1 Kings 2:27

2:27 Solomon dismissed Abiathar from his position as priest of the Lord, ¹  fulfilling the decree of judgment the Lord made in Shiloh against the family of Eli. ² 

1 Kings 9:22

9:22 Solomon did not assign Israelites to these work crews; ³  the Israelites served as his soldiers, attendants, officers, charioteers, and commanders of his chariot forces. ⁴ 

1 Kings 11:7

11:7 Furthermore, ⁵  on the hill east of Jerusalem ⁶  Solomon built a high place ⁷  for the detestable Moabite god Chemosh ⁸  and for the detestable Ammonite god Milcom. ⁹ 

1 Kings 14:24

14:24 There were also male cultic prostitutes ¹⁰  in the land. They committed the same horrible sins as the nations ¹¹  that the Lord had driven out from before the Israelites.

1 Kings 20:15

20:15 So Ahab ¹²  assembled the 232 servants of the district governors. After that he assembled all the Israelite army, numbering 7,000. ¹³ 

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.”

1 Kings 21:26

21:26 He was so wicked he worshiped the disgusting idols, ¹⁴  just like the Amorites ¹⁵  whom the Lord had driven out from before the Israelites.)

[2:27]  ¹ tn Heb “Solomon drove out Abiathar from being a priest to the Lord.”

[2:27]  ² tn Heb “fulfilling the word of the Lord which he spoke against the house of Eli in Shiloh.”

[9:22]  ³ sn These work crews. The work crews referred to here must be different than the temporary crews described in 5:13-16.

[9:22]  ⁴ tn Heb “officers of his chariots and his horses.”

[11:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “then.”

[11:7]  ⁶ sn The hill east of Jerusalem refers to the Mount of Olives.

[11:7]  ⁷ sn A high place. The “high places” were places of worship that were naturally or artificially elevated (see 1 Kgs 3:2).

[11:7]  ⁸ tn Heb “Chemosh, the detestable thing of Moab.”

[11:7]  ⁹ tc The MT reads “Molech,” but Milcom must be intended (see vv. 5, 33).

[14:24]  ⁷ tc The Old Greek translation has “a conspiracy” rather than “male cultic prostitutes.”

[14:24]  ⁸ tn Heb “they did according to all the abominable acts of the nations.”

[20:15]  ⁹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ahab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:15]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “after them he assembled all the people, all the sons of Israel, seven thousand.”

[21:26]  ¹¹ tn The Hebrew word used here, גִלּוּלִים (gillulim) is always used as a disdainful reference to idols. It is generally thought to have originally referred to “dung pellets” (cf. KBL 183 s.v. גִלּוּלִים). It is only one of several terms used in this way, such as אֱלִילִים (’elilim, “worthless things”) and הֲבָלִים (havalim, “vanities” or “empty winds”).

[21:26]  ¹² tn Heb “He acted very abominably by walking after the disgusting idols, according to all which the Amorites had done.”