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 12:31

12:31 He built temples ³  on the high places and appointed as priests people who were not Levites.

1 Kings 14:9

14:9 You have sinned more than all who came before you. You went and angered me by making other gods, formed out of metal; you have completely disregarded me. ⁴ 

1 Kings 16:33

16:33 Ahab also made an Asherah pole; he ⁵  did more to anger the Lord God of Israel than all the kings of Israel who were before him.

1 Kings 9:19

9:19 all the storage cities that belonged to him, ⁶  and the cities where chariots and horses were kept. ⁷  He built whatever he wanted in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout his entire kingdom. ⁸ 

1 Kings 12:6

12:6 King Rehoboam consulted with the older advisers who had served ⁹  his father Solomon when he had been alive. He asked them, ¹⁰  “How do you advise me to answer these people?”

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

² tn Heb “were not.”

³ 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.

⁵ tn Heb “you went and you made for yourself other gods, metal [ones], angering me, and you threw me behind your back.”

⁷ tn Heb “Ahab”; the proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁹ tn Heb “to Solomon.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

¹⁰ tn Heb “the cities of the chariots and the cities of the horses.”

¹¹ tn Heb “and the desire of Solomon which he desired to build in Jerusalem and in Lebanon and in all the land of his kingdom.”

¹¹ tn Heb “stood before.”

¹² tn Heb “saying.”