1 Kings 3:1

The Lord Gives Solomon Wisdom

3:1 Solomon made an alliance by marriage with Pharaoh, king of Egypt; he married Pharaoh’s daughter. He brought her to the City of David ¹  until he could finish building his residence and the temple of the Lord and the wall around Jerusalem. ² 

1 Kings 3:15

3:15 Solomon then woke up and realized it was a dream. ³  He went to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the Lord’s covenant, offered up burnt sacrifices, presented peace offerings, ⁴  and held a feast for all his servants.

1 Kings 8:1

Solomon Moves the Ark into the Temple

8:1 ⁵ Then Solomon convened in Jerusalem ⁶  Israel’s elders, all the leaders of the Israelite tribes and families, so they could witness the transferal of the ark of the Lord’s covenant from the city of David (that is, Zion). ⁷ 

1 Kings 9:15

9:15 Here are the details concerning the work crews ⁸  King Solomon conscripted ⁹  to build the Lord’s temple, his palace, the terrace, the wall of Jerusalem, ¹⁰  and the cities of ¹¹  Hazor, ¹²  Megiddo, ¹³  and Gezer.

1 Kings 12:18

12:18 King Rehoboam sent Adoniram, ¹⁴  the supervisor of the work crews, ¹⁵  out after them, but all Israel stoned him to death. King Rehoboam managed to jump into his chariot and escape to Jerusalem. ¹⁶ 

1 Kings 12:21

12:21 When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he summoned 180,000 skilled warriors from all of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin ¹⁷  to attack Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon.

1 Kings 12:28

12:28 After the king had consulted with his advisers, ¹⁸  he made two golden calves. Then he said to the people, ¹⁹  “It is too much trouble for you to go up to Jerusalem. Look, Israel, here are your gods who brought you up from the land of Egypt.”

[3:1]  ¹ sn The phrase City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

[3:1]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[3:15]  ³ tn Heb “and look, a dream.”

[3:15]  ⁴ tn Or “tokens of peace”; NIV, TEV “fellowship offerings.”

[8:1]  ⁵ tc The Old Greek translation includes the following words at the beginning of ch. 8: “It so happened that when Solomon finished building the Lord’s temple and his own house, after twenty years.”

[8:1]  ⁶ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[8:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “Then Solomon convened the elders of Israel, the heads of the tribes, the chiefs of the fathers belonging to the sons of Israel to King Solomon [in] Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the city of David (it is Zion).”

[9:15]  ⁷ sn The work crews. This Hebrew word מַס (mas) refers to a group of laborers conscripted for royal or public service.

[9:15]  ⁸ tn Heb “raised up.”

[9:15]  ⁹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[9:15]  ¹⁰ tn The words “the cities of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[9:15]  ¹¹ map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 D3; Map3 A2; Map4 C1.

[9:15]  ¹² map For location see Map1 D4; Map2 C1; Map4 C2; Map5 F2; Map7 B1.

[12:18]  ⁹ tc The MT has “Adoram” here, but the Old Greek translation and Syriac Peshitta have “Adoniram.” Cf. 1 Kgs 4:6.

[12:18]  ¹⁰ sn The work crews. See the note on this expression in 4:6.

[12:18]  ¹¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[12:21]  ¹¹ tn Heb “he summoned all the house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, one hundred eighty thousand chosen men, accomplished in war.”

[12:28]  ¹³ tn The words “with his advisers” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[12:28]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “to them,” although this may be a corruption of “to the people.” Cf. the Old Greek translation.