1 Kings 2:5

2:5 “You know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me – how he murdered two commanders of the Israelite armies, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. ¹  During peacetime he struck them down like he would in battle; ²  when he shed their blood as if in battle, he stained his own belt and the sandals on his feet. ³ 

1 Kings 2:26

2:26 The king then told Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your property ⁴  in Anathoth. You deserve to die, ⁵  but today I will not kill you because you did carry the ark of the sovereign Lord before my father David and you suffered with my father through all his difficult times.” ⁶ 

1 Kings 3:6

3:6 Solomon replied, “You demonstrated ⁷  great loyalty to your servant, my father David, as he served ⁸  you faithfully, properly, and sincerely. ⁹  You have maintained this great loyalty to this day by allowing his son to sit on his throne. ¹⁰ 

1 Kings 3:26

3:26 The real mother ¹¹  spoke up to the king, for her motherly instincts were aroused. ¹²  She said, “My master, give her the living child! Whatever you do, don’t kill him!” ¹³  But the other woman said, “Neither one of us will have him! Let them cut him in two!”

1 Kings 8:43

8:43 Then listen from your heavenly dwelling place and answer all the prayers of the foreigners. ¹⁴  Then all the nations of the earth will acknowledge your reputation, ¹⁵  obey ¹⁶  you like your people Israel do, and recognize that this temple I built belongs to you. ¹⁷ 

1 Kings 12:16

12:16 When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, the people answered the king, “We have no portion in David, no share in the son of Jesse! ¹⁸  Return to your homes, O Israel! ¹⁹  Now, look after your own dynasty, O David!” ²⁰  So Israel returned to their homes. ²¹ 

1 Kings 12:32

12:32 Jeroboam inaugurated a festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, ²²  like the festival celebrated in Judah. ²³  On the altar in Bethel he offered sacrifices to the calves he had made. ²⁴  In Bethel he also appointed priests for the high places he had made.

1 Kings 14:21

Rehoboam’s Reign over Judah

14:21 Now Rehoboam son of Solomon ruled in Judah. He ²⁵  was forty-one years old when he became king and he ruled for seventeen years in Jerusalem, ²⁶  the city the Lord chose from all the tribes of Israel to be his home. ²⁷  His mother was an Ammonite woman ²⁸  named Naamah.

1 Kings 15:18

15:18 Asa took all the silver and gold that was left in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and of the royal palace and handed it to his servants. He then told them to deliver it ²⁹  to Ben Hadad son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, ruler in Damascus, along with this message:

1 Kings 20:28

20:28 The prophet ³⁰  visited the king of Israel and said, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Because the Syrians said, “The Lord is a god of the mountains and not a god of the valleys,” I will hand over to you this entire huge army. ³¹  Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”

1 Kings 20:39

20:39 When the king passed by, he called out to the king, “Your servant went out into the heat ³²  of the battle, and then a man turned aside and brought me a prisoner. ³³  He told me, ‘Guard this prisoner. If he ends up missing for any reason, ³⁴  you will pay with your life or with a talent ³⁵  of silver.’ ³⁶ 

1 Kings 21:2

21:2 Ahab said to Naboth, “Give me your vineyard so I can make a vegetable garden out of it, for it is adjacent to my palace. I will give you an even better vineyard in its place, or if you prefer, ³⁷  I will pay you silver for it.” ³⁸ 

1 Kings 22:8

22:8 The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man through whom we can seek the Lord’s will. ³⁹  But I despise ⁴⁰  him because he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but disaster. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah. ⁴¹  Jehoshaphat said, “The king should not say such things.”

[2:5]  ¹ tn Heb “what he did to the two commanders…and he killed them.”

[2:5]  ² tn Heb “he shed the blood of battle in peace.”

[2:5]  ³ tn Heb “and he shed the blood of battle when he killed which is on his waist and on his sandal[s] which are on his feet.” That is, he covered himself with guilt and his guilt was obvious to all who saw him.

[2:26]  ⁴ tn Or “field.”

[2:26]  ⁵ tn Heb “you are a man of death.”

[2:26]  ⁶ tn Heb “and because you suffered through all which my father suffered.”

[3:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “did.”

[3:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “walked before.”

[3:6]  ⁹ tn Heb “in faithfulness and in innocence and in uprightness of heart with you.”

[3:6]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and you have kept to him this great loyalty and you gave to him a son [who] sits on his throne as this day.”

[3:26]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the woman whose son was alive.”

[3:26]  ¹¹ tn Heb “for her compassions grew warm for her son.”

[3:26]  ¹² tn The infinitive absolute before the negated jussive emphasizes the main verb.

[8:43]  ¹³ tn Heb “and do all which the foreigner calls to [i.e., “requests of”] you.”

[8:43]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “your name.” See the note on the word “reputation” in v. 41.

[8:43]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “fear.”

[8:43]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “that your name is called over this house which I built.” The Hebrew idiom “to call the name over” indicates ownership. See 2 Sam 12:28.

[12:16]  ¹⁶ sn We have no portion in David; no share in the son of Jesse. Their point seems to be that they have no familial relationship with David that brings them any benefits or places upon them any obligations. They are being treated like outsiders.

[12:16]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “to your tents, Israel.” The word “return” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[12:16]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “Now see your house, David.”

[12:16]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “went to their tents.”

[12:32]  ¹⁹ sn The eighth month would correspond to October-November in modern reckoning.

[12:32]  ²⁰ sn The festival he celebrated in Judah probably refers to the Feast of Tabernacles (i.e., Booths or Temporary Shelters), held in the seventh month (September-October). See also 1 Kgs 8:2.

[12:32]  ²¹ tn Heb “and he offered up [sacrifices] on the altar; he did this in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves which he had made.”

[14:21]  ²² tn Heb “Rehoboam.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[14:21]  ²³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[14:21]  ²⁴ tn Heb “the city where the Lord chose to place his name from all the tribes of Israel.”

[14:21]  ²⁵ tn Heb “an Ammonite”; the word “woman” is implied.

[15:18]  ²⁵ tn Heb “King Asa sent it.”

[20:28]  ²⁸ tn Heb “the man of God.”

[20:28]  ²⁹ tn Heb “I will place all this great horde in your hand.”

[20:39]  ³¹ tn Heb “middle.”

[20:39]  ³² tn Heb “man” (also a second time later in this verse).

[20:39]  ³³ tn Heb “if being missed, he is missed.” The emphatic infinitive absolute before the finite verbal form lends solemnity to the warning.

[20:39]  ³⁴ tn The Hebrew term כִּכָּר (kikkar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or to a standard unit of weight, generally regarded as a talent. Since the accepted weight for a talent of metal is about 75 pounds, this would have amounted to about 75 pounds of silver.

[20:39]  ³⁵ tn Heb “your life will be in place of his life, or a unit of silver you will pay.”

[21:2]  ³⁴ tn Heb “if it is good in your eyes.”

[21:2]  ³⁵ tc The Old Greek translation includes the following words: “And it will be mine as a garden of herbs.”

[22:8]  ³⁷ tn Heb “to seek the Lord from him.”

[22:8]  ³⁸ tn Or “hate.”

[22:8]  ³⁹ tn The words “his name is” are supplied for stylistic reasons.