1 Kings 3:22

3:22 The other woman said, “No! My son is alive; your son is dead!” But the first woman replied, “No, your son is dead; my son is alive.” Each presented her case before the king. ¹ 

1 Kings 7:8

7:8 The palace where he lived was constructed in a similar way. ²  He also constructed a palace like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had married. ³ 

1 Kings 9:6

9:6 “But if you or your sons ever turn away from me, fail to obey the regulations and rules I instructed you to keep, ⁴  and decide to serve and worship other gods, ⁵ 

1 Kings 9:9

9:9 Others will then answer, ⁶  ‘Because they abandoned the Lord their God, who led their ancestors ⁷  out of Egypt. They embraced other gods whom they worshiped and served. ⁸  That is why the Lord has brought all this disaster down on them.’”

1 Kings 11:4

11:4 When Solomon became old, his wives shifted his allegiance to ⁹  other gods; he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord his God, as his father David had been. ¹⁰ 

¹ tn Heb “they spoke before the king.” Another option is to translate, “they argued before the king.”

² tn Heb “and his house where he lived, the other court [i.e., as opposed to the great court], separated from the house belonging to the hall, was like this work [i.e., this style of architecture].”

³ tn Heb “and a house he was making for the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Solomon had taken, like this porch.”

³ tn Heb “which I placed before you.”

⁴ tn Heb “and walk and serve other gods and bow down to them.”

⁴ tn Heb “and they will say.”

⁵ tn Heb “fathers.”

⁶ tn Heb “and they took hold of other gods and bowed down to them and served them.”

⁵ tn Heb “bent his heart after.”

⁶ tn Heb “his heart was not complete with the Lord his God, like the heart of David his father.”