1 Kings 1:14
Context1:14 While 1 you are still there speaking to the king, I will arrive 2 and verify your report.” 3
1 Kings 1:16
Context1:16 Bathsheba bowed down on the floor before 4 the king. The king said, “What do you want?”
1 Kings 1:18
Context1:18 But now, look, Adonijah has become king! But you, 5 my master the king, are not even aware of it! 6
1 Kings 1:21
Context1:21 If a decision is not made, 7 when my master the king is buried with his ancestors, 8 my son Solomon and I 9 will be considered state criminals.” 10
1 Kings 1:29
Context1:29 The king swore an oath: “As certainly as the Lord lives (he who has rescued me 11 from every danger),
1 Kings 1:43
Context1:43 Jonathan replied 12 to Adonijah: “No! 13 Our master 14 King David has made Solomon king.
1 Kings 2:18
Context2:18 Bathsheba replied, “That’s fine, 15 I’ll speak to the king on your behalf.”
1 Kings 2:25
Context2:25 King Solomon then sent 16 Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he killed Adonijah. 17
1 Kings 3:16
Context3:16 Then two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.
1 Kings 4:5
Context4:5 Azariah son of Nathan was supervisor of 18 the district governors.
Zabud son of Nathan was a priest and adviser to 19 the king.
1 Kings 5:13
Context5:13 King Solomon conscripted 20 work crews 21 from throughout Israel, 30,000 men in all.
1 Kings 5:17
Context5:17 By royal order 22 they supplied large valuable stones in order to build the temple’s foundation with chiseled stone.
1 Kings 7:46
Context7:46 The king had them cast in earth foundries 23 in the region of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan.
1 Kings 10:28
Context10:28 Solomon acquired his horses from Egypt 24 and from Que; the king’s traders purchased them from Que.
1 Kings 11:14
Context11:14 The Lord brought 25 against Solomon an enemy, Hadad the Edomite, a descendant of the Edomite king.
1 Kings 12:13
Context12:13 The king responded to the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the older men
1 Kings 14:28
Context14:28 Whenever the king visited the Lord’s temple, the royal guard carried them and then brought them back to the guardroom.
1 Kings 20:4
Context20:4 The king of Israel replied, “It is just as you say, my master, O king. I and all I own belong to you.”


[1:14] 1 tn In the Hebrew text the sentence is introduced by the particle הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”), which here draws attention to Nathan’s concluding word of assurance and support. For this use of the word, see HALOT 252 s.v. הִנֵּה.
[1:14] 2 tc The Hebrew text reads, “I will come after you.”
[1:14] 3 tn Heb “fill up [i.e., confirm] your words.”
[1:16] 4 tn Heb “bowed low and bowed down to.”
[1:18] 7 tc Instead of עַתָּה (’attah, “now”) many Hebrew
[1:18] 8 tn Heb “you do not know [about it].”
[1:21] 10 tn The words “if a decision is not made” are added for clarification.
[1:21] 11 tn Heb “lies down with his fathers.”
[1:21] 12 tn Heb “I and my son Solomon.” The order has been reversed in the translation for stylistic reasons.
[1:21] 13 tn Heb “will be guilty”; NASB “considered offenders”; TEV “treated as traitors.”
[1:29] 13 tn Or “ransomed my life.”
[1:43] 16 tn Heb “answered and said.”
[1:43] 17 tn For a similar use of אֲבָל (’aval), see Gen 17:19, where God rejects Abraham’s proposal and offers an alternative.
[1:43] 18 tn The plural form is used in the Hebrew text to indicate honor and authority.
[2:18] 19 tn Heb “[It is] good!”
[2:25] 22 tn The Hebrew text adds, “by the hand of.”
[2:25] 23 tn Heb “and he struck him and he died.”
[4:5] 26 tn Heb “close associate of”; KJV, ASV, NASB “the king’s friend” (a title for an adviser, not just an acquaintance).
[5:13] 29 sn Work crews. This Hebrew word (מַס, mas) refers to a group of laborers conscripted for royal or public service.
[5:17] 31 tn Heb “and the king commanded.”
[7:46] 34 tn Or perhaps, “molds.”
[10:28] 37 sn From Egypt. Because Que is also mentioned, some prefer to see in vv. 28-29 a reference to Mutsur. Que and Mutsur were located in Cilicia/Cappadocia (in modern southern Turkey). See HALOT 625 s.v. מִצְרַיִם.