1 Kings 1:39

1:39 Zadok the priest took a horn filled with olive oil ¹  from the tent and poured it on ²  Solomon; the trumpet was blown and all the people declared, “Long live King Solomon!”

1 Kings 3:1

The Lord Gives Solomon Wisdom

3:1 Solomon made an alliance by marriage with Pharaoh, king of Egypt; he married Pharaoh’s daughter. He brought her to the City of David ³  until he could finish building his residence and the temple of the Lord and the wall around Jerusalem. ⁴ 

1 Kings 16:31

16:31 As if following in the sinful footsteps of Jeroboam son of Nebat were not bad enough, he married Jezebel the daughter of King Ethbaal of the Sidonians. Then he worshiped and bowed to Baal. ⁵ 

1 Kings 19:21

19:21 Elisha ⁶  went back and took his pair of oxen and slaughtered them. He cooked the meat over a fire that he made by burning the harness and yoke. ⁷  He gave the people meat and they ate. Then he got up and followed Elijah and became his assistant.

[1:39]  ¹ tn Heb “the horn of oil.” This has been specified as olive oil in the translation for clarity.

[1:39]  ² tn Or “anointed.”

[3:1]  ³ sn The phrase City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

[3:1]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[16:31]  ⁵ tn Heb “and he went and served Baal and bowed down to him.”

[19:21]  ⁷ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:21]  ⁸ tn Heb “and with the equipment of the oxen he cooked them, the flesh.”