1 Kings 3:22
Context3:22 The other woman said, “No! My son is alive; your son is dead!” But the first woman replied, “No, your son is dead; my son is alive.” Each presented her case before the king. 1
1 Kings 7:8
Context7:8 The palace where he lived was constructed in a similar way. 2 He also constructed a palace like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had married. 3
1 Kings 9:6
Context9:6 “But if you or your sons ever turn away from me, fail to obey the regulations and rules I instructed you to keep, 4 and decide to serve and worship other gods, 5
1 Kings 9:9
Context9:9 Others will then answer, 6 ‘Because they abandoned the Lord their God, who led their ancestors 7 out of Egypt. They embraced other gods whom they worshiped and served. 8 That is why the Lord has brought all this disaster down on them.’”
1 Kings 11:4
Context11:4 When Solomon became old, his wives shifted his allegiance to 9 other gods; he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord his God, as his father David had been. 10


[3:22] 1 tn Heb “they spoke before the king.” Another option is to translate, “they argued before the king.”
[7:8] 2 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] 3 tn Heb “and a house he was making for the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Solomon had taken, like this porch.”
[9:6] 3 tn Heb “which I placed before you.”
[9:6] 4 tn Heb “and walk and serve other gods and bow down to them.”
[9:9] 4 tn Heb “and they will say.”
[9:9] 6 tn Heb “and they took hold of other gods and bowed down to them and served them.”
[11:4] 5 tn Heb “bent his heart after.”
[11:4] 6 tn Heb “his heart was not complete with the