1 Kings 1:51

1:51 Solomon was told, “Look, Adonijah fears you; ¹  see, he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying, ‘May King Solomon solemnly promise ²  me today that he will not kill his servant with the sword.’”

1 Kings 3:28

3:28 When all Israel heard about the judicial decision which the king had rendered, they respected ³  the king, for they realized ⁴  that he possessed supernatural wisdom ⁵  to make judicial decisions.

[1:51]  ¹ tn Heb “King Solomon.” The name and title have been replaced by the pronoun (“you”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[1:51]  ² tn Or “swear an oath to.”

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

[3:28]  ⁴ tn Heb “saw.”

[3:28]  ⁵ tn Heb “the wisdom of God within him.”