1 Kings 1:15

1:15 So Bathsheba visited the king in his private quarters. ¹  (The king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was serving the king.)

1 Kings 1:20

1:20 Now, ²  my master, O king, all Israel is watching anxiously to see who is named to succeed my master the king on the throne. ³ 

1 Kings 1:32

1:32 King David said, “Summon Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, ⁴  and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” They came before the king,

1 Kings 1:36-37

1:36 Benaiah son of Jehoiada responded ⁵  to the king: “So be it! ⁶  May the Lord God of my master the king confirm it! ⁷  1:37 As the Lord is with my master the king, so may he be with Solomon, and may he make him an even greater king than my master King David!” ⁸ 

1 Kings 2:35

2:35 The king appointed Benaiah son of Jehoiada to take his place at the head of ⁹  the army, and the king appointed Zadok the priest to take Abiathar’s place. ¹⁰ 

1 Kings 14:27

14:27 King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and assigned them to the officers of the royal guard ¹¹  who protected the entrance to the royal palace.

[1:15]  ¹ tn Or “bedroom.”

[1:20]  ² tc Many Hebrew mss have עַתָּה (’attah, “now”) rather than the similar sounding independent pronoun אַתָּה (’attah, “you”).

[1:20]  ³ tn Heb “the eyes of all Israel are upon you to declare to them who will sit on the throne of my master the king after him.”

[1:32]  ³ sn Summon…Nathan. Nathan must have left the room when Bathsheba reentered.

[1:36]  ⁴ tn Heb “answered and said.”

[1:36]  ⁵ tn Or “Amen.”

[1:36]  ⁶ tn Heb “So may the Lord God of my master the king say.”

[1:37]  ⁵ tn Heb “and may he make his throne greater than the throne of my master King David.”

[2:35]  ⁶ tn Heb “over.”

[2:35]  ⁷ tc The Old Greek translation includes after v. 35 some fourteen verses that are absent from the MT.

[14:27]  ⁷ tn Heb “runners.”