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 ¹  for me as he promised), Adonijah will be executed today!”

1 Kings 2:28

2:28 When the news reached Joab (for Joab had supported ²  Adonijah, although he had not supported Absalom), he ³  ran to the tent of the Lord and grabbed hold of the horns of the altar. ⁴ 

1 Kings 2:31

2:31 The king told him, “Do as he said! Strike him down and bury him. Take away from me and from my father’s family ⁵  the guilt of Joab’s murderous, bloody deeds. ⁶ 

1 Kings 7:8

7:8 The palace where he lived was constructed in a similar way. ⁷  He also constructed a palace like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had married. ⁸ 

1 Kings 7:30

7:30 Each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles and four supports. Under the basin the supports were fashioned on each side with wreaths. ⁹ 

1 Kings 8:5

8:5 Now King Solomon and all the Israelites who had assembled with him went on ahead of the ark and sacrificed more sheep and cattle than could be counted or numbered. ¹⁰ 

1 Kings 8:32

8:32 Listen from heaven and make a just decision about your servants’ claims. Condemn the guilty party, declare the other innocent, and give both of them what they deserve. ¹¹ 

1 Kings 9:8

9:8 This temple will become a heap of ruins; ¹²  everyone who passes by it will be shocked and will hiss out their scorn, ¹³  saying, ‘Why did the Lord do this to this land and this temple?’

1 Kings 10:12

10:12 With the timber the king made supports ¹⁴  for the Lord’s temple and for the royal palace and stringed instruments ¹⁵  for the musicians. No one has seen so much of this fine timber to this very day. ¹⁶ )

1 Kings 11:29

11:29 At that time, when Jeroboam had left Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met him on the road; the two of them were alone in the open country. Ahijah ¹⁷  was wearing a brand new robe,

1 Kings 11:34

11:34 I will not take the whole kingdom from his hand. I will allow him to be ruler for the rest of his life for the sake of my chosen servant David who kept my commandments and rules.

1 Kings 15:22

15:22 King Asa ordered all the men of Judah (no exemptions were granted) to carry away the stones and wood that Baasha had used to build Ramah. ¹⁸  King Asa used the materials to build up ¹⁹  Geba (in Benjamin) and Mizpah.

1 Kings 17:13

17:13 Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid. Go and do as you planned. ²⁰  But first make a small cake for me and bring it to me; then make something for yourself and your son.

1 Kings 20:10

20:10 Ben Hadad sent another message to him, “May the gods judge me severely ²¹  if there is enough dirt left in Samaria for my soldiers to scoop up in their hands.” ²² 

1 Kings 22:30

22:30 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and then enter ²³  into the battle; but you wear your royal robes.” So the king of Israel disguised himself and then entered into the battle.

1 Kings 22:38

22:38 They washed off the chariot at the pool of Samaria (this was where the prostitutes bathed); ²⁴  dogs licked his blood, just as the Lord had said would happen. ²⁵ 

[2:24]  ¹ tn Heb “house.”

[2:28]  ² tn Heb “turned after” (also later in this verse).

[2:28]  ³ tn Heb “Joab.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[2:28]  ⁴ sn Grabbed hold of the horns of the altar. The “horns” of the altar were the horn-shaped projections on the four corners of the altar (see Exod 27:2). By going to the holy place and grabbing hold of the horns of the altar, Joab was seeking asylum from Solomon.

[2:31]  ³ tn Heb “house.”

[2:31]  ⁴ tn Heb “take away the undeserved bloodshed which Joab spilled from upon me and from upon the house of my father.”

[7:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “and his house where he lived, the other court [i.e., as opposed to the great court], separated from the house belonging to the hall, was like this work [i.e., this style of architecture].”

[7:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “and a house he was making for the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Solomon had taken, like this porch.”

[7:30]  ⁵ tn The precise meaning of this last word, translated “wreaths,” is uncertain.

[8:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “And King Solomon and all the assembly of Israel, those who had been gathered to him, [were] before the ark, sacrificing sheep and cattle which could not be counted or numbered because of the abundance.”

[8:32]  ⁷ tn Heb “and you, hear [from] heaven and act and judge your servants by declaring the guilty to be guilty, to give his way on his head, and to declare the innocent to be innocent, to give to him according to his innocence.”

[9:8]  ⁸ tn Heb “and this house will be high [or elevated].” The statement makes little sense in this context, which predicts the desolation that judgment will bring. Some treat the clause as concessive, “Even though this temple is lofty [now].” Others, following the lead of several ancient versions, emend the text to, “this temple will become a heap of ruins.”

[9:8]  ⁹ tn Heb “hiss,” or perhaps “whistle.” This refers to a derisive sound one would make when taunting an object of ridicule.

[10:12]  ⁹ tn This Hebrew architectural term occurs only here. The meaning is uncertain; some have suggested “banisters” or “parapets”; cf. TEV, NLT “railings.” The parallel passage in 2 Chr 9:11 has a different word, meaning “tracks,” or perhaps “steps.”

[10:12]  ¹⁰ tn Two types of stringed instruments are specifically mentioned, the כִּנּוֹר (kinnor, “zither” [?]), and נֶבֶל (nevel, “harp”).

[10:12]  ¹¹ tn Heb “there has not come thus, the fine timber, and there has not been seen to this day.”

[11:29]  ¹⁰ tn The Hebrew text has simply “he,” making it a bit unclear whether Jeroboam or Ahijah is the subject, but in the Hebrew word order Ahijah is the nearer antecedent, and this is followed by the present translation.

[15:22]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and King Asa made a proclamation to all Judah, there was no one exempt, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its wood which Baasha had built.”

[15:22]  ¹² tn Heb “and King Asa built with them.”

[17:13]  ¹² tn Heb “according to your word.”

[20:10]  ¹³ tn Heb “So may the gods do to me, and so may they add.”

[20:10]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “if the dirt of Samaria suffices for the handfuls of all the people who are at my feet.”

[22:30]  ¹⁴ tn The Hebrew verbal forms could be imperatives (“Disguise yourself and enter”), but this would make no sense in light of the immediately following context. The forms are better interpreted as infinitives absolute functioning as cohortatives. See IBHS 594 §35.5.2a. Some prefer to emend the forms to imperfects.

[22:38]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “now the prostitutes bathed.”

[22:38]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “according to the word of the Lord which he spoke.”