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 1:30

1:30 I will keep ⁴  today the oath I swore to you by the Lord God of Israel: ‘Surely Solomon your son will be king after me; he will sit in my place on my throne.’”

1 Kings 1:45

1:45 Then Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anointed ⁵  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 3:12

3:12 I ⁶  grant your request, ⁷  and give ⁸  you a wise and discerning mind ⁹  superior to that of anyone who has preceded or will succeed you. ¹⁰ 

1 Kings 20:10

20:10 Ben Hadad sent another message to him, “May the gods judge me severely ¹¹  if there is enough dirt left in Samaria for my soldiers to scoop up in their hands.” ¹² 

1 Kings 21:13

21:13 The two villains arrived and sat opposite him. Then the villains testified against Naboth right before the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king.” So they dragged him ¹³  outside the city and stoned him to death. ¹⁴ 

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 Or “carry out, perform.”

⁷ tn I.e., designated by anointing with oil.

¹⁰ tn This statement is introduced in the Hebrew text by the particle הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”) which draws attention to and emphasizes what follows.

¹¹ tn Heb “I am doing according to your words.” The perfect tense is sometimes used of actions occurring at the same time a statement is made.

¹² tn This statement is introduced by the particle הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”) which draws attention to and emphasizes what follows. The translation assumes that the perfect tense here indicates that the action occurs as the statement is made (i.e., “right now I give you”).

¹³ tn Heb “heart.” (The Hebrew term translated “heart” often refers to the mental faculties.)

¹⁴ tn Heb “so that there has not been one like you prior to you, and after you one will not arise like you.”

¹³ tn Heb “So may the gods do to me, and so may they add.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “if the dirt of Samaria suffices for the handfuls of all the people who are at my feet.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “led him.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “and they stoned him with stones and he died.”