1 Kings 1:14

1:14 While¹ you are still there speaking to the king, I will arrive² and verify your report.”³

1 Kings 1:16

1:16 Bathsheba bowed down on the floor before⁴ the king. The king said, “What do you want?”

1 Kings 1:18

1:18 But now, look, Adonijah has become king! But you,⁵ my master the king, are not even aware of it!⁶

1 Kings 1:21

1:21 If a decision is not made,⁷ when my master the king is buried with his ancestors,⁸ my son Solomon and I⁹ will be considered state criminals.”¹⁰

1 Kings 1:29

1:29 The king swore an oath: “As certainly as the Lord lives (he who has rescued me¹¹ from every danger),

1 Kings 1:43

1:43 Jonathan replied¹² to Adonijah: “No!¹³ Our master¹⁴ King David has made Solomon king.

1 Kings 2:18

2:18 Bathsheba replied, “That’s fine,¹⁵ I’ll speak to the king on your behalf.”

1 Kings 2:25

2:25 King Solomon then sent¹⁶ Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he killed Adonijah.¹⁷

1 Kings 3:16

Solomon Demonstrates His Wisdom

3:16 Then two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.

1 Kings 4:5

4:5 Azariah son of Nathan was supervisor of¹⁸ the district governors.

Zabud son of Nathan was a priest and adviser to¹⁹ the king.

1 Kings 5:13

5:13 King Solomon conscripted²⁰ work crews²¹ from throughout Israel, 30,000 men in all.

1 Kings 5:17

5:17 By royal order²² they supplied large valuable stones in order to build the temple’s foundation with chiseled stone.

1 Kings 7:46

7:46 The king had them cast in earth foundries²³ in the region of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan.

1 Kings 10:28

10:28 Solomon acquired his horses from Egypt²⁴ and from Que; the king’s traders purchased them from Que.

1 Kings 11:14

11:14 The Lord brought²⁵ against Solomon an enemy, Hadad the Edomite, a descendant of the Edomite king.

1 Kings 12:13

12:13 The king responded to the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the older men

1 Kings 14:28

14:28 Whenever the king visited the Lord’s temple, the royal guard carried them and then brought them back to the guardroom.

1 Kings 20:4

20:4 The king of Israel replied, “It is just as you say, my master, O king. I and all I own belong to you.”

¹tn In the Hebrew text the sentence is introduced by the particle הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”), which here draws attention to Nathan’s concluding word of assurance and support. For this use of the word, see HALOT 252 s.v. הִנֵּה.

²tc The Hebrew text reads, “I will come after you.”

³tn Heb “fill up [i.e., confirm] your words.”

⁴tn Heb “bowed low and bowed down to.”

⁷tc Instead of עַתָּה (’attah, “now”) many Hebrew mss, along with the Old Greek, Syriac Peshitta, and Latin Vulgate, have the similar sounding independent pronoun אַתָּה (’attah, “you”). This reading is followed in the present translation.

⁸tn Heb “you do not know [about it].”

¹⁰tn The words “if a decision is not made” are added for clarification.

¹¹tn Heb “lies down with his fathers.”

¹²tn Heb “I and my son Solomon.” The order has been reversed in the translation for stylistic reasons.

¹³tn Heb “will be guilty”; NASB “considered offenders”; TEV “treated as traitors.”

¹³tn Or “ransomed my life.”

¹⁶tn Heb “answered and said.”

¹⁷tn For a similar use of אֲבָל (’aval), see Gen 17:19, where God rejects Abraham’s proposal and offers an alternative.

¹⁸tn The plural form is used in the Hebrew text to indicate honor and authority.

¹⁹tn Heb “[It is] good!”

²²tn The Hebrew text adds, “by the hand of.”

²³tn Heb “and he struck him and he died.”

²⁵tn Heb “was over.”

²⁶tn Heb “close associate of”; KJV, ASV, NASB “the king’s friend” (a title for an adviser, not just an acquaintance).

²⁸tn Heb “raised up.”

²⁹sn Work crews. This Hebrew word (מַס, mas) refers to a group of laborers conscripted for royal or public service.

³¹tn Heb “and the king commanded.”

³⁴tn Or perhaps, “molds.”

³⁷sn From Egypt. Because Que is also mentioned, some prefer to see in vv. 28-29 a reference to Mutsur. Que and Mutsur were located in Cilicia/Cappadocia (in modern southern Turkey). See HALOT 625 s.v. מִצְרַיִם.

⁴⁰tn Or “raised up.”