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 2:7

2:7 “Treat fairly ²  the sons of Barzillai of Gilead and provide for their needs, ³  because they helped me ⁴  when I had to flee from your brother Absalom.

1 Kings 8:11

8:11 The priests could not carry out their duties ⁵  because of the cloud; the Lord’s glory filled his temple. ⁶ 

1 Kings 12:2

12:2 ⁷  When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard the news, he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon and had been living ever since. ⁸ 

1 Kings 14:24

14:24 There were also male cultic prostitutes ⁹  in the land. They committed the same horrible sins as the nations ¹⁰  that the Lord had driven out from before the Israelites.

1 Kings 21:26

21:26 He was so wicked he worshiped the disgusting idols, ¹¹  just like the Amorites ¹²  whom the Lord had driven out from before the Israelites.)

1 Kings 3:28

3:28 When all Israel heard about the judicial decision which the king had rendered, they respected ¹³  the king, for they realized ¹⁴  that he possessed supernatural wisdom ¹⁵  to make judicial decisions.

1 Kings 5:3

5:3 “You know that my father David was unable to build a temple to honor the Lord ¹⁶  his God, for he was busy fighting battles on all fronts while the Lord subdued his enemies. ¹⁷ 

1 Kings 21:29

21:29 “Have you noticed how Ahab shows remorse ¹⁸  before me? Because he shows remorse before me, I will not bring disaster on his dynasty during his lifetime, but during the reign of his son.” ¹⁹ 

[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.

[2:7]  ² tn Heb “do loyalty with”; or “act faithfully toward.”

[2:7]  ³ tn Heb “and let them be among the ones who eat [at] your table.”

[2:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “drew near to.”

[8:11]  ³ tn Heb “were not able to stand to serve.”

[8:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “the house of the Lord.”

[12:2]  ⁴ tc Verse 2 is not included in the Old Greek translation. See the note on 11:43.

[12:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “and Jeroboam lived in Egypt.” The parallel text in 2 Chr 10:2 reads, “and Jeroboam returned from Egypt.” In a purely consonantal text the forms “and he lived” and “and he returned” are identical (וישׁב).

[14:24]  ⁵ tc The Old Greek translation has “a conspiracy” rather than “male cultic prostitutes.”

[14:24]  ⁶ tn Heb “they did according to all the abominable acts of the nations.”

[21:26]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew word used here, גִלּוּלִים (gillulim) is always used as a disdainful reference to idols. It is generally thought to have originally referred to “dung pellets” (cf. KBL 183 s.v. גִלּוּלִים). It is only one of several terms used in this way, such as אֱלִילִים (’elilim, “worthless things”) and הֲבָלִים (havalim, “vanities” or “empty winds”).

[21:26]  ⁷ tn Heb “He acted very abominably by walking after the disgusting idols, according to all which the Amorites had done.”

[3:28]  ⁷ tn Heb “feared,” perhaps in the sense, “stood in awe of.”

[3:28]  ⁸ tn Heb “saw.”

[3:28]  ⁹ tn Heb “the wisdom of God within him.”

[5:3]  ⁸ tn Heb “a house for the name of the Lord.” The word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor. The “name” of the Lord sometimes designates the Lord himself, being indistinguishable from the proper name.

[5:3]  ⁹ tn Heb “because of the battles which surrounded him until the Lord placed them under the soles of his feet.”

[21:29]  ⁹ tn Or “humbles himself.” The expression occurs a second time later in this verse.

[21:29]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “I will not bring the disaster during his days, [but] in the days of his son I will bring the disaster on his house.”