1 Kings 3:6-7

3:6 Solomon replied, “You demonstrated ¹  great loyalty to your servant, my father David, as he served ²  you faithfully, properly, and sincerely. ³  You have maintained this great loyalty to this day by allowing his son to sit on his throne. ⁴  3:7 Now, O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in my father David’s place, even though I am only a young man and am inexperienced. ⁵ 

1 Kings 10:9

10:9 May the Lord your God be praised because he favored ⁶  you by placing you on the throne of Israel! Because of the Lord’s eternal love for Israel, he made you king so you could make just and right decisions.” ⁷ 

1 Kings 10:1

Solomon Entertains a Queen

10:1 When the queen of Sheba heard about Solomon, ⁸  she came to challenge ⁹  him with difficult questions. ¹⁰ 

1 Kings 1:23

1:23 The king was told, “Nathan the prophet is here.” Nathan entered and bowed before the king with his face to the floor. ¹¹ 

1 Kings 1:2

1:2 His servants advised ¹²  him, “A young virgin must be found for our master, the king, ¹³  to take care of the king’s needs ¹⁴  and serve as his nurse. She can also sleep with you ¹⁵  and keep our master, the king, warm.” ¹⁶ 

1 Kings 1:8-9

1:8 But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and David’s elite warriors ¹⁷  did not ally themselves ¹⁸  with Adonijah. 1:9 Adonijah sacrificed sheep, cattle, and fattened steers at the Stone of Zoheleth near En Rogel. He invited all his brothers, the king’s sons, ¹⁹  as well as all the men of Judah, the king’s servants.

[3:6]  ¹ tn Heb “did.”

[3:6]  ² tn Heb “walked before.”

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

[3:6]  ⁴ 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.”

[3:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “and I do not know going out or coming in.”

[10:9]  ⁶ tn Or “delighted in.”

[10:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “to do justice and righteousness.”

[10:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “the report about Solomon.” The Hebrew text also has, “to the name of the Lord,” which fits very awkwardly in the sentence. If retained, perhaps it should be translated, “because of the reputation of the Lord.” The phrase, which is omitted in the parallel passage in 2 Chr 9:1, may be an addition based on the queen’s declaration of praise to the Lord in v. 9.

[10:1]  ⁹ tn Or “test.”

[10:1]  ¹⁰ tn Or “riddles.”

[1:23]  ¹¹ tn Heb “ground.” Since this was indoors, “floor” is more appropriate than “ground.”

[1:2]  ¹² tn Heb “said to.”

[1:2]  ¹³ tn Heb “let them seek for my master, the king, a young girl, a virgin.” The third person plural subject of the verb is indefinite (see GKC 460 §144.f). The appositional expression, “a young girl, a virgin,” is idiomatic; the second term specifically defines the more general first term (see IBHS 230 §12.3b).

[1:2]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and she will stand before the king.” The Hebrew phrase “stand before” can mean “to attend; to serve” (BDB 764 s.v. עָמַד).

[1:2]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and she will lie down in your bosom.” The expression might imply sexual intimacy (see 2 Sam 12:3 [where the lamb symbolizes Bathsheba] and Mic 7:5), though v. 4b indicates that David did not actually have sex with the young woman.

[1:2]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and my master, the king, will be warm.”

[1:8]  ¹⁷ tn Or “bodyguard” (Heb “mighty men”).

[1:8]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “were not.”

[1:9]  ¹⁹ tc The ancient Greek version omits this appositional phrase.