1 Raja-raja 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. ¹ 

1 Raja-raja 4:3-5

4:3 Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, wrote down what happened. ² 

Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was in charge of the records.

4:4 Benaiah son of Jehoiada was commander of ³  the army.

Zadok and Abiathar were priests.

4:5 Azariah son of Nathan was supervisor of ⁴  the district governors.

Zabud son of Nathan was a priest and adviser to ⁵  the king.

1 Raja-raja 4:11

4:11 Ben-Abinadab was in charge of Naphath Dor. (He was married to Solomon’s daughter Taphath.)

1 Raja-raja 6:25

6:25 The second cherub also had a wingspan of 15 feet; it was identical to the first in measurements and shape. ⁶ 

1 Raja-raja 9:28

9:28 They sailed ⁷  to Ophir, took from there four hundred twenty talents ⁸  of gold, and then brought them to King Solomon.

[1:4]  ¹ tn Heb “did not know her.”

[4:3]  ² tn Heb “were scribes”; NASB, NIV, NRSV “secretaries”; TEV, NLT “court secretaries.”

[4:4]  ³ tn Heb “was over.”

[4:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “was over.”

[4:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “close associate of”; KJV, ASV, NASB “the king’s friend” (a title for an adviser, not just an acquaintance).

[6:25]  ⁶ tn Heb “and the second cherub was ten cubits, the two cherubs had one measurement and one shape.”

[9:28]  ⁷ tn Heb “went.”

[9:28]  ⁸ 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 31,500 pounds of gold (cf. NCV); CEV, NLT “sixteen tons”; TEV “more than 14,000 kilogrammes.”