1 Kings 1:9

1:9 Adonijah sacrificed sheep, cattle, and fattened steers at the Stone of Zoheleth near En Rogel. He invited all his brothers, the king’s sons, ¹  as well as all the men of Judah, the king’s servants.

1 Kings 1:25

1:25 For today he has gone down and sacrificed many cattle, steers, and sheep and has invited all the king’s sons, the army commanders, and Abiathar the priest. At this moment ²  they are having a feast ³  in his presence, and they have declared, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’ ⁴ 

1 Kings 2:42

2:42 the king summoned ⁵  Shimei and said to him, “You will recall ⁶  that I made you take an oath by the Lord, and I solemnly warned you, ‘If you ever leave and go anywhere, ⁷  know for sure that you will certainly die.’ You said to me, ‘The proposal is acceptable; I agree to it.’ ⁸ 

1 Kings 13:2

13:2 With the authority of the Lord ⁹  he cried out against the altar, “O altar, altar! This is what the Lord says, ‘Look, a son named Josiah will be born to the Davidic dynasty. He will sacrifice on you the priests of the high places who offer sacrifices on you. Human bones will be burned on you.’” ¹⁰ 

1 Kings 13:21

13:21 and he cried out to the prophet from Judah, “This is what the Lord says, ‘You ¹¹  have rebelled against the Lord ¹²  and have not obeyed the command the Lord your God gave you.

1 Kings 16:24

16:24 He purchased the hill of Samaria ¹³  from Shemer for two talents ¹⁴  of silver. He launched a construction project there ¹⁵  and named the city he built after Shemer, the former owner of the hill of Samaria.

1 Kings 17:10

17:10 So he got up and went to Zarephath. When he went through the city gate, there was a widow gathering wood. He called out to her, “Please give me a cup ¹⁶  of water, so I can take a drink.”

1 Kings 20:7

20:7 The king of Israel summoned all the leaders ¹⁷  of the land and said, “Notice how this man is looking for trouble. ¹⁸  Indeed, he demanded my wives, sons, silver, and gold, and I did not resist him.”

¹ tc The ancient Greek version omits this appositional phrase.

² tn Heb “look.”

³ tn Heb “eating and drinking.”

⁴ tn Heb “let the king, Adonijah, live!”

³ tn Heb “sent and summoned.”

⁴ tn Heb “Is it not [true]…?” In the Hebrew text the statement is interrogative; the rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course it is.”

⁵ tn Heb “here or there.”

⁶ tn Heb “good is the word; I have heard.”

⁴ tn Heb “by the word of the Lord.”

⁵ sn ‘Look…you.’ For the fulfillment of this prophecy see 2 Kgs 23:15-20.

⁵ tn The Hebrew text has “because” at the beginning of the sentence. In the Hebrew text vv. 21-22 are one long sentence comprised of a causal clause giving the reason for divine punishment (vv. 21-22a) and the main clause announcing the punishment (v. 22b). The translation divides this lengthy sentence for stylistic reasons.

⁶ tn Heb “the mouth [i.e., command] of the Lord.”

⁶ map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.

⁷ tn The Hebrew term כִּכָּר (kikkar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or to a standard unit of weight, generally regarded as a talent. Since the accepted weight for a talent of metal is about 75 pounds, this would have amounted to about 150 pounds of silver.

⁸ tn Heb “he built up the hill.”

⁷ tn Heb “a little.”

⁸ tn Heb “elders.”

⁹ tn Heb “Know and see that this [man] is seeking trouble.”