1 Kings 1:50

1:50 Adonijah feared Solomon, so he got up and went and grabbed hold of the horns of the altar. ¹ 

1 Kings 2:45

2:45 But King Solomon will be empowered ²  and David’s dynasty ³  will endure permanently before the Lord.”

1 Kings 3:16

Solomon Demonstrates His Wisdom

3:16 Then two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.

1 Kings 3:24

3:24 The king ordered, “Get me a sword!” So they placed a sword before the king.

1 Kings 8:22

Solomon Prays for Israel

8:22 Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in front of the entire assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward the sky. ⁴ 

1 Kings 10:8

10:8 Your attendants, who stand before you at all times and hear your wise sayings, are truly happy! ⁵ 

1 Kings 12:30

12:30 This caused Israel to sin; ⁶  the people went to Bethel and Dan to worship the calves. ⁷ 

1 Kings 13:34

13:34 This sin caused Jeroboam’s dynasty ⁸  to come to an end and to be destroyed from the face of the earth.

1 Kings 16:25

16:25 Omri did more evil in the sight of ⁹  the Lord than all who were before him.

1 Kings 16:30

16:30 Ahab son of Omri did more evil in the sight of ¹⁰  the Lord than all who were before him.

1 Kings 17:3

17:3 “Leave here and travel eastward. Hide out in the Kerith Valley near the Jordan.

1 Kings 17:5

17:5 So he did ¹¹  as the Lord told him; he went and lived in the Kerith Valley near the Jordan.

1 Kings 18:15

18:15 But Elijah said, “As certainly as the Lord who rules over all ¹²  lives (whom I serve), ¹³  I will make an appearance before him today.”

[1:50]  ¹ sn Grabbed hold of the horns of the altar. The “horns” of the altar were the horn-shaped projections on the four corners of the altar (see Exod 27:2). By going to the holy place and grabbing hold of the horns of the altar, Adonijah was seeking asylum from Solomon.

[2:45]  ² tn Or “blessed.”

[2:45]  ³ tn Heb “throne.”

[8:22]  ³ tn Or “heaven.”

[10:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “How happy are your men! How happy are these servants of yours, who stand before you continually, who hear your wisdom!”

[12:30]  ⁵ tn Heb “and this thing became a sin.”

[12:30]  ⁶ tc The MT reads “and the people went before the one to Dan.” It is likely that some words have been accidentally omitted and that the text originally said, “and the people went before the one at Bethel and before the one at Dan.”

[13:34]  ⁶ tn Heb “house.”

[16:25]  ⁷ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[16:30]  ⁸ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[17:5]  ⁹ tn Heb “So he went and did.”

[18:15]  ¹⁰ tn Traditionally, “the Lord of Hosts.”

[18:15]  ¹¹ tn Heb “(before whom I stand).”