1 Kings 1:6

1:6 (Now his father had never corrected ¹  him ²  by saying, “Why do you do such things?” He was also very handsome and had been born right after Absalom. ³ )

1 Kings 1:11

1:11 Nathan said to Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother, “Has it been reported to you ⁴  that Haggith’s son Adonijah has become king behind our master David’s back? ⁵ 

1 Kings 2:39

2:39 Three years later two of Shimei’s servants ran away to King Achish son of Maacah of Gath. Shimei was told, “Look, your servants are in Gath.”

1 Kings 12:7

12:7 They said to him, “Today if you show a willingness to help these people and grant their request, they will be your servants from this time forward.” ⁶ 

1 Kings 13:31

13:31 After he buried him, he said to his sons, “When I die, bury me in the tomb where the prophet ⁷  is buried; put my bones right beside his bones,

¹ tn Or “disciplined.”

² tn Heb “did not correct him from his days.” The phrase “from his days” means “from his earliest days,” or “ever in his life.” See GKC 382 §119.w, n. 2.

³ tn Heb “and she gave birth to him after Absalom.” This does not imply they had the same mother; Absalom’s mother was Maacah, not Haggith (2 Sam 3:4).

⁴ tn Heb “Have you not heard?”

⁵ tn Heb “and our master David does not know.”

⁷ tn Heb “If today you are a servant to these people and you serve them and answer them and speak to them good words, they will be your servants all the days.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “the man of God.”