1 Kings 7:47

7:47 Solomon left all these items unweighed; there were so many of them they did not weigh the bronze. ¹ 

1 Kings 1:4

1:4 The young woman was very beautiful; she became the king’s nurse and served him, but the king did not have sexual relations with her. ² 

1 Kings 2:12

Solomon Secures the Throne

2:12 Solomon sat on his father David’s throne, and his royal authority ³  was firmly solidified.

1 Kings 10:2

10:2 She arrived in Jerusalem ⁴  with a great display of pomp, ⁵  bringing with her camels carrying spices, ⁶  a very large quantity of gold, and precious gems. She visited Solomon and discussed with him everything that was on her mind.

1 Kings 1:6

1:6 (Now his father had never corrected ⁷  him ⁸  by saying, “Why do you do such things?” He was also very handsome and had been born right after Absalom. ⁹ )

1 Kings 1:15

1:15 So Bathsheba visited the king in his private quarters. ¹⁰  (The king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was serving the king.)

1 Kings 4:29

4:29 God gave Solomon wisdom and very great discernment; the breadth of his understanding ¹¹  was as infinite as the sand on the seashore.

1 Kings 10:11

10:11 (Hiram’s fleet, which carried gold from Ophir, also brought from Ophir a very large quantity of fine timber and precious gems.

1 Kings 11:19

11:19 Pharaoh liked Hadad so well ¹²  he gave him his sister-in-law (Queen Tahpenes’ sister) as a wife. ¹³ 

1 Kings 18:3

18:3 So Ahab summoned Obadiah, who supervised the palace. (Now Obadiah was a very loyal follower of the Lord. ¹⁴ 

1 Kings 21:26

21:26 He was so wicked he worshiped the disgusting idols, ¹⁵  just like the Amorites ¹⁶  whom the Lord had driven out from before the Israelites.)

1 Kings 5:7

5:7 When Hiram heard Solomon’s message, he was very happy. He said, “The Lord is worthy of praise today because he ¹⁷  has given David a wise son to rule over this great nation.”

1 Kings 10:10

10:10 She gave the king 120 talents ¹⁸  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. ¹⁹ 

1 Kings 17:17

17:17 After this ²⁰  the son of the woman who owned the house got sick. His illness was so severe he could no longer breathe.

[7:47]  ¹ tn Heb “Solomon left all the items, due to their very great abundance; the weight of the bronze was not sought.”

[1:4]  ² tn Heb “did not know her.”

[2:12]  ³ tn Or “kingship.”

[10:2]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[10:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “with very great strength.” The Hebrew term חַיִל (khayil, “strength”) may refer here to the size of her retinue (cf. NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV) or to the great wealth she brought with her.

[10:2]  ⁶ tn Or “balsam oil.”

[1:6]  ⁵ tn Or “disciplined.”

[1:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “did not correct him from his days.” The phrase “from his days” means “from his earliest days,” or “ever in his life.” See GKC 382 §119.w, n. 2.

[1:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “and she gave birth to him after Absalom.” This does not imply they had the same mother; Absalom’s mother was Maacah, not Haggith (2 Sam 3:4).

[1:15]  ⁶ tn Or “bedroom.”

[4:29]  ⁷ tn Heb “heart,” i.e., mind. (The Hebrew term translated “heart” often refers to the mental faculties.)

[11:19]  ⁸ tn Heb “and Hadad found great favor in the eyes of Pharaoh.”

[11:19]  ⁹ tn Heb “and he gave to him a wife, the sister of his wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.”

[18:3]  ⁹ tn Heb “now Obadiah greatly feared the Lord.” “Fear” refers here to obedience and allegiance, the products of healthy respect for the Lord’s authority.

[21:26]  ¹⁰ tn The Hebrew word used here, גִלּוּלִים (gillulim) is always used as a disdainful reference to idols. It is generally thought to have originally referred to “dung pellets” (cf. KBL 183 s.v. גִלּוּלִים). It is only one of several terms used in this way, such as אֱלִילִים (’elilim, “worthless things”) and הֲבָלִים (havalim, “vanities” or “empty winds”).

[21:26]  ¹¹ tn Heb “He acted very abominably by walking after the disgusting idols, according to all which the Amorites had done.”

[5:7]  ¹¹ tn Or “Blessed be the Lord today, who….”

[10:10]  ¹² 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]  ¹³ tn Heb “there has not come like those spices yet for quantity which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.”

[17:17]  ¹³ tn Heb “after these things.”