1 Kings — Hebrew and Greek compared
Choose a chapter to explore the source readings and their notes. Original references, source labels, and review records are retained.
Source guide and review record
SAINTS TRANSLATION
The First Book of Kings
Chapters 1–22 / Greek: 3 Reigns
Independent literal-smooth translations
from the Hebrew and Greek texts
Christ-centered reading headings • Verse-by-verse classifications
Jewish and Christian reception • Sources and translation decisions
V1 reviewed | 11 September 2026
Complete reviewed translation draft
817 Hebrew source verses • 825 Greek source units • 882 comparison rows
Reviewed under the final Bible Translation Reference Document attached 11 September 2026. All twenty-two chapters are included. Both declared publisher running texts and all comparison rows were reviewed throughout; selected lexical and syntactical judgments remain provisional.
“Rabbinic Priority” and “Saints Priority” identify the reception traditions consulted. Each translation remains governed by its own selected ancient source.
Reader’s guide
Read horizontally to compare the sources. The Hebrew column supplies the navigation order; visible Greek references identify the selected Greek order where it differs. Visible MT and LXX references identify the actual source numbering. Editorial absence notices identify material without a counterpart at the aligned location. They are never reconstructed biblical wording. Grouped units have visible internal references.
English was drafted independently from the declared Hebrew and Greek. Ordinary syntax is smoothed while meaningful subjects, negatives, repetitions, names, numbers, objects, ritual terms, and changes of speaker remain visible. Attributed reception follows the textual comparison in the third column.
Source basis and extent of review
Column | Declared running text | Review scope |
|---|---|---|
Hebrew–English | BHS, fifth corrected edition, 1997; publisher web presentation [H]. | All 22 chapters. Selected written/read checks are identified by Q- and R-codes. |
Greek–English | Rahlfs–Hanhart, second revised edition, 2006; publisher web presentation [G]. | All 22 chapters of 3 Reigns. No full apparatus or alternate Greek recension collation claimed. |
The volume uses no substitute chapter. The final review directly checked the complete declared BHS and Rahlfs–Hanhart main texts. The earlier limited NETS checks could not be repeated because the PDF was unavailable; NETS was never the running English base. No independent scholarly approval or full critical apparatus collation is claimed.
The five comparison categories
Category | Governing criterion |
|---|---|
Same | Corresponding meaning and content, allowing ordinary differences between languages. |
Similar | The essentials agree; a modest difference of expression, idiom, or emphasis is worth noting. |
Different | A meaningful difference of detail, name, number, action, participant, or image. |
Divergent | Added, absent, or substantially rearranged material governs the comparison. |
Disparate | A major difference in meaning or consequence, including agency, ritual outcome, or narrative force. Strict contradiction is not required. |
Each row has one governing category. Counts describe aligned rows, not unique variants, manuscript histories, or the worth of either religious tradition. Conventional YHWH / Lord wording alone does not require Similar.
Headings and liturgical reading map
Book headings are dark. Chapter headings are red under the project’s Blood of Jesus convention; major pericopes are purple under its Majesty of Jesus convention. Bold minor headings divide complete reading units. These are native Word heading styles.
The reading map distinguishes the directly reverified L1 selection from inherited L2–L4 assignments whose publisher pages were unavailable during this review. Full verses and surrounding narrative remain in the translation even where a lectionary selects clauses. Other headings are explicitly editorial Christian readings, attributed typology, or canonical thematic comparisons.
Code | 1 Kings selection | Occasion and Gospel |
|---|---|---|
L1 | 3:5, 7–12 | Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A, 26 July 2026. Gospel Matthew 13:44–52 or 13:44–46. Directly reverified. |
L2 | 19:4–8 | Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B, 11 August 2024. Gospel John 6:41–51. Inherited assignment; current recheck unavailable. |
L3 | 19:9a, 11–13a | Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A, 9 August 2026. Gospel Matthew 14:22–33. Inherited assignment; current recheck unavailable. |
L4 | 17:10–16 | Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B, 10 November 2024. Gospel Mark 12:38–44 or 12:41–44. Inherited assignment; current recheck unavailable. |
The original draft reported indexed verification of four USCCB instances. This review directly verified the full L1 page, including its shorter Gospel option. L2–L4 remain inherited assignments requiring renewed source confirmation; their unavailable pages are not counted as fresh verification. No exhaustive lectionary survey is claimed.
How reception is presented
Text explains the relationship between the chosen readings. Rabbinic identifies a specific Jewish interpretation. Saints identifies apostolic or named Christian reception. Explicit Gospel reuse, later typology, and editorial thematic connections are distinguished. Sources are cited by code and passage; no entry claims consensus for an entire tradition.
The broad Christian frame includes the temple, wisdom, mercy, prophetic witness, and the limits of earthly kingship. Augustine distinguishes Solomon’s partial figure from the full royal promise in Christ [P1]. Later interpretation never supplies missing Hebrew or Greek clauses.
Book navigation
Chapter | Reading | Page | Chapter | Reading | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Solomon’s anointing | 12 | The division and Greek retelling | ||
2 | David’s charge and royal consolidation | 13 | The man of God and the older prophet | ||
3 | The listening heart and the child | 14 | Ahijah’s word; Rehoboam’s reign | ||
4 | Officers and provisioning districts | 15 | Abijam, Asa, Nadab, and Baasha | ||
5 | Wisdom and preparations for the house | 16 | Dynasties and the rise of Ahab | ||
6 | The temple’s construction | 17 | The drought and the widow | ||
7 | Palace and temple furnishings | 18 | Carmel and the returning rain | ||
8 | Dedication and Solomon’s prayer | 19 | Horeb, the remnant, and Elisha | ||
9 | Promise, warning, building, and trade | 20 | The wars with Ben-hadad | ||
10 | The queen and royal splendor | 21 | Naboth’s vineyard and Ahab’s response | ||
11 | Divided loyalty and the torn kingdom | 22 | Micaiah, Ahab’s death, and succession |
Numbering in brief
The source sequence has 817 Hebrew verses. Source 5:1–14 corresponds to common English 4:21–34; source 5:15–32 to English 5:1–18. Source 22:43–44 together correspond to English 22:43; source 22:45–54 to English 22:44–53. The water command at 18:34 begins within common English 18:33. Greek chapters 20 and 21 occur in the reverse subject order from Hebrew and are aligned here with explicit references.
The Greek has extensive lettered additions and rearrangements, particularly in chapters 2, 5–8, 10–12, and 16. The full alignment record and examples appear at the end. Letter gaps reproduce the publisher’s numbering.