1 Kings 1:2

1:2 His servants advised ¹  him, “A young virgin must be found for our master, the king, ²  to take care of the king’s needs ³  and serve as his nurse. She can also sleep with you ⁴  and keep our master, the king, warm.” ⁵ 

1 Kings 6:6

6:6 The bottom floor of the extension was seven and a half feet ⁶  wide, the middle floor nine feet ⁷  wide, and the third floor ten and a half ⁸  feet wide. He made ledges ⁹  on the temple’s outer walls so the beams would not have to be inserted into the walls. ¹⁰ 

¹ tn Heb “said to.”

² tn Heb “let them seek for my master, the king, a young girl, a virgin.” The third person plural subject of the verb is indefinite (see GKC 460 §144.f). The appositional expression, “a young girl, a virgin,” is idiomatic; the second term specifically defines the more general first term (see IBHS 230 §12.3b).

³ tn Heb “and she will stand before the king.” The Hebrew phrase “stand before” can mean “to attend; to serve” (BDB 764 s.v. עָמַד).

⁴ tn Heb “and she will lie down in your bosom.” The expression might imply sexual intimacy (see 2 Sam 12:3 [where the lamb symbolizes Bathsheba] and Mic 7:5), though v. 4b indicates that David did not actually have sex with the young woman.

⁵ tn Heb “and my master, the king, will be warm.”

⁶ tn Heb “five cubits.”

⁷ tn Heb “six cubits.”

⁸ tn Heb “seven cubits.”

⁹ tn Or “offsets” (ASV, NAB, NASB, NRSV); NIV “offset ledges.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “so that [the beams] would not have a hold in the walls of the temple.”