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 1:33

1:33 and he² told them, “Take your master’s³ servants with you, put my son Solomon on my mule, and lead him down to Gihon.⁴

1 Kings 1:47

1:47 The king’s servants have even come to congratulate⁵ our master⁶ King David, saying, ‘May your God⁷ make Solomon more famous than you and make him an even greater king than you!’⁸ Then the king leaned⁹ on the bed

1 Kings 5:9

5:9 My servants will bring the timber down from Lebanon to the sea. I will send it by sea in raft-like bundles to the place you designate.¹⁰ There I will separate the logs¹¹ and you can carry them away. In exchange you will supply the food I need for my royal court.”¹²

1 Kings 11:34

11:34 I will not take the whole kingdom from his hand. I will allow him to be ruler for the rest of his life for the sake of my chosen servant David who kept my commandments and rules.

1 Kings 11:36

11:36 I will leave¹³ his son one tribe so my servant David’s dynasty may continue to serve me¹⁴ in Jerusalem, the city I have chosen as my home.¹⁵

1 Kings 20:6

20:6 But now at this time tomorrow I will send my servants to you and they will search through your palace and your servants’ houses. They will carry away all your valuables.”¹⁶

¹tc The ancient Greek version omits this appositional phrase.

²tn Heb “the king.”

³tn The plural form is used in the Hebrew text to indicate honor and authority.

⁴tn Heb “mount Solomon my son on the mule that belongs to me and take him down to Gihon.”

³tn Heb “to bless.”

⁴tn The plural form is used in the Hebrew text to indicate honor and authority.

⁵tc Many Hebrew mss agree with the Qere in reading simply “God.”

⁶tn Heb “make the name of Solomon better than your name, and make his throne greater than your throne.” The term שֵׁם (shem, “name”) is used here of one’s fame and reputation.

⁷tn Or “bowed down; worshiped.”

⁴tn Heb “I will place them [on? as?] rafts in the sea to the place where you designate to me.” This may mean he would send them by raft, or that he would tie them in raft-like bundles, and have ships tow them down to an Israelite port.

⁵tn Heb “smash them,” i.e., untie the bundles.

⁶tn Heb “as for you, you will satisfy my desire by giving food for my house.”

⁵tn Heb “give.”

⁶tn Heb “so there might be a lamp for David my servant all the days before me in Jerusalem.” The metaphorical “lamp” symbolizes the Davidic dynasty. Because this imagery is unfamiliar to the modern reader, the translation “so my servant David’s dynasty may continue to serve me” has been used.

⁷tn Heb “so there might be a lamp for David my servant all the days before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen for myself to put my name there.”

⁶tn Heb “all that is desirable to your eyes they will put in their hand and take.”