1 Kings 1:39

1:39 Zadok the priest took a horn filled with olive oil¹ from the tent and poured it on² Solomon; the trumpet was blown and all the people declared, “Long live King Solomon!”

1 Kings 2:22

2:22 King Solomon answered his mother, “Why just request Abishag the Shunammite for him?³ Since he is my older brother, you should also request the kingdom for him, for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab son of Zeruiah!”

1 Kings 4:21

4:21 (5:1)⁴ Solomon ruled all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River⁵ to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms paid tribute as Solomon’s subjects throughout his lifetime.⁶

1 Kings 4:33

4:33 He produced manuals on botany, describing every kind of plant,⁷ from the cedars of Lebanon to the hyssop that grows on walls. He also produced manuals on biology, describing⁸ animals, birds, insects, and fish.

1 Kings 5:6

5:6 So now order some cedars of Lebanon to be cut for me. My servants will work with your servants. I will pay your servants whatever you say is appropriate, for you know that we have no one among us who knows how to cut down trees like the Sidonians.”

1 Kings 5:9

5:9 My servants will bring the timber down from Lebanon to the sea. I will send it by sea in raft-like bundles to the place you designate.⁹ There I will separate the logs¹⁰ and you can carry them away. In exchange you will supply the food I need for my royal court.”¹¹

1 Kings 8:16

8:16 He told David,¹² ‘Since the day I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a temple in which to live.¹³ But I have chosen David to lead my people Israel.’

1 Kings 11:2

11:2 They came from nations about which the Lord had warned the Israelites, “You must not establish friendly relations with them!¹⁴ If you do, they will surely shift your allegiance to their gods.”¹⁵ But Solomon was irresistibly attracted to them.¹⁶

1 Kings 12:9

12:9 He asked them, “How do you advise me¹⁷ to respond to these people who said to me, ‘Lessen the demands your father placed on us’?”¹⁸

1 Kings 13:26

13:26 When the old prophet who had invited him to his house heard the news,¹⁹ he said, “It is the prophet²⁰ who rebelled against the Lord.²¹ The Lord delivered him over to the lion and it ripped him up²² and killed him, just as the Lord warned him.”²³

1 Kings 16:2

16:2 “I raised you up²⁴ from the dust and made you ruler over my people Israel. Yet you followed in Jeroboam’s footsteps²⁵ and encouraged my people Israel to sin; their sins have made me angry.²⁶

1 Kings 20:7

20:7 The king of Israel summoned all the leaders²⁷ of the land and said, “Notice how this man is looking for trouble.²⁸ Indeed, he demanded my wives, sons, silver, and gold, and I did not resist him.”

1 Kings 20:23

20:23 Now the advisers²⁹ of the king of Syria said to him: “Their God is a god of the mountains. That’s why they overpowered us. But if we fight them in the plains, we will certainly overpower them.

1 Kings 20:33

20:33 The men took this as a good omen and quickly accepted his offer, saying, “Ben Hadad is your brother.” Ahab³⁰ then said, “Go, get him.” So Ben Hadad came out to him, and Ahab pulled him up into his chariot.

1 Kings 22:34

22:34 Now an archer shot an arrow at random,³¹ and it struck the king of Israel between the plates of his armor. The king³² ordered his charioteer, “Turn around and take me from the battle line,³³ because I’m wounded.”

1 Kings 22:43

22:43 He followed in his father Asa’s footsteps and was careful to do what the Lord approved.³⁴ (22:44)³⁵ However, the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.

¹tn Heb “the horn of oil.” This has been specified as olive oil in the translation for clarity.

²tn Or “anointed.”

³tn Heb “for Adonijah.”

⁵sn Beginning with 4:21, the verse numbers through 5:18 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 4:21 ET = 5:1 HT, 4:22 ET = 5:2 HT, etc., through 5:18 ET = 5:32 HT. Beginning with 6:1 the numbering of verses in the English Bible and the Hebrew text is again the same.

⁶tn Heb “the River” (also in v. 24). This is the standard designation for the Euphrates River in biblical Hebrew.

⁷tn Heb “[They] were bringing tribute and were serving Solomon all the days of his life.”

⁷tn Heb “he spoke about plants.”

⁸tn Heb “he spoke about.”

⁹tn Heb “I will place them [on? as?] rafts in the sea to the place where you designate to me.” This may mean he would send them by raft, or that he would tie them in raft-like bundles, and have ships tow them down to an Israelite port.

¹⁰tn Heb “smash them,” i.e., untie the bundles.

¹¹tn Heb “as for you, you will satisfy my desire by giving food for my house.”

¹¹tn Heb “saying.”

¹²tn Heb “to build a house for my name to be there.”

¹³tn Heb “you must not go into them, and they must not go into you.”

¹⁴tn Heb “Surely they will bend your heart after their gods.” The words “if you do” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

¹⁵tn Heb “Solomon clung to them for love.” The pronominal suffix, translated “them,” is masculine here, even though it appears the foreign women are in view. Perhaps this is due to attraction to the masculine forms used of the nations earlier in the verse.

¹⁵tn In the Hebrew text the verb “we will respond” is plural, although it can be understood as an editorial “we.” The ancient versions have the singular here.

¹⁶tn Heb “Lighten the yoke which your father placed on us.”

¹⁷tn Heb “and the prophet who had brought him back from the road heard.”

¹⁸tn Heb “the man of God.”

¹⁹tn Heb “the mouth of the Lord.”

²⁰tn Heb “broke him,” or “crushed him.”

²¹tn Heb “according to the word of the Lord which he spoke to him.”

¹⁹tn The Hebrew text has “because” at the beginning of the sentence. In the Hebrew text vv. 2-3 are one sentence comprised of a causal clause giving the reason for divine punishment (v. 2) and the main clause announcing the punishment (v. 3). The translation divides this sentence for stylistic reasons.

²⁰tn Heb “walked in the way of Jeroboam.”

²¹tn Heb “angering me by their sins.”

²¹tn Heb “elders.”

²²tn Heb “Know and see that this [man] is seeking trouble.”

²³tn Or “servants.”

²⁵tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ahab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

²⁷tn Heb “now a man drew a bow in his innocence” (i.e., with no specific target in mind, or at least without realizing his target was the king of Israel).

²⁸tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

²⁹tn Heb “camp.”

²⁹tn Heb “he walked in all the way of Asa his father and did not turn from it, doing what is right in the eyes of the Lord.”

³⁰sn Beginning with 22:43b, the verse numbers through 22:53 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), because 22:43b in the English Bible = 22:44 in the Hebrew text. The remaining verses in the chapter differ by one, with 22:44-53 ET = 22:45-54 HT.