1 Kings 6:5

6:5 He built an extension all around the walls of the temple’s main hall and holy place and constructed side rooms in it. ¹ 

1 Kings 6:1

The Building of the Temple

6:1 In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites left Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, during the month Ziv ²  (the second month), he began building the Lord’s temple.

1 Kings 9:26

9:26 King Solomon also built ships ³  in Ezion Geber, which is located near Elat in the land of Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.

1 Kings 1:28

David Picks Solomon as His Successor

1:28 King David responded, ⁴  “Summon Bathsheba!” ⁵  She came and stood before the king. ⁶ 

1 Kings 1:2

1:2 His servants advised ⁷  him, “A young virgin must be found for our master, the king, ⁸  to take care of the king’s needs ⁹  and serve as his nurse. She can also sleep with you ¹⁰  and keep our master, the king, warm.” ¹¹ 

1 Kings 1:11

1:11 Nathan said to Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother, “Has it been reported to you ¹²  that Haggith’s son Adonijah has become king behind our master David’s back? ¹³ 

[6:5]  ¹ tn Heb “and he built on the wall of the temple an extension all around, the walls of the temple all around, for the main hall and for the holy place, and he made side rooms all around.”

[6:1]  ² sn During the month Ziv. This would be April-May, 966 b.c. by modern reckoning.

[9:26]  ³ tn Or “a fleet” (in which case “ships” would be implied).

[1:28]  ⁴ tn Heb “answered and said.”

[1:28]  ⁵ sn Summon Bathsheba. Bathsheba must have left the room when Nathan arrived (see 1:22).

[1:28]  ⁶ tn Heb “she came before the king and stood before the king.”

[1:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “said to.”

[1:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “let them seek for my master, the king, a young girl, a virgin.” The third person plural subject of the verb is indefinite (see GKC 460 §144.f). The appositional expression, “a young girl, a virgin,” is idiomatic; the second term specifically defines the more general first term (see IBHS 230 §12.3b).

[1:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “and she will stand before the king.” The Hebrew phrase “stand before” can mean “to attend; to serve” (BDB 764 s.v. עָמַד).

[1:2]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and she will lie down in your bosom.” The expression might imply sexual intimacy (see 2 Sam 12:3 [where the lamb symbolizes Bathsheba] and Mic 7:5), though v. 4b indicates that David did not actually have sex with the young woman.

[1:2]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and my master, the king, will be warm.”

[1:11]  ¹² tn Heb “Have you not heard?”

[1:11]  ¹³ tn Heb “and our master David does not know.”