1 Kings 2:23

2:23 King Solomon then swore an oath by the Lord, “May God judge me severely, ¹  if Adonijah does not pay for this request with his life! ² 

1 Kings 3:5

3:5 One night in Gibeon the Lord appeared ³  to Solomon in a dream. God said, “Tell ⁴  me what I should give you.”

1 Kings 4:29

4:29 God gave Solomon wisdom and very great discernment; the breadth of his understanding ⁵  was as infinite as the sand on the seashore.

1 Kings 8:27

8:27 “God does not really live on the earth! ⁶  Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built!

1 Kings 10:24

10:24 Everyone ⁷  in the world wanted to visit Solomon to see him display his God-given wisdom. ⁸ 

1 Kings 11:10

11:10 and had warned him about this very thing, so that he would not follow other gods. ⁹  But he did not obey ¹⁰  the Lord’s command.

1 Kings 11:23

11:23 God also brought against Solomon ¹¹  another enemy, Rezon son of Eliada who had run away from his master, King Hadadezer of Zobah.

1 Kings 13:1

13:1 Just then ¹²  a prophet ¹³  from Judah, sent by the Lord, arrived in Bethel, ¹⁴  as Jeroboam was standing near the altar ready to offer a sacrifice.

1 Kings 14:9

14:9 You have sinned more than all who came before you. You went and angered me by making other gods, formed out of metal; you have completely disregarded me. ¹⁵ 

1 Kings 17:24

17:24 The woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a prophet and that the Lord really does speak through you.” ¹⁶ 

1 Kings 21:10

21:10 Also seat two villains opposite him and have them testify, ‘You cursed God and the king.’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”

[2:23]  ¹ tn Heb “So may God do to me, and so may he add.”

[2:23]  ² tn Heb “if with his life Adonijah has not spoken this word.”

[3:5]  ³ tn Or “revealed himself.”

[3:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “ask.”

[4:29]  ⁵ tn Heb “heart,” i.e., mind. (The Hebrew term translated “heart” often refers to the mental faculties.)

[8:27]  ⁷ tn Heb “Indeed, can God really live on the earth?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course not,” the force of which the translation above seeks to reflect.

[10:24]  ⁹ tc The Old Greek translation and Syriac Peshitta have “all the kings of the earth.” See 2 Chr 9:23.

[10:24]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and all the earth was seeking the face of Solomon to hear his wisdom which God had placed in his heart.”

[11:10]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and had commanded him concerning this thing not to walk after other gods.”

[11:10]  ¹² tn Or “keep.”

[11:23]  ¹³ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Solomon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[13:1]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “Look.” The Hebrew particle הִנֵּה (hinneh) is a rhetorical device by which the author invites the reader to visualize the scene for dramatic effect.

[13:1]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “the man of God.”

[13:1]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “came by the word of the Lord to Bethel.”

[14:9]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “you went and you made for yourself other gods, metal [ones], angering me, and you threw me behind your back.”

[17:24]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “you are a man of God and the word of the Lord is truly in your mouth.”