1 Kings 11:30

11:30 and he grabbed the robe ¹  and tore it into twelve pieces.

1 Kings 11:29

11:29 At that time, when Jeroboam had left Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met him on the road; the two of them were alone in the open country. Ahijah ²  was wearing a brand new robe,

1 Kings 1:18

1:18 But now, look, Adonijah has become king! But you, ³  my master the king, are not even aware of it! ⁴ 

1 Kings 9:24

9:24 Solomon built the terrace as soon as Pharaoh’s daughter moved up from the city of David ⁵  to the palace Solomon built for her. ⁶ 

1 Kings 18:31

18:31 Then Elijah took twelve stones, corresponding to the number of tribes that descended from Jacob, to whom the Lord had said, “Israel will be your new ⁷  name.” ⁸ 

1 Kings 1:45

1:45 Then Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anointed ⁹  him king in Gihon. They went up from there rejoicing, and the city is in an uproar. That is the sound you hear.

1 Kings 5:1

Solomon Gathers Building Materials for the Temple

5:1 (5:15) ¹⁰  King Hiram of Tyre ¹¹  sent messengers ¹²  to Solomon when he heard that he had been anointed king in his father’s place. (Hiram had always been an ally of David.)

1 Kings 16:16

16:16 While deployed there, the army received this report: ¹³  “Zimri has conspired against the king and assassinated him.” ¹⁴  So all Israel made Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel that very day in the camp.

1 Kings 8:1

Solomon Moves the Ark into the Temple

8:1 ¹⁵ Then Solomon convened in Jerusalem ¹⁶  Israel’s elders, all the leaders of the Israelite tribes and families, so they could witness the transferal of the ark of the Lord’s covenant from the city of David (that is, Zion). ¹⁷ 

[11:30]  ¹ tn Heb “and Ahijah grabbed the new robe that was on him.”

[11:29]  ² tn The Hebrew text has simply “he,” making it a bit unclear whether Jeroboam or Ahijah is the subject, but in the Hebrew word order Ahijah is the nearer antecedent, and this is followed by the present translation.

[1:18]  ³ tc Instead of עַתָּה (’attah, “now”) many Hebrew mss, along with the Old Greek, Syriac Peshitta, and Latin Vulgate, have the similar sounding independent pronoun אַתָּה (’attah, “you”). This reading is followed in the present translation.

[1:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “you do not know [about it].”

[9:24]  ⁴ sn The phrase city of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

[9:24]  ⁵ tn Heb “As soon as Pharaoh’s daughter went up from the city of David to her house which he built for her, then he built the terrace.”

[18:31]  ⁵ tn The word “new” is implied but not actually present in the Hebrew text.

[18:31]  ⁶ sn Israel will be your new name. See Gen 32:28; 35:10.

[1:45]  ⁶ tn I.e., designated by anointing with oil.

[5:1]  ⁷ sn The verse numbers in the English Bible differ from those in the Hebrew text (BHS) here; 5:1-18 in the English Bible corresponds to 5:15-32 in the Hebrew text. See the note at 4:21.

[5:1]  ⁸ map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[5:1]  ⁹ tn Heb “his servants.”

[16:16]  ⁸ tn Heb “and the people who were encamped heard.”

[16:16]  ⁹ tn Heb “has conspired against and also has struck down the king.”

[8:1]  ⁹ tc The Old Greek translation includes the following words at the beginning of ch. 8: “It so happened that when Solomon finished building the Lord’s temple and his own house, after twenty years.”

[8:1]  ¹⁰ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[8:1]  ¹¹ tn Heb “Then Solomon convened the elders of Israel, the heads of the tribes, the chiefs of the fathers belonging to the sons of Israel to King Solomon [in] Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the city of David (it is Zion).”