1 Kings 1:6
Context1:6 (Now his father had never corrected 1 him 2 by saying, “Why do you do such things?” He was also very handsome and had been born right after Absalom. 3 )
1 Kings 2:36
Context2:36 Next the king summoned 4 Shimei and told him, “Build yourself a house in Jerusalem 5 and live there – but you may not leave there to go anywhere! 6
1 Kings 3:8
Context3:8 Your servant stands 7 among your chosen people; 8 they are a great nation that is too numerous to count or number.
1 Kings 8:8
Context8:8 The poles were so long their ends were visible from the holy place in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from beyond that point. 9 They have remained there to this very day.
1 Kings 8:11
Context8:11 The priests could not carry out their duties 10 because of the cloud; the Lord’s glory filled his temple. 11
1 Kings 9:12
Context9:12 When Hiram went out from Tyre to inspect the cities Solomon had given him, he was not pleased with them. 12
1 Kings 10:5
Context10:5 the food in his banquet hall, 13 his servants and attendants, 14 their robes, his cupbearers, and his burnt offerings which he presented in the Lord’s temple, she was amazed. 15
1 Kings 11:10
Context11:10 and had warned him about this very thing, so that he would not follow other gods. 16 But he did not obey 17 the Lord’s command.
1 Kings 15:3
Context15:3 He followed all the sinful practices of his father before him. He was not wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord his God, as his ancestor David had been. 18
1 Kings 22:48-49
Context22:48 Jehoshaphat built a fleet of large merchant ships 19 to travel to Ophir for gold, but they never made the voyage because they were shipwrecked in Ezion Geber. 22:49 Then Ahaziah son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “Let my sailors join yours in the fleet,” 20 but Jehoshaphat refused.


[1:6] 2 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] 3 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).
[2:36] 4 tn Heb “sent and summoned.”
[2:36] 5 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[2:36] 6 tn Heb “and you may not go out from there here or there.”
[3:8] 7 tn There is no verb expressed in the Hebrew text; “stands” is supplied in the translation for clarification.
[3:8] 8 tn Heb “your people whom you have chosen.”
[8:8] 10 tn Heb “they could not be seen outside.”
[8:11] 13 tn Heb “were not able to stand to serve.”
[8:11] 14 tn Heb “the house of the
[9:12] 16 tn Heb “they were not agreeable in his eyes.”
[10:5] 19 tn Heb “the food on his table.”
[10:5] 20 tn Heb “the seating of his servants and the standing of his attendants.”
[10:5] 21 tn Heb “there was no breath still in her.”
[11:10] 22 tn Heb “and had commanded him concerning this thing not to walk after other gods.”
[15:3] 25 tn Heb “his heart was not complete with the
[22:48] 28 tn Heb “a fleet of Tarshish [ships].” This probably refers to large ships either made in or capable of traveling to the distant western port of Tarshish.
[22:49] 31 tn Heb “Let my servants go with your servants in the fleet.”