1 Kings 2:12

Solomon Secures the Throne

2:12 Solomon sat on his father David’s throne, and his royal authority ¹  was firmly solidified.

1 Kings 2:45

2:45 But King Solomon will be empowered ²  and David’s dynasty ³  will endure permanently before the Lord.”

1 Kings 6:19

6:19 He prepared the inner sanctuary inside the temple so that the ark of the covenant of the Lord could be placed there.

1 Kings 2:46

2:46 The king then gave the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada who went and executed Shimei. ⁴ 

So Solomon took firm control of the kingdom. ⁵ 

1 Kings 5:18

5:18 Solomon’s and Hiram’s construction workers, ⁶  along with men from Byblos, ⁷  did the chiseling and prepared the wood and stones for the building of the temple. ⁸ 

1 Kings 2:24

2:24 Now, as certainly as the Lord lives (he who made me secure, allowed me to sit on my father David’s throne, and established a dynasty ⁹  for me as he promised), Adonijah will be executed today!”

[2:12]  ¹ tn Or “kingship.”

[2:45]  ² tn Or “blessed.”

[2:45]  ³ tn Heb “throne.”

[2:46]  ³ tn “The king commanded Benaiah son of Jehoiada and he went out and struck him down and he died.”

[2:46]  ⁴ tn “And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.”

[5:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “builders.”

[5:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “the Gebalites.” The reading is problematic and some emend to a verb form meaning, “set the borders.”

[5:18]  ⁶ tc The LXX includes the words “for three years.”

[2:24]  ⁵ tn Heb “house.”