1 Kings 8:54

8:54 When Solomon finished presenting all these prayers and requests to the Lord, he got up from before the altar of the Lord where he had kneeled and spread out his hands toward the sky. ¹ 

1 Kings 8:2

8:2 All the men of Israel assembled before King Solomon during the festival ²  in the month Ethanim ³  (the seventh month).

1 Kings 11:14

11:14 The Lord brought ⁴  against Solomon an enemy, Hadad the Edomite, a descendant of the Edomite king.

1 Kings 1:3

1:3 So they looked through all Israel ⁵  for a beautiful young woman and found Abishag, a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.

1 Kings 1:2

1:2 His servants advised ⁶  him, “A young virgin must be found for our master, the king, ⁷  to take care of the king’s needs ⁸  and serve as his nurse. She can also sleep with you ⁹  and keep our master, the king, warm.” ¹⁰ 

1 Kings 6:12-13

6:12 “As for this temple you are building, if you follow ¹¹  my rules, observe ¹²  my regulations, and obey all my commandments, ¹³  I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David. ¹⁴  6:13 I will live among the Israelites and will not abandon my people Israel.”

[8:54]  ¹ tn Or “toward heaven.”

[8:2]  ² sn The festival. This was the Feast of Tabernacles, see Lev 23:34.

[8:2]  ³ sn The month Ethanim. This would be September-October in modern reckoning.

[11:14]  ⁴ tn Or “raised up.”

[1:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “through all the territory of Israel.”

[1:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “said to.”

[1:2]  ⁷ 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]  ⁸ 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]  ⁹ 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]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and my master, the king, will be warm.”

[6:12]  ¹¹ tn Heb “walk in.”

[6:12]  ¹² tn Heb “do.”

[6:12]  ¹³ tn Heb “and keep all my commandments by walking in them.”

[6:12]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “I will establish my word with you which I spoke to David your father.”