1 Raja-raja 1:40

1:40 All the people followed him up, playing flutes and celebrating so loudly they made the ground shake. ¹ 

1 Raja-raja 1:49

1:49 All of Adonijah’s guests panicked; ²  they jumped up and rushed off their separate ways.

1 Raja-raja 2:34

2:34 So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up and executed Joab; ³  he was buried at his home in the wilderness.

1 Raja-raja 8:11

8:11 The priests could not carry out their duties ⁴  because of the cloud; the Lord’s glory filled his temple. ⁵ 

1 Raja-raja 9:2

9:2 the Lord appeared to Solomon a second time, in the same way he had appeared to him at Gibeon. ⁶ 

1 Raja-raja 13:23

13:23 When the prophet from Judah finished his meal, ⁷  the old prophet saddled his visitor’s donkey for him. ⁸ 

1 Raja-raja 17:23

17:23 Elijah took the boy, brought him down from the upper room to the house, and handed him to his mother. Elijah then said, “See, your son is alive!”

[1:40]  ¹ tn Heb “and all the people went up after him, and the people were playing flutes and rejoicing with great joy and the ground split open at the sound of them.” The verb בָּקַע (baqa’, “to split open”), which elsewhere describes the effects of an earthquake, is obviously here an exaggeration for the sake of emphasis.

[1:49]  ² tn Or “were afraid, trembled.”

[2:34]  ³ tn Heb “struck him and killed him.” The referent (Joab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “were not able to stand to serve.”

[8:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “the house of the Lord.”

[9:2]  ⁶ sn In the same way he had appeared to him at Gibeon. See 1 Kgs 3:5.

[13:23]  ⁷ tn Heb “and after he had eaten food and after he had drunk.”

[13:23]  ⁸ tn Heb “and he saddled for him the donkey, for the prophet whom he had brought back.”