1 Kings 1:28

David Picks Solomon as His Successor

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

1 Kings 1:32

1:32 King David said, “Summon Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, ⁴  and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” They came before the king,

1 Kings 2:17

2:17 He said, “Please ask King Solomon if he would give me Abishag the Shunammite as a wife, for he won’t refuse you.” ⁵ 

1 Kings 2:23

2:23 King Solomon then swore an oath by the Lord, “May God judge me severely, ⁶  if Adonijah does not pay for this request with his life! ⁷ 

1 Kings 9:13

9:13 Hiram asked, ⁸  “Why did you give me these cities, my friend ⁹ ?” He called that area the region of Cabul, a name which it has retained to this day. ¹⁰ 

1 Kings 17:18-19

17:18 She asked Elijah, “Why, prophet, have you come ¹¹  to me to confront me with ¹²  my sin and kill my son?” 17:19 He said to her, “Hand me your son.” He took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him down on his bed.

1 Kings 20:5

20:5 The messengers came again and said, “This is what Ben Hadad says, ‘I sent this message to you, “You must give me your silver, gold, wives, and sons.”

¹ tn Heb “answered and said.”

² sn Summon Bathsheba. Bathsheba must have left the room when Nathan arrived (see 1:22).

³ tn Heb “she came before the king and stood before the king.”

⁴ sn Summon…Nathan. Nathan must have left the room when Bathsheba reentered.

⁷ tn Heb “Say to Solomon the king, for he will not turn back your face, that he might give to me Abishag the Shunammite for a wife.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “So may God do to me, and so may he add.”

¹¹ tn Heb “if with his life Adonijah has not spoken this word.”

¹³ tn Heb “and he said.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “my brother.” Kings allied through a parity treaty would sometimes address each other as “my brother.” See 1 Kgs 20:32-33.

¹⁵ tn Heb “he called them the land of Cabul to this day.” The significance of the name is unclear, though it appears to be disparaging. The name may be derived from a root, attested in Akkadian and Arabic, meaning “bound” or “restricted.” Some propose a wordplay, pointing out that the name “Cabul” sounds like a Hebrew phrase meaning, “like not,” or “as good as nothing.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “What to me and to you, man of God, that you have come.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “to make me remember.”