1 Kings 1:25

1:25 For today he has gone down and sacrificed many cattle, steers, and sheep and has invited all the king’s sons, the army commanders, and Abiathar the priest. At this moment ¹  they are having a feast ²  in his presence, and they have declared, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’ ³ 

1 Kings 1:30

1:30 I will keep ⁴  today the oath I swore to you by the Lord God of Israel: ‘Surely Solomon your son will be king after me; he will sit in my place on my throne.’”

1 Kings 2:24

2:24 Now, as certainly as the Lord lives (he who made me secure, allowed me to sit on my father David’s throne, and established a dynasty ⁵  for me as he promised), Adonijah will be executed today!”

1 Kings 5:7

5:7 When Hiram heard Solomon’s message, he was very happy. He said, “The Lord is worthy of praise today because he ⁶  has given David a wise son to rule over this great nation.”

1 Kings 8:16

8:16 He told David, ⁷  ‘Since the day I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a temple in which to live. ⁸  But I have chosen David to lead my people Israel.’

1 Kings 10:12

10:12 With the timber the king made supports ⁹  for the Lord’s temple and for the royal palace and stringed instruments ¹⁰  for the musicians. No one has seen so much of this fine timber to this very day. ¹¹ )

1 Kings 12:7

12:7 They said to him, “Today if you show a willingness to help these people and grant their request, they will be your servants from this time forward.” ¹² 

1 Kings 13:11

13:11 Now there was an old prophet living in Bethel. ¹³  When his sons came home, they told their father ¹⁴  everything the prophet ¹⁵  had done in Bethel that day and all the words he had spoken to the king. ¹⁶ 

1 Kings 18:36

18:36 When it was time for the evening offering, ¹⁷  Elijah the prophet approached the altar ¹⁸  and prayed: “O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, prove ¹⁹  today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command.

1 Kings 20:13

The Lord Delivers Israel

20:13 Now a prophet visited King Ahab of Israel and said, “This is what the Lord says, ‘Do you see this huge army? ²⁰  Look, I am going to hand it over to you this very day. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”

[1:25]  ¹ tn Heb “look.”

[1:25]  ² tn Heb “eating and drinking.”

[1:25]  ³ tn Heb “let the king, Adonijah, live!”

[1:30]  ⁴ tn Or “carry out, perform.”

[2:24]  ⁷ tn Heb “house.”

[5:7]  ¹⁰ tn Or “Blessed be the Lord today, who….”

[8:16]  ¹³ tn Heb “saying.”

[8:16]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “to build a house for my name to be there.”

[10:12]  ¹⁶ tn This Hebrew architectural term occurs only here. The meaning is uncertain; some have suggested “banisters” or “parapets”; cf. TEV, NLT “railings.” The parallel passage in 2 Chr 9:11 has a different word, meaning “tracks,” or perhaps “steps.”

[10:12]  ¹⁷ tn Two types of stringed instruments are specifically mentioned, the כִּנּוֹר (kinnor, “zither” [?]), and נֶבֶל (nevel, “harp”).

[10:12]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “there has not come thus, the fine timber, and there has not been seen to this day.”

[12:7]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “If today you are a servant to these people and you serve them and answer them and speak to them good words, they will be your servants all the days.”

[13:11]  ²² map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[13:11]  ²³ tn Heb “and his son came and told him.” The MT has the singular here, but several other textual witnesses have the plural, which is more consistent with the second half of the verse and with vv. 12-13.

[13:11]  ²⁴ tn Heb “the man of God.”

[13:11]  ²⁵ tn Heb “all the actions which the man of God performed that day in Bethel, the words which he spoke to the king, and they told them to their father.”

[18:36]  ²⁵ tn Heb “at the offering up of the offering.”

[18:36]  ²⁶ tn The words “the altar” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[18:36]  ²⁷ tn Heb “let it be known.”

[20:13]  ²⁸ tn Heb “this great horde.”