1 Kings 1:33

1:33 and he ¹  told them, “Take your master’s ²  servants with you, put my son Solomon on my mule, and lead him down to Gihon. ³ 

1 Kings 1:38

1:38 So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Kerethites, and the Pelethites ⁴  went down, put Solomon on King David’s mule, and led him to Gihon.

1 Kings 1:41

1:41 Now Adonijah and all his guests heard the commotion just as they had finished eating. ⁵  When Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he asked, “Why is there such a noisy commotion in the city?” ⁶ 

1 Kings 5:1

Solomon Gathers Building Materials for the Temple

5:1 (5:15) ⁷  King Hiram of Tyre ⁸  sent messengers ⁹  to Solomon when he heard that he had been anointed king in his father’s place. (Hiram had always been an ally of David.)

1 Kings 7:23

7:23 He also made the large bronze basin called “The Sea.” ¹⁰  It measured 15 feet ¹¹  from rim to rim, was circular in shape, and stood seven-and-a-half feet ¹²  high. Its circumference was 45 feet. ¹³ 

1 Kings 8:5

8:5 Now King Solomon and all the Israelites who had assembled with him went on ahead of the ark and sacrificed more sheep and cattle than could be counted or numbered. ¹⁴ 

1 Kings 9:25

9:25 Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings ¹⁵  on the altar he had built for the Lord, burning incense along with them before the Lord. He made the temple his official worship place. ¹⁶ 

1 Kings 11:29

11:29 At that time, when Jeroboam had left Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met him on the road; the two of them were alone in the open country. Ahijah ¹⁷  was wearing a brand new robe,

1 Kings 11:34

11:34 I will not take the whole kingdom from his hand. I will allow him to be ruler for the rest of his life for the sake of my chosen servant David who kept my commandments and rules.

1 Kings 12:10

12:10 The young advisers with whom Rehoboam ¹⁸  had grown up said to him, “Say this to these people who have said to you, ‘Your father made us work hard, but now lighten our burden.’ ¹⁹  Say this to them: ‘I am a lot harsher than my father! ²⁰ 

1 Kings 13:31

13:31 After he buried him, he said to his sons, “When I die, bury me in the tomb where the prophet ²¹  is buried; put my bones right beside his bones,

1 Kings 14:13

14:13 All Israel will mourn him and bury him. He is the only one in Jeroboam’s family ²²  who will receive a decent burial, for he is the only one in whom the Lord God of Israel found anything good.

1 Kings 16:7

16:7 The prophet Jehu son of Hanani received from the Lord the message predicting the downfall of Baasha and his family because of all the evil Baasha had done in the sight of the Lord. ²³  His actions angered the Lord (including the way he had destroyed Jeroboam’s dynasty), so that his family ended up like Jeroboam’s. ²⁴ 

1 Kings 18:21

18:21 Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long are you going to be paralyzed by indecision? ²⁵  If the Lord is the true God, ²⁶  then follow him, but if Baal is, follow him!” But the people did not say a word.

1 Kings 20:1

Ben Hadad Invades Israel

20:1 Now King Ben Hadad of Syria assembled all his army, along with thirty-two other kings with their horses and chariots. He marched against Samaria ²⁷  and besieged and attacked it. ²⁸ 

[1:33]  ¹ tn Heb “the king.”

[1:33]  ² tn The plural form is used in the Hebrew text to indicate honor and authority.

[1:33]  ³ tn Heb “mount Solomon my son on the mule that belongs to me and take him down to Gihon.”

[1:38]  ⁴ sn The Kerethites and Pelethites were members of David’s royal guard (see 2 Sam 8:18). The Kerethites may have been descendants of an ethnic group originating in Crete.

[1:41]  ⁷ tn Heb “And Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard, now they had finished eating.”

[1:41]  ⁸ tn Heb “Why is the city’s sound noisy?”

[5:1]  ¹⁰ sn The verse numbers in the English Bible differ from those in the Hebrew text (BHS) here; 5:1-18 in the English Bible corresponds to 5:15-32 in the Hebrew text. See the note at 4:21.

[5:1]  ¹¹ map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[5:1]  ¹² tn Heb “his servants.”

[7:23]  ¹³ tn Heb “He made the sea, cast.”

[7:23]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “ten cubits.”

[7:23]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “five cubits.”

[7:23]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and a measuring line went around it thirty cubits all around.”

[8:5]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “And King Solomon and all the assembly of Israel, those who had been gathered to him, [were] before the ark, sacrificing sheep and cattle which could not be counted or numbered because of the abundance.”

[9:25]  ¹⁹ tn Or “tokens of peace”; NIV, TEV “fellowship offerings.”

[9:25]  ²⁰ tn Heb “and he made complete the house.”

[11:29]  ²² tn The Hebrew text has simply “he,” making it a bit unclear whether Jeroboam or Ahijah is the subject, but in the Hebrew word order Ahijah is the nearer antecedent, and this is followed by the present translation.

[12:10]  ²⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Rehoboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[12:10]  ²⁶ tn Heb “Your father made our yoke heavy, but make it lighter upon us.”

[12:10]  ²⁷ tn Heb “My little one is thicker than my father’s hips.” The referent of “my little one” is not clear. The traditional view is that it refers to the little finger. As the following statement makes clear, Rehoboam’s point is that he is more harsh and demanding than his father.

[13:31]  ²⁸ tn Heb “the man of God.”

[14:13]  ³¹ tn Heb “house.”

[16:7]  ³⁴ tn Heb “and also through Jehu son of Hanani the word of the Lord came concerning [or “against”] Baasha and his house, and because of all the evil which he did in the eyes of the Lord.”

[16:7]  ³⁵ tn Heb “angering him by the work of his hands, so that he was like the house of Jeroboam, and because of how he struck it down.”

[18:21]  ³⁷ tn Heb “How long are you going to limp around on two crutches?” (see HALOT 762 s.v. סְעִפִּים). In context this idiomatic expression refers to indecision rather than physical disability.

[18:21]  ³⁸ tn Heb “the God.”

[20:1]  ⁴⁰ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[20:1]  ⁴¹ tn Heb “and he went up and besieged Samaria and fought against it.”