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 2:45

2:45 But King Solomon will be empowered ³  and David’s dynasty ⁴  will endure permanently before the Lord.”

1 Kings 6:34

6:34 He also made ⁵  two doors out of wood from evergreens; each door had two folding leaves. ⁶ 

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 16:17

16:17 Omri and all Israel went up from Gibbethon and besieged Tirzah.

1 Kings 18:20

18:20 Ahab sent messengers to all the Israelites and had the prophets assemble at Mount Carmel.

1 Kings 18:28

18:28 So they yelled louder and, in accordance with their prescribed ritual, ⁷  mutilated themselves with swords and spears until their bodies were covered with blood. ⁸ 

1 Kings 21:9

21:9 This is what she wrote: ⁹  “Observe a time of fasting and seat Naboth in front of the people.

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

[1:1]  ² tn Or “garments.”

[2:45]  ³ tn Or “blessed.”

[2:45]  ⁴ tn Heb “throne.”

[6:34]  ⁵ tn The words “he also made” are added for stylistic reasons.

[6:34]  ⁶ tc Heb “two of the leaves of the first door were folding, and two of the leaves of the second door were folding.” In the second half of the description, the MT has קְלָעִים (qÿla’im, “curtains”), but this is surely a corruption of צְלָעִים (tsÿla’im, “leaves”) which appears in the first half of the statement.

[18:28]  ⁷ tn Or “as was their custom.”

[18:28]  ⁸ tn Heb “until blood poured out on them.”

[21:9]  ⁹ tn Heb “she wrote on the scrolls, saying.”