1 Kings 1:5

1:5 Now Adonijah, son of David and Haggith, ¹  was promoting himself, ²  boasting, ³  “I will be king!” He managed to acquire ⁴  chariots and horsemen, as well as fifty men to serve as his royal guard. ⁵ 

1 Kings 1:25

1:25 For today he has gone down and sacrificed many cattle, steers, and sheep and has invited all the king’s sons, the army commanders, and Abiathar the priest. At this moment ⁶  they are having a feast ⁷  in his presence, and they have declared, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’ ⁸ 

1 Kings 1:2

1:2 His servants advised ⁹  him, “A young virgin must be found for our master, the king, ¹⁰  to take care of the king’s needs ¹¹  and serve as his nurse. She can also sleep with you ¹²  and keep our master, the king, warm.” ¹³ 

1 Kings 15:6

15:6 Rehoboam ¹⁴  and Jeroboam were continually at war with each other throughout Abijah’s ¹⁵  lifetime.

1 Kings 15:13

15:13 He also removed Maacah his grandmother ¹⁶  from her position as queen because she had made a loathsome Asherah pole. Asa cut down her Asherah pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

1 Kings 16:18

16:18 When Zimri saw that the city was captured, he went into the fortified area of the royal palace. He set the palace on fire and died in the flames. ¹⁷ 

[1:5]  ¹ tn Heb “son of Haggith,” but since this formula usually designates the father (who in this case was David), the translation specifies that David was Adonijah’s father.

[1:5]  ² tn Heb “lifting himself up.”

[1:5]  ³ tn Heb “saying.”

[1:5]  ⁴ tn Or “he acquired for himself.”

[1:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “to run ahead of him.”

[1:25]  ⁶ tn Heb “look.”

[1:25]  ⁷ tn Heb “eating and drinking.”

[1:25]  ⁸ tn Heb “let the king, Adonijah, live!”

[1:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “said to.”

[1:2]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “let them seek for my master, the king, a young girl, a virgin.” The third person plural subject of the verb is indefinite (see GKC 460 §144.f). The appositional expression, “a young girl, a virgin,” is idiomatic; the second term specifically defines the more general first term (see IBHS 230 §12.3b).

[1:2]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and she will stand before the king.” The Hebrew phrase “stand before” can mean “to attend; to serve” (BDB 764 s.v. עָמַד).

[1:2]  ¹² tn Heb “and she will lie down in your bosom.” The expression might imply sexual intimacy (see 2 Sam 12:3 [where the lamb symbolizes Bathsheba] and Mic 7:5), though v. 4b indicates that David did not actually have sex with the young woman.

[1:2]  ¹³ tn Heb “and my master, the king, will be warm.”

[15:6]  ¹⁴ tc Most Hebrew mss read “Rehoboam”; a few Hebrew mss and the Syriac read “Abijam” (a variant of Abijah).

[15:6]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Abijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[15:13]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “mother,” but Hebrew often uses the terms “father” and “mother” for grandparents and more remote ancestors.

[16:18]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and he burned the house of the king over him with fire and he died.”