1 Kings 4:21

4:21 (5:1) ¹  Solomon ruled all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River ²  to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms paid tribute as Solomon’s subjects throughout his lifetime. ³ 

1 Kings 4:24

4:24 His royal court was so large because ⁴  he ruled over all the kingdoms west of the Euphrates River from Tiphsah ⁵  to Gaza; he was at peace with all his neighbors. ⁶ 

1 Kings 5:1

Solomon Gathers Building Materials for the Temple

5:1 (5:15) ⁷  King Hiram of Tyre ⁸  sent messengers ⁹  to Solomon when he heard that he had been anointed king in his father’s place. (Hiram had always been an ally of David.)

1 Kings 7:8

7:8 The palace where he lived was constructed in a similar way. ¹⁰  He also constructed a palace like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had married. ¹¹ 

1 Kings 10:2

10:2 She arrived in Jerusalem ¹²  with a great display of pomp, ¹³  bringing with her camels carrying spices, ¹⁴  a very large quantity of gold, and precious gems. She visited Solomon and discussed with him everything that was on her mind.

1 Kings 11:4

11:4 When Solomon became old, his wives shifted his allegiance to ¹⁵  other gods; he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord his God, as his father David had been. ¹⁶ 

1 Kings 12:20

12:20 When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. No one except the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the Davidic dynasty. ¹⁷ 

1 Kings 13:32

13:32 for the prophecy he announced with the Lord’s authority ¹⁸  against the altar in Bethel ¹⁹  and against all the temples on the high places in the cities of the north ²⁰  will certainly be fulfilled.”

1 Kings 16:7

16:7 The prophet Jehu son of Hanani received from the Lord the message predicting the downfall of Baasha and his family because of all the evil Baasha had done in the sight of the Lord. ²¹  His actions angered the Lord (including the way he had destroyed Jeroboam’s dynasty), so that his family ended up like Jeroboam’s. ²² 

1 Kings 18:1

Elijah Meets the King’s Servant

18:1 Some time later, in the third year of the famine, the Lord told Elijah, ²³  “Go, make an appearance before Ahab, so I may send rain on the surface of the ground.”

¹ sn Beginning with 4:21, the verse numbers through 5:18 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 4:21 ET = 5:1 HT, 4:22 ET = 5:2 HT, etc., through 5:18 ET = 5:32 HT. Beginning with 6:1 the numbering of verses in the English Bible and the Hebrew text is again the same.

² tn Heb “the River” (also in v. 24). This is the standard designation for the Euphrates River in biblical Hebrew.

³ tn Heb “[They] were bringing tribute and were serving Solomon all the days of his life.”

⁴ tn Heb “because.” The words “his royal court was so large” are added to facilitate the logical connection with the preceding verse.

⁵ sn Tiphsah. This was located on the Euphrates River.

⁶ tn Heb “for he was ruling over all [the region] beyond the River, from Tiphsah to Gaza, over all the kingdoms beyond the River, and he had peace on every side all around.”

⁷ sn The verse numbers in the English Bible differ from those in the Hebrew text (BHS) here; 5:1-18 in the English Bible corresponds to 5:15-32 in the Hebrew text. See the note at 4:21.

⁸ map For location see Map1-A2; Map2-G2; Map4-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.

⁹ tn Heb “his servants.”

¹⁰ 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].”

¹¹ tn Heb “and a house he was making for the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Solomon had taken, like this porch.”

¹³ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

¹⁴ tn Heb “with very great strength.” The Hebrew term חַיִל (khayil, “strength”) may refer here to the size of her retinue (cf. NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV) or to the great wealth she brought with her.

¹⁵ tn Or “balsam oil.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “bent his heart after.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “his heart was not complete with the Lord his God, like the heart of David his father.”

¹⁹ tn Heb “there was no one [following] after the house of David except the tribe of Judah, it alone.”

²² tn Heb “for the word which he cried out by the word of the Lord”

²³ map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.

²⁴ tn Heb “Samaria.” The name of Israel’s capital city here stands for the northern kingdom as a whole. Actually Samaria was not built and named until several years after this (see 1 Kgs 16:24), so it is likely that the author of Kings, writing at a later time, is here adapting the old prophet’s original statement.

²⁵ tn Heb “and also through Jehu son of Hanani the word of the Lord came concerning [or “against”] Baasha and his house, and because of all the evil which he did in the eyes of the Lord.”

²⁶ tn Heb “angering him by the work of his hands, so that he was like the house of Jeroboam, and because of how he struck it down.”

²⁸ tn Heb “the word of the Lord came to Elijah.”