10:26 Solomon accumulated 1 chariots and horses. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses. He kept them in assigned cities and in Jerusalem. 2
1:5 Now Adonijah, son of David and Haggith, 3 was promoting himself, 4 boasting, 5 “I will be king!” He managed to acquire 6 chariots and horsemen, as well as fifty men to serve as his royal guard. 7
1 tn Or “gathered.”
2 tn Heb “he placed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.”
3 tn Heb “son of Haggith,” but since this formula usually designates the father (who in this case was David), the translation specifies that David was Adonijah’s father.
4 tn Heb “lifting himself up.”
5 tn Heb “saying.”
6 tn Or “he acquired for himself.”
7 tn Heb “to run ahead of him.”