1 Kings 1:1

Adonijah Tries to Seize the Throne

1:1 King David was very old;¹ even when they covered him with blankets,² he could not get warm.

1 Kings 4:11

4:11 Ben-Abinadab was in charge of Naphath Dor. (He was married to Solomon’s daughter Taphath.)

12:3 They sent for him,³ and Jeroboam and the whole Israelite assembly came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

13:13 He then told his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” When they had saddled the donkey for him, he mounted it

13:23 When the prophet from Judah finished his meal,⁴ the old prophet saddled his visitor’s donkey for him.⁵

16:4 Dogs will eat the members of Baasha’s family⁶ who die in the city, and the birds of the sky will eat the ones who die in the country.”

17:6 The ravens would bring him bread and meat each morning and evening, and he would drink from the stream.

Elijah Confronts Baal’s Prophets

18:16 When Obadiah went and informed Ahab, the king went to meet Elijah.⁷

¹tn Heb “was old, coming into the days” (i.e., advancing in years).

²tn Or “garments.”

³tn Heb “They sent and called for him.”

⁵tn Heb “and after he had eaten food and after he had drunk.”

⁶tn Heb “and he saddled for him the donkey, for the prophet whom he had brought back.”

⁷tn Heb “the ones belonging to Baasha.”

⁹tn Heb “Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him, and Ahab went to meet Elijah.”