foot disease. ¹⁸ 

1 Raja-raja 16:5

16:5 The rest of the events of Baasha’s reign, including his accomplishments and successes, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel. ¹⁹ 

1 Raja-raja 17:14

17:14 For this is what the Lord God of Israel says, ‘The jar of flour will not be empty and the jug of oil will not run out until the day the Lord makes it rain on the surface of the ground.’”

1 Raja-raja 18:21

18:21 Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long are you going to be paralyzed by indecision? ²⁰  If the Lord is the true God, ²¹  then follow him, but if Baal is, follow him!” But the people did not say a word.

1 Raja-raja 18:27

18:27 At noon Elijah mocked them, “Yell louder! After all, he is a god; he may be deep in thought, or perhaps he stepped out for a moment or has taken a trip. Perhaps he is sleeping and needs to be awakened.” ²² 

1 Raja-raja 19:14

19:14 He answered, “I have been absolutely loyal ²³  to the Lord, the sovereign God, ²⁴  even though the Israelites have abandoned the agreement they made with you, ²⁵  torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life.” ²⁶ 

1 Raja-raja 20:30

20:30 The remaining 27,000 ran to Aphek and went into the city, but the wall fell on them. ²⁷  Now Ben Hadad ran into the city and hid in an inner room. ²⁸ 

1 Raja-raja 20:32

20:32 So they put sackcloth around their waists and ropes on their heads and went to the king of Israel. They said, “Your servant ²⁹  Ben Hadad says, ‘Please let me live!’” Ahab ³⁰  replied, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.” ³¹ 

1 Raja-raja 22:19

22:19 Micaiah ³²  said, “That being the case, hear the word of the Lord. I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, with all the heavenly assembly standing on his right and on his left.

[4:33]  ¹ tn Heb “he spoke about plants.”

[4:33]  ² tn Heb “he spoke about.”

[7:2]  ³ tn Heb “he built.”

[7:2]  ⁴ sn The Palace of the Lebanon Forest. This name was appropriate because of the large amount of cedar, undoubtedly brought from Lebanon, used in its construction. The cedar pillars in the palace must have given it the appearance of a forest.

[7:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “one hundred cubits.”

[7:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “fifty cubits.”

[7:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “thirty cubits.”

[7:8]  ⁸ tn Heb “and his house where he lived, the other court [i.e., as opposed to the great court], separated from the house belonging to the hall, was like this work [i.e., this style of architecture].”

[7:8]  ⁹ tn Heb “and a house he was making for the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Solomon had taken, like this porch.”

[7:27]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “four cubits.”

[7:27]  ¹¹ tn Heb “four cubits.”

[7:27]  ¹² tn Heb “three cubits.”

[10:29]  ¹³ tn Heb “and a chariot went up and came out of Egypt for six hundred silver [pieces], and a horse for one hundred fifty, and in the same way to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Aram by their hand they brought out.”

[12:2]  ¹⁴ tc Verse 2 is not included in the Old Greek translation. See the note on 11:43.

[12:2]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and Jeroboam lived in Egypt.” The parallel text in 2 Chr 10:2 reads, “and Jeroboam returned from Egypt.” In a purely consonantal text the forms “and he lived” and “and he returned” are identical (וישׁב).

[15:18]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “King Asa sent it.”

[15:23]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “As for the rest of all the events of Asa, and all his strength and all which he did and the cities which he built, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?”

[15:23]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “Yet in the time of his old age he became sick in his feet.”

[16:5]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Baasha, and that which he did and his strength, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel?”

[18:21]  ²⁰ tn Heb “How long are you going to limp around on two crutches?” (see HALOT 762 s.v. סְעִפִּים). In context this idiomatic expression refers to indecision rather than physical disability.

[18:21]  ²¹ tn Heb “the God.”

[18:27]  ²² sn Elijah’s sarcastic proposals would have been especially offensive and irritating to Baal’s prophets, for they believed Baal was imprisoned in the underworld as death’s captive during this time of drought. Elijah’s apparent ignorance of their theology is probably designed for dramatic effect; indeed the suggestion that Baal is away on a trip or deep in sleep comes precariously close to the truth as viewed by the prophets.

[19:14]  ²³ tn Or “very zealous.” The infinitive absolute preceding the finite verb emphasizes the degree of his zeal and allegiance.

[19:14]  ²⁴ tn Traditionally, “the God of hosts.”

[19:14]  ²⁵ tn Heb “abandoned your covenant.”

[19:14]  ²⁶ tn Heb “and they are seeking my life to take it.”

[20:30]  ²⁷ tn Heb “and the remaining ones fled to Aphek to the city and the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand men, the ones who remained.”

[20:30]  ²⁸ tn Heb “and Ben Hadad fled and went into the city, [into] an inner room in an inner room.”

[20:32]  ²⁹ sn Your servant. By referring to Ben Hadad as Ahab’s servant, they are suggesting that Ahab make him a subject in a vassal treaty arrangement.

[20:32]  ³⁰ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ahab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:32]  ³¹ sn He is my brother. Ahab’s response indicates that he wants to make a parity treaty and treat Ben Hadad as an equal partner.

[22:19]  ³² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Micaiah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.