1 Kings 2:17
Context2:17 He said, “Please ask King Solomon if he would give me Abishag the Shunammite as a wife, for he won’t refuse you.” 1
1 Kings 2:35
Context2:35 The king appointed Benaiah son of Jehoiada to take his place at the head of 2 the army, and the king appointed Zadok the priest to take Abiathar’s place. 3
1 Kings 4:29
Context4:29 God gave Solomon wisdom and very great discernment; the breadth of his understanding 4 was as infinite as the sand on the seashore.
1 Kings 10:27
Context10:27 The king made silver as plentiful 5 in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was 6 as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the lowlands. 7
1 Kings 11:19
Context11:19 Pharaoh liked Hadad so well 8 he gave him his sister-in-law (Queen Tahpenes’ sister) as a wife. 9


[2:17] 1 tn Heb “Say to Solomon the king, for he will not turn back your face, that he might give to me Abishag the Shunammite for a wife.”
[2:35] 3 tc The Old Greek translation includes after v. 35 some fourteen verses that are absent from the MT.
[4:29] 3 tn Heb “heart,” i.e., mind. (The Hebrew term translated “heart” often refers to the mental faculties.)
[10:27] 4 tn The words “as plentiful” are added for clarification.
[10:27] 6 tn Heb “as the sycamore fig trees which are in the Shephelah.”
[11:19] 5 tn Heb “and Hadad found great favor in the eyes of Pharaoh.”
[11:19] 6 tn Heb “and he gave to him a wife, the sister of his wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.”