1 Kings 4:2

4:2 These were his officials:

Azariah son of Zadok was the priest.

1 Kings 1:7

1:7 He collaborated ¹  with Joab son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest, and they supported ²  him. ³ 

1 Kings 1:26

1:26 But he did not invite me – your servant – or Zadok the priest, or Benaiah son of Jehoiada, or your servant Solomon.

1 Kings 1:8

1:8 But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and David’s elite warriors ⁴  did not ally themselves ⁵  with Adonijah.

1 Kings 1:19

1:19 He has sacrificed many cattle, steers, and sheep and has invited all the king’s sons, Abiathar the priest, and Joab, the commander of the army, but he has not invited your servant Solomon.

1 Kings 1:32

1:32 King David said, “Summon Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, ⁶  and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” They came before the king,

1 Kings 1:34

1:34 There Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet will anoint ⁷  him king over Israel; then blow the trumpet and declare, ‘Long live King Solomon!’

1 Kings 1:42

1:42 As he was still speaking, Jonathan ⁸  son of Abiathar the priest arrived. Adonijah said, “Come in, for ⁹  an important man like you must be bringing good news.” ¹⁰ 

1 Kings 1:45

1:45 Then Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anointed ¹¹  him king in Gihon. They went up from there rejoicing, and the city is in an uproar. That is the sound you hear.

1 Kings 2:35

2:35 The king appointed Benaiah son of Jehoiada to take his place at the head of ¹²  the army, and the king appointed Zadok the priest to take Abiathar’s place. ¹³ 

1 Kings 1:25

1:25 For today he has gone down and sacrificed many cattle, steers, and sheep and has invited all the king’s sons, the army commanders, and Abiathar the priest. At this moment ¹⁴  they are having a feast ¹⁵  in his presence, and they have declared, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’ ¹⁶ 

1 Kings 1:38-39

1:38 So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Kerethites, and the Pelethites ¹⁷  went down, put Solomon on King David’s mule, and led him to Gihon. 1:39 Zadok the priest took a horn filled with olive oil ¹⁸  from the tent and poured it on ¹⁹  Solomon; the trumpet was blown and all the people declared, “Long live King Solomon!”

1 Kings 1:44

1:44 The king sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Kerethites, and the Pelethites and they put him on the king’s mule.

1 Kings 2:22

2:22 King Solomon answered his mother, “Why just request Abishag the Shunammite for him? ²⁰  Since he is my older brother, you should also request the kingdom for him, for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab son of Zeruiah!”

1 Kings 2:26

2:26 The king then told Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your property ²¹  in Anathoth. You deserve to die, ²²  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.” ²³ 

[1:7]  ¹ tn Heb “his words were.”

[1:7]  ² tn Heb “helped after” (i.e., stood by).

[1:7]  ³ tn Heb “Adonijah.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

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

[1:8]  ² tn Heb “were not.”

[1:32]  ¹ sn Summon…Nathan. Nathan must have left the room when Bathsheba reentered.

[1:34]  ¹ tn Or “designate” (i.e., by anointing with oil).

[1:42]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text has “look” at this point. The particle הִנֵּה (hinneh), “look draws attention to Jonathan’s arrival and invites the audience to view the scene through the eyes of the participants.

[1:42]  ² tn Or “surely.”

[1:42]  ³ tn Heb “you are a man of strength [or “ability”] and you bring a message [that is] good.” Another option is to understand the phrase אִישׁ חַיִל (’ish khayil) in the sense of “a worthy man,” that is “loyal.” See also 1 Kgs 1:52 and HALOT 311 s.v. חַיִל.

[1:45]  ¹ tn I.e., designated by anointing with oil.

[2:35]  ¹ tn Heb “over.”

[2:35]  ² tc The Old Greek translation includes after v. 35 some fourteen verses that are absent from the MT.

[1:25]  ¹ tn Heb “look.”

[1:25]  ² tn Heb “eating and drinking.”

[1:25]  ³ tn Heb “let the king, Adonijah, live!”

[1:38]  ¹ sn The Kerethites and Pelethites were members of David’s royal guard (see 2 Sam 8:18). The Kerethites may have been descendants of an ethnic group originating in Crete.

[1:39]  ¹ tn Heb “the horn of oil.” This has been specified as olive oil in the translation for clarity.

[1:39]  ² tn Or “anointed.”

[2:22]  ¹ tn Heb “for Adonijah.”

[2:26]  ¹ tn Or “field.”

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

[2:26]  ³ tn Heb “and because you suffered through all which my father suffered.”