1 Kings 11:6

11:6 Solomon did evil in the Lord’s sight; ¹  he did not remain loyal to ²  the Lord, like his father David had.

1 Kings 11:38

11:38 You must obey ³  all I command you to do, follow my instructions, ⁴  do what I approve, ⁵  and keep my rules and commandments, like my servant David did. Then I will be with you and establish for you a lasting dynasty, as I did for David; ⁶  I will give you Israel.

1 Kings 6:12-13

6:12 “As for this temple you are building, if you follow ⁷  my rules, observe ⁸  my regulations, and obey all my commandments, ⁹  I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David. ¹⁰  6:13 I will live among the Israelites and will not abandon my people Israel.”

1 Kings 8:61

8:61 May you demonstrate wholehearted devotion to the Lord our God ¹¹  by following ¹²  his rules and obeying ¹³  his commandments, as you are presently doing.” ¹⁴ 

1 Kings 9:4

9:4 You must serve me with integrity and sincerity, just as your father David did. Do everything I commanded and obey my rules and regulations. ¹⁵ 

1 Kings 15:3

15:3 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. ¹⁶ 

1 Kings 15:14

15:14 The high places were not eliminated, yet Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord throughout his lifetime. ¹⁷ 

1 Kings 15:2

15:2 He ruled for three years in Jerusalem. ¹⁸  His mother was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom. ¹⁹ 

1 Kings 20:3

20:3 He said to him, “This is what Ben Hadad says, ‘Your silver and your gold are mine, as well as the best of your wives and sons.’”

1 Kings 20:1

Ben Hadad Invades Israel

20:1 Now King Ben Hadad of Syria assembled all his army, along with thirty-two other kings with their horses and chariots. He marched against Samaria ²⁰  and besieged and attacked it. ²¹ 

1 Kings 1:9

1:9 Adonijah sacrificed sheep, cattle, and fattened steers at the Stone of Zoheleth near En Rogel. He invited all his brothers, the king’s sons, ²²  as well as all the men of Judah, the king’s servants.

1 Kings 1:19

1:19 He has sacrificed many cattle, steers, and sheep and has invited all the king’s sons, Abiathar the priest, and Joab, the commander of the army, but he has not invited your servant Solomon.

1 Kings 1:2

1:2 His servants advised ²³  him, “A young virgin must be found for our master, the king, ²⁴  to take care of the king’s needs ²⁵  and serve as his nurse. She can also sleep with you ²⁶  and keep our master, the king, warm.” ²⁷ 

1 Kings 17:3

17:3 “Leave here and travel eastward. Hide out in the Kerith Valley near the Jordan.

1 Kings 1:2

1:2 His servants advised ²⁸  him, “A young virgin must be found for our master, the king, ²⁹  to take care of the king’s needs ³⁰  and serve as his nurse. She can also sleep with you ³¹  and keep our master, the king, warm.” ³² 

1 Kings 1:20-21

1:20 Now, ³³  my master, O king, all Israel is watching anxiously to see who is named to succeed my master the king on the throne. ³⁴  1:21 If a decision is not made, ³⁵  when my master the king is buried with his ancestors, ³⁶  my son Solomon and I ³⁷  will be considered state criminals.” ³⁸ 

1 Kings 1:2

1:2 His servants advised ³⁹  him, “A young virgin must be found for our master, the king, ⁴⁰  to take care of the king’s needs ⁴¹  and serve as his nurse. She can also sleep with you ⁴²  and keep our master, the king, warm.” ⁴³ 

[11:6]  ¹ tn Heb “in the eyes of the Lord.”

[11:6]  ² tn The idiomatic statement reads in Hebrew, “he did not fill up after.”

[11:38]  ³ tn Heb “If you obey.” In the Hebrew text v. 38 is actually one long conditional sentence, which has been broken into two parts in the translation for stylistic purposes.

[11:38]  ⁴ tn Heb “walk in my ways.”

[11:38]  ⁵ tn Heb “do what is right in my eyes.”

[11:38]  ⁶ tn Heb “I will build for you a permanent house, like I built for David.”

[6:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “walk in.”

[6:12]  ⁸ tn Heb “do.”

[6:12]  ⁹ tn Heb “and keep all my commandments by walking in them.”

[6:12]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “I will establish my word with you which I spoke to David your father.”

[8:61]  ¹¹ tn Heb “may your hearts be complete with the Lord our God.”

