1 Kings 5:8

5:8 Hiram then sent this message to Solomon: “I received ¹  the message you sent to me. I will give you all the cedars and evergreens you need. ² 

1 Kings 11:2

11:2 They came from nations about which the Lord had warned the Israelites, “You must not establish friendly relations with them! ³  If you do, they will surely shift your allegiance to their gods.” ⁴  But Solomon was irresistibly attracted to them. ⁵ 

1 Kings 14:6

14:6 When Ahijah heard the sound of her footsteps as she came through the door, he said, “Come on in, wife of Jeroboam! Why are you pretending to be someone else? I have been commissioned to give you bad news. ⁶ 

[5:8]  ¹ tn Heb “heard.”

[5:8]  ² tn Heb “I will satisfy all your desire with respect to cedar wood and with respect to the wood of evergreens.”

[11:2]  ³ tn Heb “you must not go into them, and they must not go into you.”

[11:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “Surely they will bend your heart after their gods.” The words “if you do” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[11:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “Solomon clung to them for love.” The pronominal suffix, translated “them,” is masculine here, even though it appears the foreign women are in view. Perhaps this is due to attraction to the masculine forms used of the nations earlier in the verse.

[14:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “I am sent to you [with] a hard [message].”