1 Kings 4:21
Context4:21 (5:1) 1 Solomon ruled all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River 2 to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms paid tribute as Solomon’s subjects throughout his lifetime. 3
1 Kings 8:46
Context8:46 “The time will come when your people 4 will sin against you (for there is no one who is sinless!) and you will be angry with them and deliver them over to their enemies, who will take them as prisoners to their own land, 5 whether far away or close by.
1 Kings 9:19
Context9:19 all the storage cities that belonged to him, 6 and the cities where chariots and horses were kept. 7 He built whatever he wanted in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout his entire kingdom. 8


[4:21] 1 sn Beginning with 4:21, the verse numbers through 5:18 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 4:21 ET = 5:1 HT, 4:22 ET = 5:2 HT, etc., through 5:18 ET = 5:32 HT. Beginning with 6:1 the numbering of verses in the English Bible and the Hebrew text is again the same.
[4:21] 2 tn Heb “the River” (also in v. 24). This is the standard designation for the Euphrates River in biblical Hebrew.
[4:21] 3 tn Heb “[They] were bringing tribute and were serving Solomon all the days of his life.”
[8:46] 4 tn Heb “they”; the referent (your people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[8:46] 5 tn Heb “the land of the enemy.”
[9:19] 7 tn Heb “to Solomon.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
[9:19] 8 tn Heb “the cities of the chariots and the cities of the horses.”
[9:19] 9 tn Heb “and the desire of Solomon which he desired to build in Jerusalem and in Lebanon and in all the land of his kingdom.”