1 Raja-raja 1:5

1:5 Now Adonijah, son of David and Haggith, ¹  was promoting himself, ²  boasting, ³  “I will be king!” He managed to acquire ⁴  chariots and horsemen, as well as fifty men to serve as his royal guard. ⁵ 

1 Raja-raja 1:25

1:25 For today he has gone down and sacrificed many cattle, steers, and sheep and has invited all the king’s sons, the army commanders, and Abiathar the priest. At this moment ⁶  they are having a feast ⁷  in his presence, and they have declared, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’ ⁸ 

1 Raja-raja 1:2

1:2 His servants advised ⁹  him, “A young virgin must be found for our master, the king, ¹⁰  to take care of the king’s needs ¹¹  and serve as his nurse. She can also sleep with you ¹²  and keep our master, the king, warm.” ¹³ 

1 Samuel 15:6

15:6 Saul said to the Kenites, “Go on and leave! Go down from among the Amalekites! Otherwise I will sweep you away ¹⁴  with them! After all, you were kind to all the Israelites when they came up from Egypt.” So the Kenites withdrew from among the Amalekites.

1 Samuel 15:13

15:13 When Samuel came to him, ¹⁵  Saul said to him, “May the Lord bless you! I have done what the Lord said.”

1 Samuel 16:18

16:18 One of his attendants replied, ¹⁶  “I have seen a son of Jesse in Bethlehem ¹⁷  who knows how to play the lyre. He is a brave warrior ¹⁸  and is articulate ¹⁹  and handsome, ²⁰  for the Lord is with him.”

[1:5]  ¹ tn Heb “son of Haggith,” but since this formula usually designates the father (who in this case was David), the translation specifies that David was Adonijah’s father.

[1:5]  sn Haggith was one of David’s wives (2 Sam 3:4; 2 Chr 3:2).

[1:5]  ² tn Heb “lifting himself up.”

[1:5]  ³ tn Heb “saying.”

[1:5]  ⁴ tn Or “he acquired for himself.”

[1:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “to run ahead of him.”

[1:25]  ⁶ tn Heb “look.”

[1:25]  ⁷ tn Heb “eating and drinking.”

[1:25]  ⁸ tn Heb “let the king, Adonijah, live!”

[1:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “said to.”

[1:2]  ¹⁰ 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]  ¹¹ 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]  ¹² 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]  ¹³ tn Heb “and my master, the king, will be warm.”

[15:6]  ¹⁴ tc The translation follows the Syriac Peshitta and Vulgate which assume a reading אֶסִפְךָ (’esfÿka, “I sweep you away,” from the root ספה [sfh]) rather than the MT אֹסִפְךָ (’osifÿka, “I am gathering you,” from the root אסף[’sf]).

[15:13]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “to Saul.”

[16:18]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “answered and said.”

[16:18]  ¹⁷ map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.

[16:18]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “mighty man of valor and a man of war.”

[16:18]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “discerning of word.”

[16:18]  ²⁰ tn Heb “a man of form.”