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 1:32

1:32 King David said, “Summon Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, ³  and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” They came before the king,

1 Kings 1:34

1:34 There Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet will anoint ⁴  him king over Israel; then blow the trumpet and declare, ‘Long live King Solomon!’

1 Kings 1:42

1:42 As he was still speaking, Jonathan ⁵  son of Abiathar the priest arrived. Adonijah said, “Come in, for ⁶  an important man like you must be bringing good news.” ⁷ 

1 Kings 1:45

1:45 Then Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anointed ⁸  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 2:27

2:27 Solomon dismissed Abiathar from his position as priest of the Lord, ⁹  fulfilling the decree of judgment the Lord made in Shiloh against the family of Eli. ¹⁰ 

1 Kings 2:35

2:35 The king appointed Benaiah son of Jehoiada to take his place at the head of ¹¹  the army, and the king appointed Zadok the priest to take Abiathar’s place. ¹² 

1 Kings 8:4

8:4 The priests and Levites carried the ark of the Lord, the tent of meeting, ¹³  and all the holy items in the tent. ¹⁴ 

1 Kings 8:6

8:6 The priests brought the ark of the Lord’s covenant to its assigned ¹⁵  place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, in the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubs.

1 Kings 8:11

8:11 The priests could not carry out their duties ¹⁶  because of the cloud; the Lord’s glory filled his temple. ¹⁷ 

1 Kings 12:31

12:31 He built temples ¹⁸  on the high places and appointed as priests people who were not Levites.

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

² tn Heb “were not.”

³ sn Summon…Nathan. Nathan must have left the room when Bathsheba reentered.

⁵ tn Or “designate” (i.e., by anointing with oil).

⁷ tn The Hebrew text has “look” at this point. The particle הִנֵּה (hinneh), “look draws attention to Jonathan’s arrival and invites the audience to view the scene through the eyes of the participants.

⁸ tn Or “surely.”

⁹ tn Heb “you are a man of strength [or “ability”] and you bring a message [that is] good.” Another option is to understand the phrase אִישׁ חַיִל (’ish khayil) in the sense of “a worthy man,” that is “loyal.” See also 1 Kgs 1:52 and HALOT 311 s.v. חַיִל.

⁹ tn I.e., designated by anointing with oil.

¹¹ tn Heb “Solomon drove out Abiathar from being a priest to the Lord.”

¹² tn Heb “fulfilling the word of the Lord which he spoke against the house of Eli in Shiloh.”

¹³ tn Heb “over.”

¹⁴ tc The Old Greek translation includes after v. 35 some fourteen verses that are absent from the MT.

¹⁵ tn Heb “the tent of assembly.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “and they carried the ark of the Lord…. The priests and the Levites carried them.”

¹⁷ tn The word “assigned” is supplied in the translation for clarification.

¹⁹ tn Heb “were not able to stand to serve.”

²⁰ tn Heb “the house of the Lord.”

²¹ tn The Hebrew text has the singular, but the plural is preferable here (see 1 Kgs 13:32). The Old Greek translation and the Vulgate have the plural.