[8:61]  ¹² tn Heb “walking in.”

[8:61]  ¹³ tn Heb “keeping.”

[8:61]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “as this day.”

[9:4]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “As for you, if you walk before me, as David your father walked, in integrity of heart and in uprightness, by doing all which I commanded you, [and] you keep my rules and my regulations.” Verse 4 is actually a lengthy protasis (“if” section) of a conditional sentence, the apodosis (“then” section) of which appears in v. 5.

[15:3]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “his heart was not complete with the Lord his God, like the heart of David his father.”

[15:14]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “yet the heart of Asa was complete with the Lord all his days.”

[15:2]  ¹⁸ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[15:2]  ¹⁹ sn Abishalom (also in v. 10) is a variant of the name Absalom (cf. 2 Chr 11:20). The more common form is used by TEV, NLT.

[20:1]  ²⁰ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[20:1]  ²¹ tn Heb “and he went up and besieged Samaria and fought against it.”

[1:9]  ²² tc The ancient Greek version omits this appositional phrase.

[1:2]  ²³ tn Heb “said to.”

[1:2]  ²⁴ tn Heb “let them seek for my master, the king, a young girl, a virgin.” The third person plural subject of the verb is indefinite (see GKC 460 §144.f). The appositional expression, “a young girl, a virgin,” is idiomatic; the second term specifically defines the more general first term (see IBHS 230 §12.3b).

[1:2]  ²⁵ tn Heb “and she will stand before the king.” The Hebrew phrase “stand before” can mean “to attend; to serve” (BDB 764 s.v. עָמַד).

[1:2]  ²⁶ tn Heb “and she will lie down in your bosom.” The expression might imply sexual intimacy (see 2 Sam 12:3 [where the lamb symbolizes Bathsheba] and Mic 7:5), though v. 4b indicates that David did not actually have sex with the young woman.

[1:2]  ²⁷ tn Heb “and my master, the king, will be warm.”

[1:2]  ²⁸ tn Heb “said to.”

[1:2]  ²⁹ tn Heb “let them seek for my master, the king, a young girl, a virgin.” The third person plural subject of the verb is indefinite (see GKC 460 §144.f). The appositional expression, “a young girl, a virgin,” is idiomatic; the second term specifically defines the more general first term (see IBHS 230 §12.3b).

[1:2]  ³⁰ tn Heb “and she will stand before the king.” The Hebrew phrase “stand before” can mean “to attend; to serve” (BDB 764 s.v. עָמַד).

[1:2]  ³¹ tn Heb “and she will lie down in your bosom.” The expression might imply sexual intimacy (see 2 Sam 12:3 [where the lamb symbolizes Bathsheba] and Mic 7:5), though v. 4b indicates that David did not actually have sex with the young woman.

[1:2]  ³² tn Heb “and my master, the king, will be warm.”

[1:20]  ³³ tc Many Hebrew mss have עַתָּה (’attah, “now”) rather than the similar sounding independent pronoun אַתָּה (’attah, “you”).

[1:20]  ³⁴ tn Heb “the eyes of all Israel are upon you to declare to them who will sit on the throne of my master the king after him.”

[1:21]  ³⁵ tn The words “if a decision is not made” are added for clarification.

[1:21]  ³⁶ tn Heb “lies down with his fathers.”

[1:21]  ³⁷ tn Heb “I and my son Solomon.” The order has been reversed in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[1:21]  ³⁸ tn Heb “will be guilty”; NASB “considered offenders”; TEV “treated as traitors.”

[1:2]  ³⁹ tn Heb “said to.”

[1:2]  ⁴⁰ tn Heb “let them seek for my master, the king, a young girl, a virgin.” The third person plural subject of the verb is indefinite (see GKC 460 §144.f). The appositional expression, “a young girl, a virgin,” is idiomatic; the second term specifically defines the more general first term (see IBHS 230 §12.3b).

[1:2]  ⁴¹ tn Heb “and she will stand before the king.” The Hebrew phrase “stand before” can mean “to attend; to serve” (BDB 764 s.v. עָמַד).

[1:2]  ⁴² tn Heb “and she will lie down in your bosom.” The expression might imply sexual intimacy (see 2 Sam 12:3 [where the lamb symbolizes Bathsheba] and Mic 7:5), though v. 4b indicates that David did not actually have sex with the young woman.

[1:2]  ⁴³ tn Heb “and my master, the king, will be warm.”