1 Kings 1:1

Adonijah Tries to Seize the Throne

1:1 King David was very old; ¹  even when they covered him with blankets, ²  he could not get warm.

1 Kings 1:4

1:4 The young woman was very beautiful; she became the king’s nurse and served him, but the king did not have sexual relations with her. ³ 

1 Kings 1:10

1:10 But he did not invite Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, the elite warriors, ⁴  or his brother Solomon.

1 Kings 1:18

1:18 But now, look, Adonijah has become king! But you, ⁵  my master the king, are not even aware of it! ⁶ 

1 Kings 1:26

1:26 But he did not invite me – your servant – or Zadok the priest, or Benaiah son of Jehoiada, or your servant Solomon.

1 Kings 2:43

2:43 Why then have you broken the oath you made before the Lord and disobeyed the order I gave you?” ⁷ 

1 Kings 6:13

6:13 I will live among the Israelites and will not abandon my people Israel.”

1 Kings 7:47

7:47 Solomon left all these items unweighed; there were so many of them they did not weigh the bronze. ⁸ 

1 Kings 11:6

11:6 Solomon did evil in the Lord’s sight; ⁹  he did not remain loyal to ¹⁰  the Lord, like his father David had.

1 Kings 11:12

11:12 However, for your father David’s sake I will not do this while you are alive. I will tear it away from your son’s hand instead.

1 Kings 11:39

11:39 I will humiliate David’s descendants because of this, ¹¹  but not forever.” ¹² 

1 Kings 13:10

13:10 So he started back on another road; he did not travel back on the same road he had taken to Bethel.

1 Kings 15:14

15:14 The high places were not eliminated, yet Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord throughout his lifetime. ¹³ 

1 Kings 17:7

17:7 After a while, ¹⁴  the stream dried up because there had been no rain in the land.

1 Kings 19:12

19:12 After the earthquake, there was a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. After the fire, there was a soft whisper. ¹⁵ 

1 Kings 20:8

20:8 All the leaders and people said to him, “Do not give in or agree to his demands.” ¹⁶ 

1 Kings 22:33

22:33 When the chariot commanders realized he was not the king of Israel, they turned away from him.

[1:1]  ¹ tn Heb “was old, coming into the days” (i.e., advancing in years).

[1:1]  ² tn Or “garments.”

[1:4]  ³ tn Heb “did not know her.”

[1:10]  ⁵ tn Or “bodyguard” (Heb “mighty men”).

[1:18]  ⁷ tc Instead of עַתָּה (’attah, “now”) many Hebrew mss, along with the Old Greek, Syriac Peshitta, and Latin Vulgate, have the similar sounding independent pronoun אַתָּה (’attah, “you”). This reading is followed in the present translation.

[1:18]  ⁸ tn Heb “you do not know [about it].”

[2:43]  ⁹ tn Heb “Why have you not kept the oath [to] the Lord and the commandment I commanded you?”

[7:47]  ¹¹ tn Heb “Solomon left all the items, due to their very great abundance; the weight of the bronze was not sought.”

[11:6]  ¹³ tn Heb “in the eyes of the Lord.”

[11:6]  ¹⁴ tn The idiomatic statement reads in Hebrew, “he did not fill up after.”

[11:39]  ¹⁵ sn Because of this. Reference is made to the idolatry mentioned earlier.

[11:39]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “but not all the days.”

[15:14]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “yet the heart of Asa was complete with the Lord all his days.”

[17:7]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “And it came about at the end of days.”

[19:12]  ²¹ tn Heb “a voice, calm, soft.”

[20:8]  ²³ tn Heb “Do not listen and do not be willing.”