1 Kings 2:26

2:26 The king then told Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your property ¹  in Anathoth. You deserve to die, ²  but today I will not kill you because you did carry the ark of the sovereign Lord before my father David and you suffered with my father through all his difficult times.” ³ 

1 Kings 3:10

3:10 The Lord ⁴  was pleased that Solomon made this request. ⁵ 

1 Kings 6:26

6:26 Each cherub stood 15 feet high. ⁶ 

1 Kings 12:1

Rehoboam Loses His Kingdom

12:1 Rehoboam traveled to Shechem, for all Israel had gathered in ⁷  Shechem to make Rehoboam ⁸  king.

1 Kings 15:6

15:6 Rehoboam ⁹  and Jeroboam were continually at war with each other throughout Abijah’s ¹⁰  lifetime.

1 Kings 15:16

15:16 Now Asa and King Baasha of Israel were continually at war with each other. ¹¹ 

1 Kings 15:18

15:18 Asa took all the silver and gold that was left in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and of the royal palace and handed it to his servants. He then told them to deliver it ¹²  to Ben Hadad son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, ruler in Damascus, along with this message:

1 Kings 15:32

15:32 Asa and King Nadab of Israel were continually at war with each other.

¹ tn Or “field.”

² tn Heb “you are a man of death.”

³ tn Heb “and because you suffered through all which my father suffered.”

⁴ tn The Hebrew term translated “Lord” here and in v.15 is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).

⁵ tn Heb “And the thing was good in the eyes of the Lord, for Solomon asked for this thing.”

⁷ tn Heb “the height of the first cherub was ten cubits; and so was the second cherub.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “come [to].”

¹¹ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Rehoboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹³ tc Most Hebrew mss read “Rehoboam”; a few Hebrew mss and the Syriac read “Abijam” (a variant of Abijah).

¹⁴ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Abijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁶ tn Heb “There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.”

¹⁹ tn Heb “King Asa sent it.”