1 Kings 3:6

3:6 Solomon replied, “You demonstrated ¹  great loyalty to your servant, my father David, as he served ²  you faithfully, properly, and sincerely. ³  You have maintained this great loyalty to this day by allowing his son to sit on his throne. ⁴ 

1 Kings 7:14

7:14 He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, ⁵  and his father was a craftsman in bronze from Tyre. He had the skill and knowledge ⁶  to make all kinds of works of bronze. He reported to King Solomon and did all the work he was assigned.

1 Kings 18:26

18:26 So they took a bull, as he had suggested, ⁷  and prepared it. They invoked the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, “Baal, answer us.” But there was no sound and no answer. They jumped ⁸  around on the altar they had made. ⁹ 

1 Kings 20:31

20:31 His advisers ¹⁰  said to him, “Look, we have heard that the kings of the Israelite dynasty are kind. ¹¹  Allow us to put sackcloth around our waists and ropes on our heads ¹²  and surrender ¹³  to the king of Israel. Maybe he will spare our lives.”

¹ tn Heb “did.”

² tn Heb “walked before.”

³ tn Heb “in faithfulness and in innocence and in uprightness of heart with you.”

⁴ tn Heb “and you have kept to him this great loyalty and you gave to him a son [who] sits on his throne as this day.”

⁵ tn 2 Chr 2:14 (13 HT) says “from the daughters of Dan.”

⁶ tn Heb “he was filled with the skill, understanding, and knowledge.”

⁹ tn Heb “and they took the bull which he allowed them.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “limped” (the same verb is used in v. 21).

¹¹ tc The MT has “which he made,” but some medieval Hebrew mss and the ancient versions have the plural form of the verb.

¹³ tn Or “servants.”

¹⁴ tn Or “merciful.” The word used here often means “devoted” or “loyal.” Perhaps the idea is that the Israelite kings are willing to make treaties with other kings.

¹⁵ sn Sackcloth was worn as a sign of sorrow and repentance. The precise significance of the ropes on the head is uncertain, but it probably was a sign of submission. These actions were comparable to raising a white flag on the battlefield or throwing in the towel in a boxing match.

¹⁶ tn Heb “go out.”