1 Kings 1:45

1:45 Then Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anointed ¹  him king in Gihon. They went up from there rejoicing, and the city is in an uproar. That is the sound you hear.

1 Kings 2:36

2:36 Next the king summoned ²  Shimei and told him, “Build yourself a house in Jerusalem ³  and live there – but you may not leave there to go anywhere! ⁴ 

1 Kings 9:28

9:28 They sailed ⁵  to Ophir, took from there four hundred twenty talents ⁶  of gold, and then brought them to King Solomon.

1 Kings 12:25

Jeroboam Makes Golden Calves

12:25 ⁷ Jeroboam built up Shechem in the Ephraimite hill country and lived there. From there he went out and built up Penuel.

¹ tn I.e., designated by anointing with oil.

² tn Heb “sent and summoned.”

³ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁴ tn Heb “and you may not go out from there here or there.”

³ tn Heb “went.”

⁴ tn The Hebrew term כִּכָּר (kikkar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or to a standard unit of weight, generally regarded as a talent. Since the accepted weight for a talent of metal is about 75 pounds, this would have amounted to about 31,500 pounds of gold (cf. NCV); CEV, NLT “sixteen tons”; TEV “more than 14,000 kilogrammes.”

⁴ tc The Old Greek translation has here a lengthy section consisting of twenty-three verses that are not found in the MT.