1 Kings 6:12

6:12 “As for this temple you are building, if you follow ¹  my rules, observe ²  my regulations, and obey all my commandments, ³  I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David. ⁴ 

1 Kings 7:9

7:9 All of these were built with the best ⁵  stones, chiseled to the right size ⁶  and cut with a saw on all sides, ⁷  from the foundation to the edge of the roof ⁸  and from the outside to the great courtyard.

1 Kings 8:8

8:8 The poles were so long their ends were visible from the holy place in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from beyond that point. ⁹  They have remained there to this very day.

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 12:18

12:18 King Rehoboam sent Adoniram, ¹²  the supervisor of the work crews, ¹³  out after them, but all Israel stoned him to death. King Rehoboam managed to jump into his chariot and escape to Jerusalem. ¹⁴ 

1 Kings 13:32

13:32 for the prophecy he announced with the Lord’s authority ¹⁵  against the altar in Bethel ¹⁶  and against all the temples on the high places in the cities of the north ¹⁷  will certainly be fulfilled.”

1 Kings 21:13

21:13 The two villains arrived and sat opposite him. Then the villains testified against Naboth right before the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king.” So they dragged him ¹⁸  outside the city and stoned him to death. ¹⁹ 

1 Kings 22:35

22:35 While the battle raged throughout the day, the king stood propped up in his chariot opposite the Syrians. He died in the evening; the blood from the wound ran down into the bottom of the chariot.

[6:12]  ¹ tn Heb “walk in.”

[6:12]  ² tn Heb “do.”

[6:12]  ³ tn Heb “and keep all my commandments by walking in them.”

[6:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “I will establish my word with you which I spoke to David your father.”

[7:9]  ⁵ tn Or “valuable” (see 5:17).

[7:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “according to the measurement of chiseled [stone].”

[7:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “inside and out.”

[7:9]  ⁸ tn The precise meaning of the Hebrew word טְפָחוֹת (tÿfakhot) is uncertain, but it is clear that the referent stands in opposition to the foundation.

[8:8]  ⁹ tn Heb “they could not be seen outside.”

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

[10:13]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “turned and went.”

[12:18]  ¹⁷ tc The MT has “Adoram” here, but the Old Greek translation and Syriac Peshitta have “Adoniram.” Cf. 1 Kgs 4:6.

[12:18]  ¹⁸ sn The work crews. See the note on this expression in 4:6.

[12:18]  ¹⁹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[13:32]  ²¹ tn Heb “for the word which he cried out by the word of the Lord”

[13:32]  ²² map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[13:32]  ²³ tn Heb “Samaria.” The name of Israel’s capital city here stands for the northern kingdom as a whole. Actually Samaria was not built and named until several years after this (see 1 Kgs 16:24), so it is likely that the author of Kings, writing at a later time, is here adapting the old prophet’s original statement.

[21:13]  ²⁵ tn Heb “led him.”

[21:13]  ²⁶ tn Heb “and they stoned him with stones and he died.”