1 Kings 3:5

3:5 One night in Gibeon the Lord appeared ¹  to Solomon in a dream. God said, “Tell ²  me what I should give you.”

1 Kings 11:9

11:9 The Lord was angry with Solomon because he had shifted his allegiance ³  away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him on two occasions ⁴ 

1 Kings 11:2

11:2 They came from nations about which the Lord had warned the Israelites, “You must not establish friendly relations with them! ⁵  If you do, they will surely shift your allegiance to their gods.” ⁶  But Solomon was irresistibly attracted to them. ⁷ 

1 Kings 1:7-12

1:7 He collaborated ⁸  with Joab son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest, and they supported ⁹  him. ¹⁰  1:8 But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and David’s elite warriors ¹¹  did not ally themselves ¹²  with Adonijah. 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, ¹³  as well as all the men of Judah, the king’s servants. 1:10 But he did not invite Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, the elite warriors, ¹⁴  or his brother Solomon.

1:11 Nathan said to Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother, “Has it been reported to you ¹⁵  that Haggith’s son Adonijah has become king behind our master David’s back? ¹⁶  1:12 Now ¹⁷  let me give you some advice as to how ¹⁸  you can save your life and your son Solomon’s life.

1 Kings 7:12

7:12 Around the great courtyard were three rows of chiseled stones and one row of cedar beams, like the inner courtyard of the Lord’s temple and the hall of the palace. ¹⁹ 

¹ tn Or “revealed himself.”

² tn Heb “ask.”

³ tn Heb “bent his heart.”

⁴ sn These two occasions are mentioned in 1 Kgs 3:5 and 9:2.

⁵ tn Heb “you must not go into them, and they must not go into you.”

⁶ tn Heb “Surely they will bend your heart after their gods.” The words “if you do” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

⁷ tn Heb “Solomon clung to them for love.” The pronominal suffix, translated “them,” is masculine here, even though it appears the foreign women are in view. Perhaps this is due to attraction to the masculine forms used of the nations earlier in the verse.

⁸ tn Heb “his words were.”

⁹ tn Heb “helped after” (i.e., stood by).

¹⁰ tn Heb “Adonijah.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

¹¹ tn Or “bodyguard” (Heb “mighty men”).

¹² tn Heb “were not.”

¹³ tc The ancient Greek version omits this appositional phrase.

¹⁴ tn Or “bodyguard” (Heb “mighty men”).

¹⁵ tn Heb “Have you not heard?”

¹⁶ tn Heb “and our master David does not know.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “now, come.” The imperative of הָלַךְ (halakh) is here used as an introductory interjection. See BDB 234 s.v. חָלַךְ.

¹⁸ tn Or “so that.”

¹⁹ tn Or “the porch of the temple.”