1 Kings 4:25

4:25 All the people of Judah and Israel had security; everyone from Dan to Beer Sheba enjoyed the produce of their vines and fig trees throughout Solomon’s lifetime. ¹ 

1 Kings 19:3

19:3 Elijah was afraid, ²  so he got up and fled for his life to Beer Sheba in Judah. He left his servant there,

1 Kings 10:4

10:4 When the queen of Sheba saw for herself Solomon’s extensive wisdom, ³  the palace ⁴  he had built,

1 Kings 10:1

Solomon Entertains a Queen

10:1 When the queen of Sheba heard about Solomon, ⁵  she came to challenge ⁶  him with difficult questions. ⁷ 

1 Kings 10:10

10:10 She gave the king 120 talents ⁸  of gold, a very large quantity of spices, and precious gems. The quantity of spices the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon has never been matched. ⁹ 

1 Kings 10:13

10:13 King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba everything she requested, besides what he had freely offered her. ¹⁰  Then she left and returned ¹¹  to her homeland with her attendants.

1 Kings 2:18

2:18 Bathsheba replied, “That’s fine, ¹²  I’ll speak to the king on your behalf.”

1 Kings 1:15-16

1:15 So Bathsheba visited the king in his private quarters. ¹³  (The king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was serving the king.) 1:16 Bathsheba bowed down on the floor before ¹⁴  the king. The king said, “What do you want?”

1 Kings 1:28

David Picks Solomon as His Successor

1:28 King David responded, ¹⁵  “Summon Bathsheba!” ¹⁶  She came and stood before the king. ¹⁷ 

1 Kings 1:31

1:31 Bathsheba bowed down to the king with her face to the floor ¹⁸  and said, “May my master, King David, live forever!”

1 Kings 2:13

2:13 Haggith’s son Adonijah visited Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother. She asked, “Do you come in peace?” He answered, “Yes.” ¹⁹ 

1 Kings 1:11

1:11 Nathan said to Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother, “Has it been reported to you ²⁰  that Haggith’s son Adonijah has become king behind our master David’s back? ²¹ 

1 Kings 2:19

2:19 So Bathsheba visited King Solomon to speak to him on Adonijah’s behalf. The king got up to greet ²²  her, bowed to her, and then sat on his throne. He ordered a throne to be brought for the king’s mother, ²³  and she sat at his right hand.

[4:25]  ¹ tn Heb “Judah and Israel lived securely, each one under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan to Beer Sheba, all the days of Solomon.”

[19:3]  ² tc The MT has “and he saw,” but some medieval Hebrew mss as well as several ancient versions support the reading “he was afraid.” The consonantal text (וַיַּרְא, vayyar’) is ambiguous and can be vocalized וַיַּרְא (from רָאָה, ra’ah, “to see”) or וַיִּרָא (vayyira’, from יָרֵא, yare’, “to fear”).

[10:4]  ³ tn Heb “all the wisdom of Solomon.”

[10:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “house.”

[10:1]  ⁴ 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]  ⁵ tn Or “test.”

[10:1]  ⁶ tn Or “riddles.”

[10:10]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew term כִּכָּר (kikkar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or to a standard unit of weight, generally regarded as a talent. Since the accepted weight for a talent of metal is about 75 pounds, this would have amounted to about 9,000 pounds of gold (cf. NCV, NLT); CEV “five tons”; TEV “4,000 kilogrammes.”

[10:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “there has not come like those spices yet for quantity which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.”

[10:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “besides what he had given her according to the hand of King Solomon.”

[10:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “turned and went.”

[2:18]  ⁷ tn Heb “[It is] good!”

[1:15]  ⁸ tn Or “bedroom.”

[1:16]  ⁹ tn Heb “bowed low and bowed down to.”

[1:28]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “answered and said.”

[1:28]  ¹¹ sn Summon Bathsheba. Bathsheba must have left the room when Nathan arrived (see 1:22).

[1:28]  ¹² tn Heb “she came before the king and stood before the king.”

[1:31]  ¹¹ tn Heb “bowed low, face [to] the ground, and bowed down to the king.”

[2:13]  ¹² tn Heb “[in] peace.”

[1:11]  ¹³ tn Heb “Have you not heard?”

[1:11]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and our master David does not know.”

[2:19]  ¹⁴ tn Or “meet.”

[2:19]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “he set up a throne for the mother of the king.”