19:3 Elijah was afraid, 2 so he got up and fled for his life to Beer Sheba in Judah. He left his servant there,
10:1 When the queen of Sheba heard about Solomon, 5 she came to challenge 6 him with difficult questions. 7
1:15 So Bathsheba visited the king in his private quarters. 13 (The king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was serving the king.) 1:16 Bathsheba bowed down on the floor before 14 the king. The king said, “What do you want?”
1:28 King David responded, 15 “Summon Bathsheba!” 16 She came and stood before the king. 17
2:13 Haggith’s son Adonijah visited Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother. She asked, “Do you come in peace?” He answered, “Yes.” 19
1:11 Nathan said to Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother, “Has it been reported to you 20 that Haggith’s son Adonijah has become king behind our master David’s back? 21
2:19 So Bathsheba visited King Solomon to speak to him on Adonijah’s behalf. The king got up to greet 22 her, bowed to her, and then sat on his throne. He ordered a throne to be brought for the king’s mother, 23 and she sat at his right hand.
1 tn Heb “Judah and Israel lived securely, each one under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan to Beer Sheba, all the days of Solomon.”
2 tc The MT has “and he saw,” but some medieval Hebrew
3 tn Heb “all the wisdom of Solomon.”
4 tn Heb “house.”
4 tn Heb “the report about Solomon.” The Hebrew text also has, “to the name of the
5 tn Or “test.”
6 tn Or “riddles.”
5 tn The Hebrew term כִּכָּר (kikkar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or to a standard unit of weight, generally regarded as a talent. Since the accepted weight for a talent of metal is about 75 pounds, this would have amounted to about 9,000 pounds of gold (cf. NCV, NLT); CEV “five tons”; TEV “4,000 kilogrammes.”
6 tn Heb “there has not come like those spices yet for quantity which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.”
6 tn Heb “besides what he had given her according to the hand of King Solomon.”
7 tn Heb “turned and went.”
7 tn Heb “[It is] good!”
8 tn Or “bedroom.”
9 tn Heb “bowed low and bowed down to.”
10 tn Heb “answered and said.”
11 sn Summon Bathsheba. Bathsheba must have left the room when Nathan arrived (see 1:22).
12 tn Heb “she came before the king and stood before the king.”
11 tn Heb “bowed low, face [to] the ground, and bowed down to the king.”
12 tn Heb “[in] peace.”
13 tn Heb “Have you not heard?”
14 tn Heb “and our master David does not know.”
14 tn Or “meet.”
15 tn Heb “he set up a throne for the mother of the king.”