1 Kings 1:16

1:16 Bathsheba bowed down on the floor before ¹  the king. The king said, “What do you want?”

1 Kings 2:18

2:18 Bathsheba replied, “That’s fine, ²  I’ll speak to the king on your behalf.”

1 Kings 4:11

4:11 Ben-Abinadab was in charge of Naphath Dor. (He was married to Solomon’s daughter Taphath.)

1 Kings 4:15

4:15 Ahimaaz was in charge of Naphtali. (He married Solomon’s daughter Basemath.)

1 Kings 7:26

7:26 It was four fingers thick and its rim was like that of a cup shaped like a lily blossom. It could hold about 12,000 gallons. ³ 

1 Kings 15:2

15:2 He ruled for three years in Jerusalem. ⁴  His mother was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom. ⁵ 

1 Kings 15:10

15:10 He ruled for forty-one years in Jerusalem. ⁶  His grandmother ⁷  was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.

1 Kings 1:15

1:15 So Bathsheba visited the king in his private quarters. ⁸  (The king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was serving the king.)

1 Kings 1:31

1:31 Bathsheba bowed down to the king with her face to the floor ⁹  and said, “May my master, King David, live forever!”

1 Kings 2:13

2:13 Haggith’s son Adonijah visited Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother. She asked, “Do you come in peace?” He answered, “Yes.” ¹⁰ 

1 Kings 9:24

9:24 Solomon built the terrace as soon as Pharaoh’s daughter moved up from the city of David ¹¹  to the palace Solomon built for her. ¹² 

1 Kings 11:1

The Lord Punishes Solomon for Idolatry

11:1 King Solomon fell in love with many foreign women (besides Pharaoh’s daughter), including Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites.

1 Kings 22:42

22:42 Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king and he reigned for twenty-five years in Jerusalem. ¹³  His mother was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.

1 Kings 1:11

1:11 Nathan said to Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother, “Has it been reported to you ¹⁴  that Haggith’s son Adonijah has become king behind our master David’s back? ¹⁵ 

1 Kings 2:19

2:19 So Bathsheba visited King Solomon to speak to him on Adonijah’s behalf. The king got up to greet ¹⁶  her, bowed to her, and then sat on his throne. He ordered a throne to be brought for the king’s mother, ¹⁷  and she sat at his right hand.

1 Kings 3:1

The Lord Gives Solomon Wisdom

3:1 Solomon made an alliance by marriage with Pharaoh, king of Egypt; he married Pharaoh’s daughter. He brought her to the City of David ¹⁸  until he could finish building his residence and the temple of the Lord and the wall around Jerusalem. ¹⁹ 

1 Kings 7:38

7:38 He also made ten bronze basins, each of which could hold about 240 gallons. ²⁰  Each basin was six feet in diameter; ²¹  there was one basin for each stand.

1 Kings 16:31

16:31 As if following in the sinful footsteps of Jeroboam son of Nebat were not bad enough, he married Jezebel the daughter of King Ethbaal of the Sidonians. Then he worshiped and bowed to Baal. ²² 

[1:16]  ¹ tn Heb “bowed low and bowed down to.”

[2:18]  ² tn Heb “[It is] good!”

[7:26]  ³ tn Heb “two thousand baths” (a bath was a liquid measure roughly equivalent to six gallons).

[15:2]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[15:2]  ⁵ sn Abishalom (also in v. 10) is a variant of the name Absalom (cf. 2 Chr 11:20). The more common form is used by TEV, NLT.

[15:10]  ⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[15:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “mother,” but Hebrew often uses the terms “father” and “mother” for grandparents and more remote ancestors.

[1:15]  ⁶ tn Or “bedroom.”

[1:31]  ⁷ tn Heb “bowed low, face [to] the ground, and bowed down to the king.”

[2:13]  ⁸ tn Heb “[in] peace.”

[9:24]  ⁹ sn The phrase city of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

[9:24]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “As soon as Pharaoh’s daughter went up from the city of David to her house which he built for her, then he built the terrace.”

[22:42]  ¹⁰ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[1:11]  ¹¹ tn Heb “Have you not heard?”

[1:11]  ¹² tn Heb “and our master David does not know.”

[2:19]  ¹² tn Or “meet.”

[2:19]  ¹³ tn Heb “he set up a throne for the mother of the king.”

[3:1]  ¹³ sn The phrase City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

[3:1]  ¹⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[7:38]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “forty baths” (a bath was a liquid measure roughly equivalent to six gallons).

[7:38]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “four cubits, each basin.” It is unclear which dimension is being measured.

[16:31]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and he went and served Baal and bowed down to him.”