1 Kings 1:34

1:34 There Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet will anoint ¹  him king over Israel; then blow the trumpet and declare, ‘Long live King Solomon!’

1 Kings 2:36

2:36 Next the king summoned ²  Shimei and told him, “Build yourself a house in Jerusalem ³  and live there – but you may not leave there to go anywhere! ⁴ 

1 Kings 3:4

3:4 The king went to Gibeon to offer sacrifices, for it had the most prominent of the high places. ⁵  Solomon would offer up ⁶  a thousand burnt sacrifices on the altar there.

1 Kings 4:28

4:28 Each one also brought to the assigned location his quota of barley and straw for the various horses. ⁷ 

1 Kings 7:7

7:7 He also made a throne room, called “The Hall of Judgment,” where he made judicial decisions. ⁸  It was paneled with cedar from the floor to the rafters. ⁹ 

1 Kings 8:8

8:8 The poles were so long their ends were visible from the holy place in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from beyond that point. ¹⁰  They have remained there to this very day.

1 Kings 8:47

8:47 When your people ¹¹  come to their senses ¹²  in the land where they are held prisoner, they will repent and beg for your mercy in the land of their imprisonment, admitting, ‘We have sinned and gone astray; ¹³  we have done evil.’

1 Kings 10:20

10:20 There were twelve statues of lions on the six steps, one lion at each end of each step. There was nothing like it in any other kingdom. ¹⁴ 

1 Kings 11:16

11:16 For six months Joab and the entire Israelite army ¹⁵  stayed there until they had exterminated every male in Edom. ¹⁶ 

1 Kings 17:19

17:19 He said to her, “Hand me your son.” He took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him down on his bed.

1 Kings 19:3

19:3 Elijah was afraid, ¹⁷  so he got up and fled for his life to Beer Sheba in Judah. He left his servant there,

1 Kings 21:18

21:18 “Get up, go down and meet King Ahab of Israel who lives in Samaria. He is at the vineyard of Naboth; he has gone down there to take possession of it.

[1:34]  ¹ tn Or “designate” (i.e., by anointing with oil).

[2:36]  ² tn Heb “sent and summoned.”

[2:36]  ³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[2:36]  ⁴ tn Heb “and you may not go out from there here or there.”

[3:4]  ³ tn Heb “for it was the great high place.”

[3:4]  ⁴ tn The verb form is an imperfect, which is probably used here in a customary sense to indicate continued or repeated action in past time. See GKC 314 §107.b.

[4:28]  ⁴ tn Heb “barley and straw for the horses and the steeds they brought to the place which was there, each according to his measure.”

[7:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “and a porch for the throne, where he was making judicial decisions, the Porch of Judgment, he made.”

[7:7]  ⁶ tc The Hebrew text reads, “from the floor to the floor.” The second occurrence of the term הַקַּרְקָע (haqqarqa’, “the floor”) is probably an error; one should emend to הַקּוֹרוֹת (haqqorot, “the rafters”). See 6:16.

[8:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “they could not be seen outside.”

[8:47]  ⁷ tn Heb “they”; the referent (your people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:47]  ⁸ tn Or “stop and reflect”; Heb “bring back to their heart.”

[8:47]  ⁹ tn Or “done wrong.”

[10:20]  ⁸ tn Heb “nothing like it had been made for all the kingdoms.”

[11:16]  ⁹ tn Heb “and all Israel.”

[11:16]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “until he had cut off every male in Edom.”

[19:3]  ¹⁰ tc The MT has “and he saw,” but some medieval Hebrew mss as well as several ancient versions support the reading “he was afraid.” The consonantal text (וַיַּרְא, vayyar’) is ambiguous and can be vocalized וַיַּרְא (from רָאָה, ra’ah, “to see”) or וַיִּרָא (vayyira’, from יָרֵא, yare’, “to fear”).