1 Raja-raja 8:21

8:21 and set up in it a place for the ark containing the covenant the Lord made with our ancestors ¹  when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.”

1 Raja-raja 10:27

10:27 The king made silver as plentiful ²  in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was ³  as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the lowlands. ⁴ 

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?” ⁵  Hadad replied, ⁶  “Nothing, but please give me permission to leave.” ⁷ 

1 Raja-raja 19:3

19:3 Elijah was afraid, ⁸  so he got up and fled for his life to Beer Sheba in Judah. He left his servant there,

[8:21]  ¹ tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 34, 40, 48, 53, 57, 58).

[10:27]  ² tn The words “as plentiful” are added for clarification.

[10:27]  ³ tn Heb “he made.”

[10:27]  ⁴ tn Heb “as the sycamore fig trees which are in the Shephelah.”

[11:22]  ⁵ tn Heb “Indeed what do you lack with me, that now you are seeking to go to your land?”

[11:22]  ⁶ tn Heb “and he said.”

[11:22]  ⁷ 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.

[19:3]  ⁸ tc The MT has “and he saw,” but some medieval Hebrew mss as well as several ancient versions support the reading “he was afraid.” The consonantal text (וַיַּרְא, vayyar’) is ambiguous and can be vocalized וַיַּרְא (from רָאָה, ra’ah, “to see”) or וַיִּרָא (vayyira’, from יָרֵא, yare’, “to fear”).