1 Kings 2:7

2:7 “Treat fairly ¹  the sons of Barzillai of Gilead and provide for their needs, ²  because they helped me ³  when I had to flee from your brother Absalom.

1 Kings 9:13

9:13 Hiram asked, ⁴  “Why did you give me these cities, my friend ⁵ ?” He called that area the region of Cabul, a name which it has retained to this day. 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 7:14

7:14 He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, ¹¹  and his father was a craftsman in bronze from Tyre. He had the skill and knowledge ¹²  to make all kinds of works of bronze. He reported to King Solomon and did all the work he was assigned.

1 Kings 4:33

4:33 He produced manuals on botany, describing every kind of plant, ¹³  from the cedars of Lebanon to the hyssop that grows on walls. He also produced manuals on biology, describing ¹⁴  animals, birds, insects, and fish.

1 Kings 4:23

4:23 ten calves fattened in the stall, ¹⁵  twenty calves from the pasture, and a hundred sheep, not to mention rams, gazelles, deer, and well-fed birds.

1 Kings 8:23

8:23 He prayed: ¹⁶  “O Lord, God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven above or on earth below! You maintain covenantal loyalty ¹⁷  to your servants who obey you with sincerity. ¹⁸ 

1 Kings 18:26

18:26 So they took a bull, as he had suggested, ¹⁹  and prepared it. They invoked the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, “Baal, answer us.” But there was no sound and no answer. They jumped ²⁰  around on the altar they had made. ²¹ 

1 Kings 20:31

20:31 His advisers ²²  said to him, “Look, we have heard that the kings of the Israelite dynasty are kind. ²³  Allow us to put sackcloth around our waists and ropes on our heads ²⁴  and surrender ²⁵  to the king of Israel. Maybe he will spare our lives.”

[2:7]  ¹ tn Heb “do loyalty with”; or “act faithfully toward.”

[2:7]  ² tn Heb “and let them be among the ones who eat [at] your table.”

[2:7]  ³ tn Heb “drew near to.”

[9:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he said.”

[9:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “my brother.” Kings allied through a parity treaty would sometimes address each other as “my brother.” See 1 Kgs 20:32-33.

[9:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “he called them the land of Cabul to this day.” The significance of the name is unclear, though it appears to be disparaging. The name may be derived from a root, attested in Akkadian and Arabic, meaning “bound” or “restricted.” Some propose a wordplay, pointing out that the name “Cabul” sounds like a Hebrew phrase meaning, “like not,” or “as good as nothing.”

[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.”

[7:14]  ¹⁰ tn 2 Chr 2:14 (13 HT) says “from the daughters of Dan.”

[7:14]  ¹¹ tn Heb “he was filled with the skill, understanding, and knowledge.”

[4:33]  ¹³ tn Heb “he spoke about plants.”

[4:33]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “he spoke about.”

[4:23]  ¹⁶ tn The words “in the stall” are added for clarification; note the immediately following reference to cattle from the pasture.

[8:23]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “said.”

[8:23]  ²⁰ tn Heb “one who keeps the covenant and the loyal love.” The expression is a hendiadys.

[8:23]  ²¹ tn Heb “who walk before you with all their heart.”

[18:26]  ²² tn Heb “and they took the bull which he allowed them.”

[18:26]  ²³ tn Heb “limped” (the same verb is used in v. 21).

[18:26]  ²⁴ tc The MT has “which he made,” but some medieval Hebrew mss and the ancient versions have the plural form of the verb.

[20:31]  ²⁵ tn Or “servants.”

[20:31]  ²⁶ tn Or “merciful.” The word used here often means “devoted” or “loyal.” Perhaps the idea is that the Israelite kings are willing to make treaties with other kings.

[20:31]  ²⁷ sn Sackcloth was worn as a sign of sorrow and repentance. The precise significance of the ropes on the head is uncertain, but it probably was a sign of submission. These actions were comparable to raising a white flag on the battlefield or throwing in the towel in a boxing match.

[20:31]  ²⁸ tn Heb “go out.”