1 Kings 1:18

1:18 But now, look, Adonijah has become king! But you, ¹  my master the king, are not even aware of it! ² 

1 Kings 1:21

1:21 If a decision is not made, ³  when my master the king is buried with his ancestors, ⁴  my son Solomon and I ⁵  will be considered state criminals.” ⁶ 

1 Kings 3:10

3:10 The Lord ⁷  was pleased that Solomon made this request. ⁸ 

1 Kings 20:4

20:4 The king of Israel replied, “It is just as you say, my master, O king. I and all I own belong to you.”

[1:18]  ¹ tc Instead of עַתָּה (’attah, “now”) many Hebrew mss, along with the Old Greek, Syriac Peshitta, and Latin Vulgate, have the similar sounding independent pronoun אַתָּה (’attah, “you”). This reading is followed in the present translation.

[1:18]  ² tn Heb “you do not know [about it].”

[1:21]  ³ tn The words “if a decision is not made” are added for clarification.

[1:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “lies down with his fathers.”

[1:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “I and my son Solomon.” The order has been reversed in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[1:21]  ⁶ tn Heb “will be guilty”; NASB “considered offenders”; TEV “treated as traitors.”

[3:10]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew term translated “Lord” here and in v.15 is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).

[3:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “And the thing was good in the eyes of the Lord, for Solomon asked for this thing.”