1 Kings 1:51

1:51 Solomon was told, “Look, Adonijah fears you; see, he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying, ‘May King Solomon solemnly promise me today that he will not kill his servant with the sword.’”

1 Kings 3:28

3:28 When all Israel heard about the judicial decision which the king had rendered, they respected the king, for they realized that he possessed supernatural wisdom to make judicial decisions.


tn Heb “King Solomon.” The name and title have been replaced by the pronoun (“you”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

tn Or “swear an oath to.”

tn Heb “feared,” perhaps in the sense, “stood in awe of.”

tn Heb “saw.”

tn Heb “the wisdom of God within him.”