1 Kings 1:38

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

1 Kings 2:19

2:19 So Bathsheba visited King Solomon to speak to him on Adonijah’s behalf. The king got up to greet ²  her, bowed to her, and then sat on his throne. He ordered a throne to be brought for the king’s mother, ³  and she sat at his right hand.

1 Kings 4:7

4:7 Solomon had twelve district governors appointed throughout Israel who acquired supplies for the king and his palace. Each was responsible for one month in the year.

1 Kings 4:33

4:33 He produced manuals on botany, describing every kind of plant, ⁴  from the cedars of Lebanon to the hyssop that grows on walls. He also produced manuals on biology, describing ⁵  animals, birds, insects, and fish.

1 Kings 7:2

7:2 He named ⁶  it “The Palace of the Lebanon Forest”; ⁷  it was 150 feet ⁸  long, 75 feet ⁹  wide, and 45 feet ¹⁰  high. It had four rows of cedar pillars and cedar beams above the pillars.

1 Kings 7:18

7:18 When he made the pillars, there were two rows of pomegranate-shaped ornaments around the latticework covering the top of each pillar. ¹¹ 

1 Kings 7:39

7:39 He put five basins on the south side of the temple and five on the north side. He put “The Sea” on the south side, in the southeast corner.

1 Kings 7:41

7:41 He made ¹²  the two pillars, the two bowl-shaped tops of the pillars, the latticework for the bowl-shaped tops of the two pillars,

1 Kings 9:5

9:5 Then I will allow your dynasty to rule over Israel permanently, ¹³  just as I promised your father David, ‘You will not fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’ ¹⁴ 

1 Kings 9:9

9:9 Others will then answer, ¹⁵  ‘Because they abandoned the Lord their God, who led their ancestors ¹⁶  out of Egypt. They embraced other gods whom they worshiped and served. ¹⁷  That is why the Lord has brought all this disaster down on them.’”

1 Kings 12:33

A Prophet from Judah Visits Bethel

12:33 On the fifteenth day of the eighth month (a date he had arbitrarily chosen) ¹⁸  Jeroboam ¹⁹  offered sacrifices on the altar he had made in Bethel. ²⁰  He inaugurated a festival for the Israelites and went up to the altar to offer sacrifices.

1 Kings 16:29

Ahab Promotes Idolatry

16:29 In the thirty-eighth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Omri’s son Ahab became king over Israel. Ahab son of Omri ruled over Israel for twenty-two years in Samaria. ²¹ 

1 Kings 18:23

18:23 Let them bring us two bulls. Let them choose one of the bulls for themselves, cut it up into pieces, and place it on the wood. But they must not set it on fire. I will do the same to the other bull and place it on the wood. But I will not set it on fire.

1 Kings 18:33

18:33 He arranged the wood, cut up the bull, and placed it on the wood.

1 Kings 21:4

21:4 So Ahab went into his palace, bitter and angry that Naboth the Jezreelite had said, ²²  “I will not sell to you my ancestral inheritance.” ²³  He lay down on his bed, pouted, ²⁴  and would not eat.

[1:38]  ¹ 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.

[2:19]  ² tn Or “meet.”

[2:19]  ³ tn Heb “he set up a throne for the mother of the king.”

[4:33]  ³ tn Heb “he spoke about plants.”

[4:33]  ⁴ tn Heb “he spoke about.”

[7:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “he built.”

[7:2]  ⁵ sn The Palace of the Lebanon Forest. This name was appropriate because of the large amount of cedar, undoubtedly brought from Lebanon, used in its construction. The cedar pillars in the palace must have given it the appearance of a forest.

[7:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “one hundred cubits.”

[7:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “fifty cubits.”

[7:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “thirty cubits.”

[7:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “he made the pillars, and two rows surrounding one latticework to cover the capitals which were on top of the pomegranates, and so he did for the second latticework.” The translation supplies “pomegranates” after “two rows,” and understands “pillars,” rather than “pomegranates,” to be the correct reading after “on top of.” The latter change finds support from many Hebrew mss and the ancient Greek version.

[7:41]  ⁶ tn The words “he made” are added for stylistic reasons.

[9:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever.”

[9:5]  ⁸ tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man from upon the throne of Israel.”

[9:9]  ⁸ tn Heb “and they will say.”

[9:9]  ⁹ tn Heb “fathers.”

[9:9]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and they took hold of other gods and bowed down to them and served them.”

[12:33]  ⁹ tn Heb “which he had chosen by himself.”

[12:33]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jeroboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[12:33]  ¹¹ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[16:29]  ¹⁰ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[21:4]  ¹¹ tn Heb “on account of the word that Naboth the Jezreelite spoke to him.”

[21:4]  ¹² tn Heb “I will not give to you the inheritance of my fathers.”

[21:4]  ¹³ tn Heb “turned away his face.”