1 Kings 1:47

1:47 The king’s servants have even come to congratulate ¹  our master ²  King David, saying, ‘May your God ³  make Solomon more famous than you and make him an even greater king than you!’ ⁴  Then the king leaned ⁵  on the bed

1 Kings 2:22

2:22 King Solomon answered his mother, “Why just request Abishag the Shunammite for him? ⁶  Since he is my older brother, you should also request the kingdom for him, for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab son of Zeruiah!”

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 ⁷  until he could finish building his residence and the temple of the Lord and the wall around Jerusalem. ⁸ 

1 Kings 3:26

3:26 The real mother ⁹  spoke up to the king, for her motherly instincts were aroused. ¹⁰  She said, “My master, give her the living child! Whatever you do, don’t kill him!” ¹¹  But the other woman said, “Neither one of us will have him! Let them cut him in two!”

1 Kings 8:25

8:25 Now, O Lord, God of Israel, keep the promise you made to your servant, my father David, when you said, ‘You will never fail to have a successor ruling before me on the throne of Israel, ¹²  provided that your descendants watch their step and serve me as you have done.’ ¹³ 

1 Kings 16:34

16:34 During Ahab’s reign, ¹⁴  Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho. ¹⁵  Abiram, his firstborn son, died when he laid the foundation; ¹⁶  Segub, his youngest son, died when he erected its gates, ¹⁷  just as the Lord had warned ¹⁸  through Joshua son of Nun. ¹⁹ 

1 Kings 18:12

18:12 But when I leave you, the Lord’s spirit will carry you away so I can’t find you. ²⁰  If I go tell Ahab I’ve seen you, he won’t be able to find you and he will kill me. ²¹  That would not be fair, ²²  because your servant has been a loyal follower of ²³  the Lord from my youth.

1 Kings 18:26-27

18:26 So they took a bull, as he had suggested, ²⁴  and prepared it. They invoked the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, “Baal, answer us.” But there was no sound and no answer. They jumped ²⁵  around on the altar they had made. ²⁶  18:27 At noon Elijah mocked them, “Yell louder! After all, he is a god; he may be deep in thought, or perhaps he stepped out for a moment or has taken a trip. Perhaps he is sleeping and needs to be awakened.” ²⁷ 

1 Kings 19:21

19:21 Elisha ²⁸  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. ²⁹  He gave the people meat and they ate. Then he got up and followed Elijah and became his assistant.

[1:47]  ¹ tn Heb “to bless.”

[1:47]  ² tn The plural form is used in the Hebrew text to indicate honor and authority.

[1:47]  ³ tc Many Hebrew mss agree with the Qere in reading simply “God.”

[1:47]  ⁴ tn Heb “make the name of Solomon better than your name, and make his throne greater than your throne.” The term שֵׁם (shem, “name”) is used here of one’s fame and reputation.

[1:47]  ⁵ tn Or “bowed down; worshiped.”

[2:22]  ⁶ tn Heb “for Adonijah.”

[3:1]  ¹¹ 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]  ¹² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[3:26]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “the woman whose son was alive.”

[3:26]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “for her compassions grew warm for her son.”

[3:26]  ¹⁸ tn The infinitive absolute before the negated jussive emphasizes the main verb.

[8:25]  ²¹ tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man from before me sitting on the throne of Israel.”

[8:25]  ²² tn Heb “guard their way by walking before me as you have walked before me.”

[16:34]  ²⁶ tn Heb “in his days.”

[16:34]  ²⁷ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[16:34]  ²⁸ tn Heb “with Abiram, his firstborn, he founded it.”

[16:34]  ²⁹ tn Heb “with Segub, his youngest, he set up its gates.”

[16:34]  ³⁰ tn Heb “according to the word of the Lord which he spoke.”

[16:34]  ³¹ sn Warned through Joshua son of Nun. For the background to this statement, see Josh 6:26, where Joshua pronounces a curse on the one who dares to rebuild Jericho. Here that curse is viewed as a prophecy spoken by God through Joshua.

[18:12]  ³¹ tn Heb “to [a place] which I do not know.”

[18:12]  ³² tn Heb “and I will go to inform Ahab and he will not find you and he will kill me.”

[18:12]  ³³ tn The words “that would not be fair” are added to clarify the logic of Obadiah’s argument.

[18:12]  ³⁴ tn Heb “has feared the Lord” (also see the note at 1 Kgs 18:3).

[18:26]  ³⁶ tn Heb “and they took the bull which he allowed them.”

[18:26]  ³⁷ tn Heb “limped” (the same verb is used in v. 21).

[18:26]  ³⁸ tc The MT has “which he made,” but some medieval Hebrew mss and the ancient versions have the plural form of the verb.

[18:27]  ⁴¹ sn Elijah’s sarcastic proposals would have been especially offensive and irritating to Baal’s prophets, for they believed Baal was imprisoned in the underworld as death’s captive during this time of drought. Elijah’s apparent ignorance of their theology is probably designed for dramatic effect; indeed the suggestion that Baal is away on a trip or deep in sleep comes precariously close to the truth as viewed by the prophets.

[19:21]  ⁴⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:21]  ⁴⁷ tn Heb “and with the equipment of the oxen he cooked them, the flesh.”