1 Kings 9:12-13

9:12 When Hiram went out from Tyre to inspect the cities Solomon had given him, he was not pleased with them. ¹  9:13 Hiram asked, ²  “Why did you give me these cities, my friend ³ ?” He called that area the region of Cabul, a name which it has retained to this day. ⁴ 

1 Kings 9:24

9:24 Solomon built the terrace as soon as Pharaoh’s daughter moved up from the city of David ⁵  to the palace Solomon built for her. ⁶ 

1 Kings 11:27

11:27 This is what prompted him to rebel against the king: ⁷  Solomon built a terrace and he closed up a gap in the wall of the city of his father David. ⁸ 

1 Kings 11:32

11:32 He will retain one tribe, for my servant David’s sake and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.

1 Kings 13:29

13:29 The old prophet ⁹  picked up the corpse of the prophet, ¹⁰  put it on the donkey, and brought it back. The old prophet then entered the city to mourn him and to bury him.

1 Kings 14:11

14:11 Dogs will eat the members of your family ¹¹  who die in the city, and the birds of the sky will eat the ones who die in the country.”’ Indeed, the Lord has announced it!

1 Kings 14:31

14:31 Rehoboam passed away ¹²  and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David. His mother was an Ammonite named Naamah. His son Abijah ¹³  replaced him as king.

1 Kings 15:24

15:24 Asa passed away ¹⁴  and was buried with his ancestors in the city of his ancestor David. His son Jehoshaphat replaced him as king.

1 Kings 16:18

16:18 When Zimri saw that the city was captured, he went into the fortified area of the royal palace. He set the palace on fire and died in the flames. ¹⁵ 

1 Kings 20:2

20:2 He sent messengers to King Ahab of Israel, who was in the city. ¹⁶ 

1 Kings 20:12

20:12 When Ben Hadad received this reply, ¹⁷  he and the other kings were drinking in their quarters. ¹⁸  He ordered his servants, “Get ready to attack!” So they got ready to attack the city.

1 Kings 21:8

21:8 She wrote out orders, ¹⁹  signed Ahab’s name to them, ²⁰  and sealed them with his seal. She then sent the orders ²¹  to the leaders ²²  and to the nobles who lived in Naboth’s city. ²³ 

1 Kings 22:26

22:26 Then the king of Israel said, “Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the city official and Joash the king’s son.

1 Kings 22:50

22:50 Jehoshaphat passed away ²⁴  and was buried with his ancestors in the city of his ancestor ²⁵  David. His son Jehoram replaced him as king.

[9:12]  ¹ tn Heb “they were not agreeable in his eyes.”

[9:13]  ² tn Heb “and he said.”

[9:13]  ³ tn Heb “my brother.” Kings allied through a parity treaty would sometimes address each other as “my brother.” See 1 Kgs 20:32-33.

[9:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “he called them the land of Cabul to this day.” The significance of the name is unclear, though it appears to be disparaging. The name may be derived from a root, attested in Akkadian and Arabic, meaning “bound” or “restricted.” Some propose a wordplay, pointing out that the name “Cabul” sounds like a Hebrew phrase meaning, “like not,” or “as good as nothing.”

[9:24]  ³ sn The phrase city of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

[9:24]  ⁴ tn Heb “As soon as Pharaoh’s daughter went up from the city of David to her house which he built for her, then he built the terrace.”

[11:27]  ⁴ tn Heb “this is the matter concerning which he raised a hand against the king.”

[11:27]  ⁵ sn The city of his father David. The phrase refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

[13:29]  ⁵ tn Heb “the prophet.” The word “old” has been supplied in the translation to distinguish this individual from the other prophet.

[13:29]  ⁶ tn Heb “the man of God.”

[14:11]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew text has “belonging to Jeroboam” here.

[14:31]  ⁷ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

[14:31]  ⁸ tn In the Hebrew text the name is spelled “Abijam” here and in 1 Kgs 15:1-8.

[15:24]  ⁸ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

[16:18]  ⁹ tn Heb “and he burned the house of the king over him with fire and he died.”

[20:2]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “to the city.”

[20:12]  ¹¹ tn Heb “When he heard this word.”

[20:12]  ¹² tn Heb “in the temporary shelters.” This is probably referring to tents.

[21:8]  ¹² tn Heb “scrolls.”

[21:8]  ¹³ tn Heb “in the name of Ahab.”

[21:8]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “scrolls.”

[21:8]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “elders.”

[21:8]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “to the nobles who were in his city, the ones who lived with Naboth.”

[22:50]  ¹³ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

[22:50]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “with his fathers in the city of his father.”