Discovery Box1 Kings 1:5-6
Context1:5 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 1:6 (Now his father had never corrected 6 him 7 by saying, “Why do you do such things?” He was also very handsome and had been born right after Absalom. 8 )
1 Kings 1:23
Context1:23 The king was told, “Nathan the prophet is here.” Nathan entered and bowed before the king with his face to the floor. 9
1 Kings 2:23
Context2:23 King Solomon then swore an oath by the Lord, “May God judge me severely, 10 if Adonijah does not pay for this request with his life! 11
1 Kings 8:15
Context8:15 He said, “The Lord God of Israel is worthy of praise because he has fulfilled 12 what he promised 13 my father David.
1 Kings 8:47
Context8:47 When your people 14 come to their senses 15 in the land where they are held prisoner, they will repent and beg for your mercy in the land of their imprisonment, admitting, ‘We have sinned and gone astray; 16 we have done evil.’
1 Kings 12:12
Context12:12 Jeroboam and all the people reported 17 to Rehoboam on the third day, just as the king had ordered when he said, “Return to me on the third day.”
1 Kings 12:23
Context12:23 “Say this to King Rehoboam son of Solomon of Judah, and to all Judah and Benjamin, as well as the rest of the people,
1 Kings 13:3
Context13:3 That day he also announced 18 a sign, “This is the sign the Lord has predetermined: 19 The altar will be split open and the ashes 20 on it will fall to the ground.” 21
1 Kings 13:9
Context13:9 For the Lord gave me strict orders, 22 ‘Do not eat or drink 23 there and do not go home the way you came.’”
1 Kings 18:31
Context18:31 Then Elijah took twelve stones, corresponding to the number of tribes that descended from Jacob, to whom the Lord had said, “Israel will be your new 24 name.” 25
1 Kings 20:17
Context20:17 The servants of the district governors led the march. When Ben Hadad sent messengers, they reported back to him, “Men are marching out of Samaria.” 26
1 Kings 21:10
Context21:10 Also seat two villains opposite him and have them testify, ‘You cursed God and the king.’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”
1 Kings 22:12
Context22:12 All the prophets were prophesying the same, saying, “Attack Ramoth Gilead! You will succeed; the Lord will hand it over to the king.”
[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] 4 tn Or “he acquired for himself.”
[1:5] 5 tn Heb “to run ahead of him.”
[1:6] 7 tn Heb “did not correct him from his days.” The phrase “from his days” means “from his earliest days,” or “ever in his life.” See GKC 382 §119.w, n. 2.
[1:6] 8 tn Heb “and she gave birth to him after Absalom.” This does not imply they had the same mother; Absalom’s mother was Maacah, not Haggith (2 Sam 3:4).
[1:23] 11 tn Heb “ground.” Since this was indoors, “floor” is more appropriate than “ground.”
[2:23] 16 tn Heb “So may God do to me, and so may he add.”
[2:23] 17 tn Heb “if with his life Adonijah has not spoken this word.”
[8:15] 21 tn The Hebrew text reads, “by his hand.”
[8:15] 22 tn The Hebrew text reads, “by his mouth.”
[8:47] 26 tn Heb “they”; the referent (your people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[8:47] 27 tn Or “stop and reflect”; Heb “bring back to their heart.”
[13:3] 38 tn Heb “the fat.” Reference is made to burnt wood mixed with fat. See HALOT 234 s.v. דשׁן.
[13:3] 39 tn Heb “will be poured out.”
[13:9] 41 tn Heb “for this he commanded me by the word of the
[13:9] 42 tn Heb “eat food and drink water.”
[18:31] 46 tn The word “new” is implied but not actually present in the Hebrew text.
[18:31] 47 sn Israel will be your new name. See Gen 32:28; 35:10.
[20:17] 51 map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.
