1 Kings 1:5

1:5 Now Adonijah, son of David and Haggith,¹ was promoting himself,² boasting,³ “I will be king!” He managed to acquire⁴ chariots and horsemen, as well as fifty men to serve as his royal guard.⁵

1 Kings 18:22

18:22 Elijah said to them:⁶ “I am the only prophet of the Lord who is left, but there are 450 prophets of Baal.

1 Kings 7:2

7:2 He named⁷ it “The Palace of the Lebanon Forest”;⁸ it was 150 feet⁹ long, 75 feet¹⁰ wide, and 45 feet¹¹ high. It had four rows of cedar pillars and cedar beams above the pillars.

1 Kings 18:19

18:19 Now send out messengers¹² and assemble all Israel before me at Mount Carmel, as well as the 450 prophets of Baal and 400 prophets of Asherah whom Jezebel supports.¹³

¹tn Heb “son of Haggith,” but since this formula usually designates the father (who in this case was David), the translation specifies that David was Adonijah’s father.

²tn Heb “lifting himself up.”

³tn Heb “saying.”

⁴tn Or “he acquired for himself.”

⁵tn Heb “to run ahead of him.”

⁶tn Heb “to the people.”

¹¹tn Heb “he built.”

¹²sn The Palace of the Lebanon Forest. This name was appropriate because of the large amount of cedar, undoubtedly brought from Lebanon, used in its construction. The cedar pillars in the palace must have given it the appearance of a forest.

¹³tn Heb “one hundred cubits.”

¹⁴tn Heb “fifty cubits.”

¹⁵tn Heb “thirty cubits.”

¹⁶tn The word “messengers” is supplied in the translation both here and in v. 20 for clarification.

¹⁷tn Heb “who eat at the table of Jezebel.”