1 Kings 1:8

1:8 But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and David’s elite warriors ¹  did not ally themselves ²  with Adonijah.

1 Kings 1:19

1:19 He has sacrificed many cattle, steers, and sheep and has invited all the king’s sons, Abiathar the priest, and Joab, the commander of the army, but he has not invited your servant Solomon.

1 Kings 1:2

1:2 His servants advised ³  him, “A young virgin must be found for our master, the king, ⁴  to take care of the king’s needs ⁵  and serve as his nurse. She can also sleep with you ⁶  and keep our master, the king, warm.” ⁷ 

1 Kings 7:2

7:2 He named ⁸  it “The Palace of the Lebanon Forest”; ⁹  it was 150 feet ¹⁰  long, 75 feet ¹¹  wide, and 45 feet ¹²  high. It had four rows of cedar pillars and cedar beams above the pillars.

1 Kings 7:12-17

7:12 Around the great courtyard were three rows of chiseled stones and one row of cedar beams, like the inner courtyard of the Lord’s temple and the hall of the palace. ¹³ 

Solomon Commissions Hiram to Supply the Temple

7:13 King Solomon sent for Hiram ¹⁴  of Tyre. ¹⁵  7:14 He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, ¹⁶  and his father was a craftsman in bronze from Tyre. He had the skill and knowledge ¹⁷  to make all kinds of works of bronze. He reported to King Solomon and did all the work he was assigned.

7:15 He fashioned two bronze pillars; each pillar was 27 feet ¹⁸  high and 18 feet ¹⁹  in circumference. 7:16 He made two bronze tops for the pillars; each was seven-and-a-half feet high. ²⁰  7:17 The latticework on the tops of the pillars was adorned with ornamental wreaths and chains; the top of each pillar had seven groupings of ornaments. ²¹ 

1 Kings 12:25

Jeroboam Makes Golden Calves

12:25 ²² Jeroboam built up Shechem in the Ephraimite hill country and lived there. From there he went out and built up Penuel.

¹ tn Or “bodyguard” (Heb “mighty men”).

² tn Heb “were not.”

³ tn Heb “said to.”

⁴ tn Heb “let them seek for my master, the king, a young girl, a virgin.” The third person plural subject of the verb is indefinite (see GKC 460 §144.f). The appositional expression, “a young girl, a virgin,” is idiomatic; the second term specifically defines the more general first term (see IBHS 230 §12.3b).

⁵ tn Heb “and she will stand before the king.” The Hebrew phrase “stand before” can mean “to attend; to serve” (BDB 764 s.v. עָמַד).

⁶ tn Heb “and she will lie down in your bosom.” The expression might imply sexual intimacy (see 2 Sam 12:3 [where the lamb symbolizes Bathsheba] and Mic 7:5), though v. 4b indicates that David did not actually have sex with the young woman.

⁷ tn Heb “and my master, the king, will be warm.”

⁸ tn Heb “he built.”

⁹ sn 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.

¹⁰ tn Heb “one hundred cubits.”

¹¹ tn Heb “fifty cubits.”

¹² tn Heb “thirty cubits.”

¹³ tn Or “the porch of the temple.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “King Solomon sent and took Hiram from Tyre.” In 2 Chr 2:13 (MT v. 12) and 4:11, 16 his name is spelled “Huram.”

¹⁵ map For location see Map1-A2; Map2-G2; Map4-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.

¹⁶ tn 2 Chr 2:14 (13 HT) says “from the daughters of Dan.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “he was filled with the skill, understanding, and knowledge.”

¹⁸ tn Heb “eighteen cubits.”

¹⁹ tn Heb “twelve cubits.”

²⁰ tn Heb “two capitals he made to place on the tops of the pillars, cast in bronze; five cubits was the height of the first capital, and five cubits was the height of the second capital.”

²¹ tn Heb “there were seven for the first capital, and seven for the second capital.”

²² tc The Old Greek translation has here a lengthy section consisting of twenty-three verses that are not found in the MT.