1 Raja-raja 5:5

5:5 So I have decided ¹  to build a temple to honor the Lord ²  my God, as the Lord instructed my father David, ‘Your son, whom I will put on your throne in your place, is the one who will build a temple to honor me.’ ³ 

1 Raja-raja 8:53

8:53 After all, ⁴  you picked them out of all the nations of the earth to be your special possession, ⁵  just as you, O sovereign Lord, announced through your servant Moses when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt.”

1 Raja-raja 15:19

15:19 “I want to make a treaty with you, like the one our fathers made. ⁶  See, I have sent you silver and gold as a present. Break your treaty with King Baasha of Israel, so he will retreat from my land.” ⁷ 

1 Raja-raja 16:34

16:34 During Ahab’s reign, ⁸  Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho. ⁹  Abiram, his firstborn son, died when he laid the foundation; ¹⁰  Segub, his youngest son, died when he erected its gates, ¹¹  just as the Lord had warned ¹²  through Joshua son of Nun. ¹³ 

1 Raja-raja 17:13

17:13 Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid. Go and do as you planned. ¹⁴  But first make a small cake for me and bring it to me; then make something for yourself and your son.

[5:5]  ¹ tn Heb “Look, I am saying.”

[5:5]  ² tn Heb “a house for the name of the Lord.” The word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor. The “name” of the Lord sometimes designates the Lord himself, being indistinguishable from the proper name.

[5:5]  ³ tn Heb “a house for my name.” The word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor. The “name” of the Lord sometimes designates the Lord himself, being indistinguishable from the proper name.

[8:53]  ⁴ tn Or “For.”

[8:53]  ⁵ tn Heb “your inheritance.”

[15:19]  ⁶ tn Heb “[May there be] a covenant between me and you [as there was] between my father and your father.”

[15:19]  ⁷ tn Heb “so he will go up from upon me.”

[16:34]  ⁸ tn Heb “in his days.”

[16:34]  ⁹ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[16:34]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “with Abiram, his firstborn, he founded it.”

[16:34]  ¹¹ tn Heb “with Segub, his youngest, he set up its gates.”

[16:34]  ¹² tn Heb “according to the word of the Lord which he spoke.”

[16:34]  ¹³ sn Warned through Joshua son of Nun. For the background to this statement, see Josh 6:26, where Joshua pronounces a curse on the one who dares to rebuild Jericho. Here that curse is viewed as a prophecy spoken by God through Joshua.

[17:13]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “according to your word.”