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 5:1

Solomon Gathers Building Materials for the Temple

5:1 (5:15) ²  King Hiram of Tyre ³  sent messengers ⁴  to Solomon when he heard that he had been anointed king in his father’s place. (Hiram had always been an ally of David.)

1 Kings 7:2

7:2 He named ⁵  it “The Palace of the Lebanon Forest”; ⁶  it was 150 feet ⁷  long, 75 feet ⁸  wide, and 45 feet ⁹  high. It had four rows of cedar pillars and cedar beams above the pillars.

1 Kings 13:32

13:32 for the prophecy he announced with the Lord’s authority ¹⁰  against the altar in Bethel ¹¹  and against all the temples on the high places in the cities of the north ¹²  will certainly be fulfilled.”

1 Kings 14:6

14:6 When Ahijah heard the sound of her footsteps as she came through the door, he said, “Come on in, wife of Jeroboam! Why are you pretending to be someone else? I have been commissioned to give you bad news. ¹³ 

1 Kings 14:31

14:31 Rehoboam passed away ¹⁴  and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David. His mother was an Ammonite named Naamah. His son Abijah ¹⁵  replaced him as king.

1 Kings 15:7

15:7 The rest of the events of Abijah’s reign, including all his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah. ¹⁶  Abijah and Jeroboam had been at war with each other.

1 Kings 22:39

22:39 The rest of the events of Ahab’s reign, including a record of his accomplishments and how he built a luxurious palace and various cities, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel. ¹⁷ 

1 Kings 22:45

22:45 The rest of the events of Jehoshaphat’s reign, including his successes and military exploits, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah. ¹⁸ 

¹ tc The ancient Greek version omits this appositional phrase.

² sn The verse numbers in the English Bible differ from those in the Hebrew text (BHS) here; 5:1-18 in the English Bible corresponds to 5:15-32 in the Hebrew text. See the note at 4:21.

³ map For location see Map1-A2; Map2-G2; Map4-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.

⁴ tn Heb “his servants.”

³ tn Heb “he built.”

⁴ 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.

⁵ tn Heb “one hundred cubits.”

⁶ tn Heb “fifty cubits.”

⁷ tn Heb “thirty cubits.”

⁴ tn Heb “for the word which he cried out by the word of the Lord”

⁵ map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.

⁶ tn Heb “Samaria.” The name of Israel’s capital city here stands for the northern kingdom as a whole. Actually Samaria was not built and named until several years after this (see 1 Kgs 16:24), so it is likely that the author of Kings, writing at a later time, is here adapting the old prophet’s original statement.

⁵ tn Heb “I am sent to you [with] a hard [message].”

⁶ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

⁷ tn In the Hebrew text the name is spelled “Abijam” here and in 1 Kgs 15:1-8.

⁷ tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Abijah, and all which he did, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?”

⁸ tn Heb “As for the rest of the acts of Ahab and all that he did, and the house of ivory which he built and all the cities which he built, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel?”

⁹ tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Jehoshaphat, and his strength that he demonstrated and how he fought, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?”