1 Kings 1:15

1:15 So Bathsheba visited the king in his private quarters. ¹  (The king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was serving the king.)

1 Kings 1:28

David Picks Solomon as His Successor

1:28 King David responded, ²  “Summon Bathsheba!” ³  She came and stood before the king. ⁴ 

1 Kings 1:31

1:31 Bathsheba bowed down to the king with her face to the floor ⁵  and said, “May my master, King David, live forever!”

1 Kings 2:11

2:11 David reigned over Israel forty years; he reigned in Hebron seven years, and in Jerusalem ⁶  thirty-three years.

1 Kings 2:13

2:13 Haggith’s son Adonijah visited Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother. She asked, “Do you come in peace?” He answered, “Yes.” ⁷ 

1 Kings 4:25

4:25 All the people of Judah and Israel had security; everyone from Dan to Beer Sheba enjoyed the produce of their vines and fig trees throughout Solomon’s lifetime. ⁸ 

1 Kings 6:38

6:38 In the eleventh year, in the month Bul ⁹  (the eighth month) the temple was completed in accordance with all its specifications and blueprints. It took seven years to build. ¹⁰ 

1 Kings 11:3

11:3 He had 700 royal wives ¹¹  and 300 concubines; ¹²  his wives had a powerful influence over him. ¹³ 

1 Kings 18:43

18:43 He told his servant, “Go on up and look in the direction of the sea.” So he went on up, looked, and reported, “There is nothing.” ¹⁴  Seven times Elijah sent him to look. ¹⁵ 

1 Kings 19:3

19:3 Elijah was afraid, ¹⁶  so he got up and fled for his life to Beer Sheba in Judah. He left his servant there,

1 Kings 22:51

Ahaziah’s Reign over Israel

22:51 In the seventeenth year of King Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Ahab’s son Ahaziah became king over Israel in Samaria. ¹⁷  He ruled for two years over Israel.

¹ tn Or “bedroom.”

² tn Heb “answered and said.”

³ sn Summon Bathsheba. Bathsheba must have left the room when Nathan arrived (see 1:22).

⁴ tn Heb “she came before the king and stood before the king.”

³ tn Heb “bowed low, face [to] the ground, and bowed down to the king.”

⁴ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁵ tn Heb “[in] peace.”

⁶ tn Heb “Judah and Israel lived securely, each one under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan to Beer Sheba, all the days of Solomon.”

⁷ sn In the month Bul. This would be October-November 959 b.c. in modern reckoning.

⁸ tn Heb “he built it in seven years.”

⁸ tn Heb “wives, princesses.”

⁹ sn Concubines were slave women in ancient Near Eastern societies who were the legal property of their master, but who could have legitimate sexual relations with their master. A concubine’s status was more elevated than a mere servant, but she was not free and did not have the legal rights of a free wife. The children of a concubine could, in some instances, become equal heirs with the children of the free wife. The usage in the present passage suggests that after the period of the Judges concubines may have become more of a royal prerogative (cf. also 2 Sam 21:10-14).

¹⁰ tn Heb “his wives bent his heart.”

⁹ sn So he went on up, looked, and reported, “There is nothing.” Several times in this chapter those addressed by Elijah obey his orders. In vv. 20 and 42 Ahab does as instructed, in vv. 26 and 28 the prophets follow Elijah’s advice, and in vv. 30, 34, 40 and 43 the people and servants do as they are told. By juxtaposing Elijah’s commands with accounts of those commands being obeyed, the narrator emphasizes the authority of the Lord’s prophet.

¹⁰ tn Heb “He said, ‘Return,’ seven times.”

¹⁰ 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”).

¹¹ map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.