1 Kings 1:41

1:41 Now Adonijah and all his guests heard the commotion just as they had finished eating. ¹  When Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he asked, “Why is there such a noisy commotion in the city?” ² 

1 Kings 2:9

2:9 But now ³  don’t treat him as if he were innocent. You are a wise man and you know how to handle him; ⁴  make sure he has a bloody death.” ⁵ 

1 Kings 2:20

2:20 She said, “I would like to ask you for just one small favor. ⁶  Please don’t refuse me.” ⁷  He said, ⁸  “Go ahead and ask, my mother, for I would not refuse you.”

1 Kings 8:23

8:23 He prayed: ⁹  “O Lord, God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven above or on earth below! You maintain covenantal loyalty ¹⁰  to your servants who obey you with sincerity. ¹¹ 

1 Kings 8:36

8:36 then listen from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Certainly ¹²  you will then teach them the right way to live ¹³  and send rain on your land that you have given your people to possess. ¹⁴ 

1 Kings 9:4

9:4 You must serve me with integrity and sincerity, just as your father David did. Do everything I commanded and obey my rules and regulations. ¹⁵ 

1 Kings 9:25

9:25 Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings ¹⁶  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. ¹⁷ 

1 Kings 10:19

10:19 There were six steps leading up to the throne, and the back of it was rounded on top. The throne had two armrests with a statue of a lion standing on each side. ¹⁸ 

1 Kings 11:31

11:31 Then he told Jeroboam, “Take ten pieces, for this is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘Look, I am about to tear the kingdom from Solomon’s hand and I will give ten tribes to you.

1 Kings 12:18

12:18 King Rehoboam sent Adoniram, ¹⁹  the supervisor of the work crews, ²⁰  out after them, but all Israel stoned him to death. King Rehoboam managed to jump into his chariot and escape to Jerusalem. ²¹ 

1 Kings 13:25

13:25 Some men came by ²²  and saw the corpse lying in the road with the lion standing beside it. ²³  They went and reported what they had seen ²⁴  in the city where the old prophet lived.

1 Kings 16:19

16:19 This happened because of the sins he committed. He did evil in the sight of ²⁵  the Lord and followed in Jeroboam’s footsteps and encouraged Israel to continue sinning. ²⁶ 

1 Kings 18:40

18:40 Elijah told them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Don’t let even one of them escape!” So they seized them, and Elijah led them down to the Kishon Valley and executed ²⁷  them there.

1 Kings 20:6

20:6 But now at this time tomorrow I will send my servants to you and they will search through your palace and your servants’ houses. They will carry away all your valuables.” ²⁸ 

1 Kings 21:15

21:15 When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned to death, she ²⁹  said to Ahab, “Get up, take possession of the vineyard Naboth the Jezreelite refused to sell you for silver, for Naboth is no longer alive; he’s dead.”

1 Kings 21:22

21:22 I will make your dynasty ³⁰  like those of Jeroboam son of Nebat and Baasha son of Ahijah because you angered me and made Israel sin.’ ³¹ 

1 Kings 22:52

22:52 He did evil in the sight of ³²  the Lord and followed in the footsteps ³³  of his father and mother; like Jeroboam son of Nebat, he encouraged Israel to sin. ³⁴ 

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

[1:41]  ² tn Heb “Why is the city’s sound noisy?”

[2:9]  ³ tc The Lucianic recension of the Old Greek and the Vulgate have here “you” rather than “now.” The two words are homonyms in Hebrew.

[2:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “what you should do to him.”

[2:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “bring his grey hair down in blood [to] Sheol.”

[2:20]  ⁵ tn Or “I’d like to make just one request of you.”

[2:20]  ⁶ tn Heb “Do not turn back my face.”

[2:20]  ⁷ tn Heb “and the king said to her.”

[8:23]  ⁷ tn Heb “said.”

[8:23]  ⁸ tn Heb “one who keeps the covenant and the loyal love.” The expression is a hendiadys.

[8:23]  ⁹ tn Heb “who walk before you with all their heart.”

[8:36]  ⁹ tn The translation understands כִּי (ki) in an emphatic or asseverative sense.

[8:36]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the good way in which they should walk.”

[8:36]  ¹¹ tn Or “for an inheritance.”

[9:4]  ¹¹ tn Heb “As for you, if you walk before me, as David your father walked, in integrity of heart and in uprightness, by doing all which I commanded you, [and] you keep my rules and my regulations.” Verse 4 is actually a lengthy protasis (“if” section) of a conditional sentence, the apodosis (“then” section) of which appears in v. 5.

[9:25]  ¹³ tn Or “tokens of peace”; NIV, TEV “fellowship offerings.”

[9:25]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and he made complete the house.”

[10:19]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “[There were] armrests on each side of the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the armrests.”

[12:18]  ¹⁷ tc The MT has “Adoram” here, but the Old Greek translation and Syriac Peshitta have “Adoniram.” Cf. 1 Kgs 4:6.

[12:18]  ¹⁸ sn The work crews. See the note on this expression in 4:6.

[12:18]  ¹⁹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[13:25]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “Look, men were passing by.”

[13:25]  ²⁰ tn Heb “the corpse.” The noun has been replaced by the pronoun (“it”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[13:25]  ²¹ tn The words “what they had seen” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[16:19]  ²¹ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[16:19]  ²² tn Heb “walking in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin which he did to make Israel sin.”

[18:40]  ²³ tn Or “slaughtered.”

[20:6]  ²⁵ tn Heb “all that is desirable to your eyes they will put in their hand and take.”

[21:15]  ²⁷ tn Heb “Jezebel”; the proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“she”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[21:22]  ²⁹ tn Heb “house.”

[21:22]  ³⁰ tn Heb “because of the provocation by which you angered [me], and you caused Israel to sin.”

[22:52]  ³¹ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[22:52]  ³² tn Or “way.”

[22:52]  ³³ tn Heb “and walked in the way of his father and in the way of his mother and in the way of Jeroboam son of Nebat who made Israel sin.”