1 Kings 1:23

1:23 The king was told, “Nathan the prophet is here.” Nathan entered and bowed before the king with his face to the floor. ¹ 

1 Kings 2:34

2:34 So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up and executed Joab; ²  he was buried at his home in the wilderness.

1 Kings 6:18

6:18 The inside of the temple was all cedar and was adorned with carvings of round ornaments and of flowers in bloom. Everything was cedar; no stones were visible. ³ 

1 Kings 6:29

6:29 On all the walls around the temple, inside and out, ⁴  he carved ⁵  cherubs, palm trees, and flowers in bloom.

1 Kings 9:23

9:23 These men were also in charge of Solomon’s work projects; there were a total of 550 men who supervised the workers. ⁶ 

1 Kings 11:15

11:15 During David’s campaign against Edom, ⁷  Joab, the commander of the army, while on a mission to bury the dead, killed every male in Edom.

1 Kings 16:18

16:18 When Zimri saw that the city was captured, he went into the fortified area of the royal palace. He set the palace on fire and died in the flames. ⁸ 

1 Kings 19:16

19:16 You must anoint Jehu son of Nimshi king over Israel, and Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel Meholah to take your place as prophet.

1 Kings 22:20

22:20 The Lord said, ‘Who will deceive Ahab, so he will attack Ramoth Gilead and die ⁹  there?’ One said this and another that.

1 Kings 22:31

22:31 Now the king of Syria had ordered his thirty-two chariot commanders, “Do not fight common soldiers or high-ranking officers; ¹⁰  fight only the king of Israel.”

[1:23]  ¹ tn Heb “ground.” Since this was indoors, “floor” is more appropriate than “ground.”

[2:34]  ² tn Heb “struck him and killed him.” The referent (Joab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[6:18]  ³ tn Heb “Cedar was inside the temple, carvings of gourds (i.e., gourd-shaped ornaments) and opened flowers; the whole was cedar, no stone was seen.”

[6:29]  ⁴ sn Inside and out probably refers to the inner and outer rooms within the building.

[6:29]  ⁵ tn Heb “carved engravings of carvings.”

[9:23]  ⁵ tn Heb “these [were] the officials of the governors who were over the work belonging to Solomon, five hundred fifty, the ones ruling over the people, the ones doing the work.”

[11:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “when David was [fighting (?)] with Edom.”

[16:18]  ⁷ tn Heb “and he burned the house of the king over him with fire and he died.”

[22:20]  ⁸ tn Heb “and fall.”

[22:31]  ⁹ tn Heb “small or great.”