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 4:21

4:21 (5:1) ²  Solomon ruled all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River ³  to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms paid tribute as Solomon’s subjects throughout his lifetime. ⁴ 

1 Kings 5:11

5:11 and Solomon supplied Hiram annually with 20,000 cors ⁵  of wheat as provision for his royal court, ⁶  as well as 20,000 baths ⁷  of pure ⁸  olive oil. ⁹ 

[2:12]  ¹ tn Or “kingship.”

[4:21]  ² sn Beginning with 4:21, the verse numbers through 5:18 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 4:21 ET = 5:1 HT, 4:22 ET = 5:2 HT, etc., through 5:18 ET = 5:32 HT. Beginning with 6:1 the numbering of verses in the English Bible and the Hebrew text is again the same.

[4:21]  ³ tn Heb “the River” (also in v. 24). This is the standard designation for the Euphrates River in biblical Hebrew.

[4:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “[They] were bringing tribute and were serving Solomon all the days of his life.”

[5:11]  ³ sn As a unit of dry measure a cor was roughly equivalent to six bushels.

[5:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “his house.”

[5:11]  ⁵ tc The Hebrew text has “twenty cors,” but the ancient Greek version and the parallel text in 2 Chr 2:10 read “twenty thousand baths.”

[5:11]  ⁶ tn Or “pressed.”

[5:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “and Solomon supplied Hiram with twenty thousand cors of wheat…pure olive oil. So Solomon would give to Hiram year by year.”