1 Kings 1:35

1:35 Then follow him up as he comes and sits on my throne. He will be king in my place; I have decreed ¹  that he will be ruler over Israel and Judah.”

1 Kings 3:18

3:18 Then three days after I had my baby, this woman also had a baby. We were alone; there was no one else in the house except the two of us. ² 

1 Kings 8:15

8:15 He said, “The Lord God of Israel is worthy of praise because he has fulfilled ³  what he promised ⁴  my father David.

1 Kings 9:26

9:26 King Solomon also built ships ⁵  in Ezion Geber, which is located near Elat in the land of Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.

1 Kings 11:15

11:15 During David’s campaign against Edom, ⁶  Joab, the commander of the army, while on a mission to bury the dead, killed every male in Edom.

1 Kings 11:17

11:17 Hadad, ⁷  who was only a small boy at the time, escaped with some of his father’s Edomite servants and headed for Egypt. ⁸ 

1 Kings 11:25

11:25 He was Israel’s enemy throughout Solomon’s reign and, like Hadad, caused trouble. He loathed ⁹  Israel and ruled over Syria.

1 Kings 12:8

12:8 But Rehoboam rejected their advice and consulted the young advisers who served him, with whom he had grown up. ¹⁰ 

1 Kings 16:22

16:22 Omri’s supporters were stronger than those who supported Tibni son of Ginath. Tibni died; Omri became king.

1 Kings 18:32

18:32 With the stones he constructed an altar for the Lord. ¹¹  Around the altar he made a trench large enough to contain two seahs ¹²  of seed.

1 Kings 21:8

21:8 She wrote out orders, ¹³  signed Ahab’s name to them, ¹⁴  and sealed them with his seal. She then sent the orders ¹⁵  to the leaders ¹⁶  and to the nobles who lived in Naboth’s city. ¹⁷ 

1 Kings 22:24

22:24 Zedekiah son of Kenaanah approached, hit Micaiah on the jaw, and said, “Which way did the Lord’s spirit go when he went from me to speak to you?”

[1:35]  ¹ tn Or “commanded.”

[3:18]  ² sn There was no one else in the house except the two of us. In other words, there were no other witnesses to the births who could identify which child belonged to which mother.

[8:15]  ³ tn The Hebrew text reads, “by his hand.”

[8:15]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew text reads, “by his mouth.”

[9:26]  ⁴ tn Or “a fleet” (in which case “ships” would be implied).

[11:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “when David was [fighting (?)] with Edom.”

[11:17]  ⁶ tn The MT reads “Adad,” an alternate form of the name Hadad.

[11:17]  ⁷ tn Heb “and Adad fled, he and Edomite men from the servants of his father, to go to Egypt, and Hadad was a small boy.”

[11:25]  ⁷ tn The construction (Qal of קוּץ + בְּ [quts + bet] preposition) is rare, but not without parallel (see Lev 20:23).

[12:8]  ⁸ tn Heb “He rejected the advice of the elders which they advised and he consulted the young men with whom he had grown up, who stood before him.” The referent (Rehoboam) of the initial pronoun (“he”) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:32]  ⁹ tn Heb “and he built the stones into an altar in the name of the Lord.”

[18:32]  ¹⁰ tn A seah was a dry measure equivalent to about seven quarts.

[21:8]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “scrolls.”

[21:8]  ¹¹ tn Heb “in the name of Ahab.”

[21:8]  ¹² tn Heb “scrolls.”

[21:8]  ¹³ tn Heb “elders.”

[21:8]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “to the nobles who were in his city, the ones who lived with Naboth.”