1 Kings 10:12

10:12 With the timber the king made supports ¹  for the Lord’s temple and for the royal palace and stringed instruments ²  for the musicians. No one has seen so much of this fine timber to this very day. ³ )

1 Kings 11:2

11:2 They came from nations about which the Lord had warned the Israelites, “You must not establish friendly relations with them! ⁴  If you do, they will surely shift your allegiance to their gods.” ⁵  But Solomon was irresistibly attracted to them. ⁶ 

1 Kings 13:17

13:17 For the Lord gave me strict orders, ⁷  ‘Do not eat or drink ⁸  there; do not go back the way you came.’”

1 Kings 19:10

19:10 He answered, “I have been absolutely loyal ⁹  to the Lord, the sovereign God, ¹⁰  even though the Israelites have abandoned the agreement they made with you, ¹¹  torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life.” ¹² 

[10:12]  ¹ tn This Hebrew architectural term occurs only here. The meaning is uncertain; some have suggested “banisters” or “parapets”; cf. TEV, NLT “railings.” The parallel passage in 2 Chr 9:11 has a different word, meaning “tracks,” or perhaps “steps.”

[10:12]  ² tn Two types of stringed instruments are specifically mentioned, the כִּנּוֹר (kinnor, “zither” [?]), and נֶבֶל (nevel, “harp”).

[10:12]  ³ tn Heb “there has not come thus, the fine timber, and there has not been seen to this day.”

[11:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “you must not go into them, and they must not go into you.”

[11:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “Surely they will bend your heart after their gods.” The words “if you do” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[11:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “Solomon clung to them for love.” The pronominal suffix, translated “them,” is masculine here, even though it appears the foreign women are in view. Perhaps this is due to attraction to the masculine forms used of the nations earlier in the verse.

[13:17]  ⁷ tn Heb “for a word to me by the word of the Lord.”

[13:17]  ⁸ tn Heb “eat food and drink water.”

[19:10]  ¹⁰ tn Or “very zealous.” The infinitive absolute preceding the finite verb emphasizes the degree of his zeal and allegiance.

[19:10]  ¹¹ tn Traditionally, “the God of hosts.”

[19:10]  ¹² tn Heb “abandoned your covenant.”

[19:10]  ¹³ tn Heb “and they are seeking my life to take it.”