1 Kings 1:8

1:8 But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and David’s elite warriors ¹  did not ally themselves ²  with Adonijah.

1 Kings 12:31

12:31 He built temples ³  on the high places and appointed as priests people who were not Levites.

1 Kings 14:9

14:9 You have sinned more than all who came before you. You went and angered me by making other gods, formed out of metal; you have completely disregarded me. ⁴ 

1 Kings 16:33

16:33 Ahab also made an Asherah pole; he ⁵  did more to anger the Lord God of Israel than all the kings of Israel who were before him.

[1:8]  ¹ tn Or “bodyguard” (Heb “mighty men”).

[1:8]  ² tn Heb “were not.”

[12:31]  ³ tn The Hebrew text has the singular, but the plural is preferable here (see 1 Kgs 13:32). The Old Greek translation and the Vulgate have the plural.

[14:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “you went and you made for yourself other gods, metal [ones], angering me, and you threw me behind your back.”

[16:33]  ⁷ tn Heb “Ahab”; the proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.