1 Raja-raja 1:44

1:44 The king sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Kerethites, and the Pelethites and they put him on the king’s mule.

1 Raja-raja 2:31

2:31 The king told him, “Do as he said! Strike him down and bury him. Take away from me and from my father’s family ¹  the guilt of Joab’s murderous, bloody deeds. ² 

1 Raja-raja 3:15

3:15 Solomon then woke up and realized it was a dream. ³  He went to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the Lord’s covenant, offered up burnt sacrifices, presented peace offerings, ⁴  and held a feast for all his servants.

1 Raja-raja 6:20

6:20 The inner sanctuary was 30 feet ⁵  long, 30 feet wide, and 30 feet high. He plated it with gold, ⁶  as well as the cedar altar. ⁷ 

1 Raja-raja 7:9

7:9 All of these were built with the best ⁸  stones, chiseled to the right size ⁹  and cut with a saw on all sides, ¹⁰  from the foundation to the edge of the roof ¹¹  and from the outside to the great courtyard.

1 Raja-raja 8:15

8:15 He said, “The Lord God of Israel is worthy of praise because he has fulfilled ¹²  what he promised ¹³  my father David.

1 Raja-raja 8:59

8:59 May the Lord our God be constantly aware of these requests of mine I have presented to him, ¹⁴  so that he might vindicate ¹⁵  his servant and his people Israel as the need arises.

1 Raja-raja 9:25

9:25 Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings ¹⁶  on the altar he had built for the Lord, burning incense along with them before the Lord. He made the temple his official worship place. ¹⁷ 

1 Raja-raja 10:26

10:26 Solomon accumulated ¹⁸  chariots and horses. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses. He kept them in assigned cities and in Jerusalem. ¹⁹ 

1 Raja-raja 15:23

15:23 The rest of the events of Asa’s reign, including all his successes and accomplishments, as well as a record of the cities he built, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah. ²⁰  Yet when he was very old he developed a foot disease. ²¹ 

1 Raja-raja 18:5

18:5 Ahab told Obadiah, “Go through the land to all the springs and valleys. Maybe we can find some grazing areas ²²  so we can keep the horses and mules alive and not have to kill ²³  some of the animals.”

1 Raja-raja 18:10

18:10 As certainly as the Lord your God lives, my master has sent to every nation and kingdom in an effort to find you. When they say, ‘He’s not here,’ he makes them ²⁴  swear an oath that they could not find you.

1 Raja-raja 18:21

18:21 Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long are you going to be paralyzed by indecision? ²⁵  If the Lord is the true God, ²⁶  then follow him, but if Baal is, follow him!” But the people did not say a word.

1 Raja-raja 20:5

20:5 The messengers came again and said, “This is what Ben Hadad says, ‘I sent this message to you, “You must give me your silver, gold, wives, and sons.”

1 Raja-raja 20:28

20:28 The prophet ²⁷  visited the king of Israel and said, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Because the Syrians said, “The Lord is a god of the mountains and not a god of the valleys,” I will hand over to you this entire huge army. ²⁸  Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”

1 Raja-raja 22:35

22:35 While the battle raged throughout the day, the king stood propped up in his chariot opposite the Syrians. He died in the evening; the blood from the wound ran down into the bottom of the chariot.

[2:31]  ¹ tn Heb “house.”

[2:31]  ² tn Heb “take away the undeserved bloodshed which Joab spilled from upon me and from upon the house of my father.”

[3:15]  ³ tn Heb “and look, a dream.”

[3:15]  ⁴ tn Or “tokens of peace”; NIV, TEV “fellowship offerings.”

[6:20]  ⁵ tn Heb “twenty cubits” (this measurement occurs three times in this verse).

[6:20]  ⁶ tn Heb “with plated gold” (or perhaps, “with pure gold”).

[6:20]  ⁷ tn Heb “he plated [the] altar of cedar.”

[7:9]  ⁸ tn Or “valuable” (see 5:17).

[7:9]  ⁹ tn Heb “according to the measurement of chiseled [stone].”

[7:9]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “inside and out.”

[7:9]  ¹¹ tn The precise meaning of the Hebrew word טְפָחוֹת (tÿfakhot) is uncertain, but it is clear that the referent stands in opposition to the foundation.

[8:15]  ¹² tn The Hebrew text reads, “by his hand.”

[8:15]  ¹³ tn The Hebrew text reads, “by his mouth.”

[8:59]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “May these words of mine, which I have requested before the Lord, be near the Lord our God day and night.”

[8:59]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “accomplish the justice of.”

[9:25]  ¹⁶ tn Or “tokens of peace”; NIV, TEV “fellowship offerings.”

[9:25]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and he made complete the house.”

[10:26]  ¹⁸ tn Or “gathered.”

[10:26]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “he placed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.”

[10:26]  map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[15:23]  ²⁰ tn Heb “As for the rest of all the events of Asa, and all his strength and all which he did and the cities which he built, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?”

[15:23]  ²¹ tn Heb “Yet in the time of his old age he became sick in his feet.”

[18:5]  ²² tn Heb “grass.”

[18:5]  ²³ tn Heb “to cut off.”

[18:10]  ²⁴ tn Heb “he makes the kingdom or the nation swear an oath.”

[18:21]  ²⁵ tn Heb “How long are you going to limp around on two crutches?” (see HALOT 762 s.v. סְעִפִּים). In context this idiomatic expression refers to indecision rather than physical disability.

[18:21]  ²⁶ tn Heb “the God.”

[20:28]  ²⁷ tn Heb “the man of God.”

[20:28]  ²⁸ tn Heb “I will place all this great horde in your hand.”