1 Kings 1:14

1:14 While ¹  you are still there speaking to the king, I will arrive ²  and verify your report.” ³ 

1 Kings 1:21

1:21 If a decision is not made, ⁴  when my master the king is buried with his ancestors, ⁵  my son Solomon and I ⁶  will be considered state criminals.” ⁷ 

1 Kings 8:17

8:17 Now my father David had a strong desire ⁸  to build a temple to honor the Lord God of Israel. ⁹ 

1 Kings 8:61

8:61 May you demonstrate wholehearted devotion to the Lord our God ¹⁰  by following ¹¹  his rules and obeying ¹²  his commandments, as you are presently doing.” ¹³ 

1 Kings 9:27

9:27 Hiram sent his fleet and some of his sailors, who were well acquainted with the sea, to serve with Solomon’s men. ¹⁴ 

1 Kings 11:43

11:43 Then Solomon passed away ¹⁵  and was buried in the city of his father David. ¹⁶  His son Rehoboam replaced him as king. ¹⁷ 

1 Kings 15:8

15:8 Abijah passed away ¹⁸  and was buried ¹⁹  in the city of David. His son Asa replaced him as king.

1 Kings 15:14

15:14 The high places were not eliminated, yet Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord throughout his lifetime. ²⁰ 

1 Kings 16:6

16:6 Baasha passed away ²¹  and was buried in Tirzah. His son Elah replaced him as king.

1 Kings 16:17

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

1 Kings 16:28

16:28 Omri passed away ²²  and was buried in Samaria. His son Ahab replaced him as king. ²³ 

[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.”

[1:21]  ⁴ tn The words “if a decision is not made” are added for clarification.

[1:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “lies down with his fathers.”

[1:21]  ⁶ tn Heb “I and my son Solomon.” The order has been reversed in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[1:21]  ⁷ tn Heb “will be guilty”; NASB “considered offenders”; TEV “treated as traitors.”

[8:17]  ⁷ tn Heb “and it was with the heart of David my father.”

[8:17]  ⁸ tn Heb “to build a house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.” The word “name” in the OT sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor. The “name” of the Lord sometimes designates the Lord himself, being indistinguishable from the proper name.

[8:61]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “may your hearts be complete with the Lord our God.”

[8:61]  ¹¹ tn Heb “walking in.”

[8:61]  ¹² tn Heb “keeping.”

[8:61]  ¹³ tn Heb “as this day.”

[9:27]  ¹³ tn Heb “and Hiram sent with the fleet his servants, men of ships, [who] know the sea, [to be] with the servants of Solomon.”

[11:43]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

[11:43]  ¹⁷ sn The city of his father David. The phrase refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

[11:43]  ¹⁸ tc Before this sentence the Old Greek translation includes the following words: “And it so happened that when Jeroboam son of Nebat heard – now he was in Egypt where he had fled from before Solomon and was residing in Egypt – he came straight to his city in the land of Sarira which is on mount Ephraim. And king Solomon slept with his fathers.”

[15:8]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.” The Old Greek also has these words: “in the twenty-eighth year of Jeroboam.”

[15:8]  ²⁰ tn Heb “and they buried him.”

[15:14]  ²² tn Heb “yet the heart of Asa was complete with the Lord all his days.”

[16:6]  ²⁵ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

[16:28]  ²⁸ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

[16:28]  ²⁹ tc The Old Greek has eight additional verses here. Cf. 1 Kgs 22:41-44.