1 Raja-raja 1:7

1:7 He collaborated ¹  with Joab son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest, and they supported ²  him. ³ 

1 Raja-raja 1:15

1:15 So Bathsheba visited the king in his private quarters. ⁴  (The king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was serving the king.)

1 Raja-raja 2:34

2:34 So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up and executed Joab; ⁵  he was buried at his home in the wilderness.

1 Raja-raja 2:37-38

2:37 If you ever do leave and cross the Kidron Valley, know for sure that you will certainly die! You will be responsible for your own death.” ⁶  2:38 Shimei said to the king, “My master the king’s proposal is acceptable. ⁷  Your servant will do as you say.” ⁸  So Shimei lived in Jerusalem for a long time. ⁹ 

1 Raja-raja 2:46

2:46 The king then gave the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada who went and executed Shimei. ¹⁰ 

So Solomon took firm control of the kingdom. ¹¹ 

1 Raja-raja 7:13

Solomon Commissions Hiram to Supply the Temple

7:13 King Solomon sent for Hiram ¹²  of Tyre. ¹³ 

1 Raja-raja 9:27

9:27 Hiram sent his fleet and some of his sailors, who were well acquainted with the sea, to serve with Solomon’s men. ¹⁴ 

1 Raja-raja 10:11

10:11 (Hiram’s fleet, which carried gold from Ophir, also brought from Ophir a very large quantity of fine timber and precious gems.

1 Raja-raja 11:17

11:17 Hadad, ¹⁵  who was only a small boy at the time, escaped with some of his father’s Edomite servants and headed for Egypt. ¹⁶ 

1 Raja-raja 12:26

12:26 Jeroboam then thought to himself: ¹⁷  “Now the Davidic dynasty could regain the kingdom. ¹⁸ 

1 Raja-raja 14:12

14:12 “As for you, get up and go home. When you set foot in the city, the boy will die.

1 Raja-raja 15:21

15:21 When Baasha heard the news, he stopped fortifying ¹⁹  Ramah and settled down in Tirzah.

1 Raja-raja 18:9

18:9 Obadiah ²⁰  said, “What sin have I committed that you are ready to hand your servant over to Ahab for execution? ²¹ 

1 Raja-raja 20:37

20:37 He found another man and said, “Wound me!” So the man wounded him severely. ²² 

1 Raja-raja 22:24

22:24 Zedekiah son of Kenaanah approached, hit Micaiah on the jaw, and said, “Which way did the Lord’s spirit go when he went from me to speak to you?”

1 Raja-raja 22:49

22:49 Then Ahaziah son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “Let my sailors join yours in the fleet,” ²³  but Jehoshaphat refused.

[1:7]  ¹ tn Heb “his words were.”

[1:7]  ² tn Heb “helped after” (i.e., stood by).

[1:7]  ³ tn Heb “Adonijah.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[1:15]  ⁴ tn Or “bedroom.”

[2:34]  ⁵ tn Heb “struck him and killed him.” The referent (Joab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[2:37]  ⁶ tn Heb “your blood will be upon your head.”

[2:38]  ⁷ tn Heb “Good is the word, as my master the king has spoken.”

[2:38]  ⁸ tn Heb “so your servant will do.”

[2:38]  ⁹ tn Heb “many days.”

[2:46]  ¹⁰ tn “The king commanded Benaiah son of Jehoiada and he went out and struck him down and he died.”

[2:46]  ¹¹ tn “And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.”

[7:13]  ¹² tn Heb “King Solomon sent and took Hiram from Tyre.” In 2 Chr 2:13 (MT v. 12) and 4:11, 16 his name is spelled “Huram.”

[7:13]  ¹³ map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[9:27]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and Hiram sent with the fleet his servants, men of ships, [who] know the sea, [to be] with the servants of Solomon.”

[11:17]  ¹⁵ tn The MT reads “Adad,” an alternate form of the name Hadad.

[11:17]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and Adad fled, he and Edomite men from the servants of his father, to go to Egypt, and Hadad was a small boy.”

[12:26]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “said in his heart.”

[12:26]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “Now the kingdom could return to the house of David.” The imperfect verbal form translated “could return” is understood as having a potential force here. Perhaps this is not strong enough; another option is “will return.”

[15:21]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “building.”

[18:9]  ²⁰ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Obadiah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:9]  ²¹ tn Heb “to kill me.”

[20:37]  ²² tn Heb “and the man wounded him, wounding and bruising.”

[22:49]  ²³ tn Heb “Let my servants go with your servants in the fleet.”