1 Raja-raja 3:11

3:11 God said to him, “Because you asked for the ability to make wise judicial decisions, and not for long life, or riches, or vengeance on your enemies, ¹ 

1 Raja-raja 5:5

5:5 So I have decided ²  to build a temple to honor the Lord ³  my God, as the Lord instructed my father David, ‘Your son, whom I will put on your throne in your place, is the one who will build a temple to honor me.’ ⁴ 

1 Raja-raja 6:1

The Building of the Temple

6:1 In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites left Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, during the month Ziv ⁵  (the second month), he began building the Lord’s temple.

1 Raja-raja 6:6

6:6 The bottom floor of the extension was seven and a half feet ⁶  wide, the middle floor nine feet ⁷  wide, and the third floor ten and a half ⁸  feet wide. He made ledges ⁹  on the temple’s outer walls so the beams would not have to be inserted into the walls. ¹⁰ 

1 Raja-raja 8:1

Solomon Moves the Ark into the Temple

8:1 ¹¹ Then Solomon convened in Jerusalem ¹²  Israel’s elders, all the leaders of the Israelite tribes and families, so they could witness the transferal of the ark of the Lord’s covenant from the city of David (that is, Zion). ¹³ 

1 Raja-raja 9:16

9:16 (Pharaoh, king of Egypt, had attacked and captured Gezer. He burned it and killed the Canaanites who lived in the city. He gave it as a wedding present to his daughter, who had married Solomon.)

1 Raja-raja 10:13

10:13 King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba everything she requested, besides what he had freely offered her. ¹⁴  Then she left and returned ¹⁵  to her homeland with her attendants.

1 Raja-raja 12:21

12:21 When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he summoned 180,000 skilled warriors from all of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin ¹⁶  to attack Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon.

1 Raja-raja 13:33

A Prophet Announces the End of Jeroboam’s Dynasty

13:33 After this happened, Jeroboam still did not change his evil ways; ¹⁷  he continued to appoint common people ¹⁸  as priests at the high places. Anyone who wanted the job he consecrated as a priest. ¹⁹ 

1 Raja-raja 14:2

14:2 Jeroboam told his wife, “Disguise ²⁰  yourself so that people cannot recognize you are Jeroboam’s wife. Then go to Shiloh; Ahijah the prophet, who told me I would rule over this nation, lives there. ²¹ 

1 Raja-raja 17:10

17:10 So he got up and went to Zarephath. When he went through the city gate, there was a widow gathering wood. He called out to her, “Please give me a cup ²²  of water, so I can take a drink.”

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 ²³  swear an oath that they could not find you.

1 Raja-raja 18:12

18:12 But when I leave you, the Lord’s spirit will carry you away so I can’t find you. ²⁴  If I go tell Ahab I’ve seen you, he won’t be able to find you and he will kill me. ²⁵  That would not be fair, ²⁶  because your servant has been a loyal follower of ²⁷  the Lord from my youth.

1 Raja-raja 20:7

20:7 The king of Israel summoned all the leaders ²⁸  of the land and said, “Notice how this man is looking for trouble. ²⁹  Indeed, he demanded my wives, sons, silver, and gold, and I did not resist him.”

1 Raja-raja 21:6

21:6 He answered her, “While I was talking to Naboth the Jezreelite, I said to him, ‘Sell me your vineyard for silver, or if you prefer, I will give you another vineyard in its place.’ But he said, ‘I will not sell you my vineyard.’” ³⁰ 

[3:11]  ¹ tn Heb “because you asked for this thing, and did not ask for yourself many days and did not ask for yourself riches and did not ask for the life of your enemies, but you asked for yourself understanding to hear judgment.”

[5:5]  ² tn Heb “Look, I am saying.”

[5:5]  ³ tn Heb “a house for the name of the Lord.” The word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor. The “name” of the Lord sometimes designates the Lord himself, being indistinguishable from the proper name.

[5:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “a house for my name.” The word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor. The “name” of the Lord sometimes designates the Lord himself, being indistinguishable from the proper name.

[6:1]  ⁵ sn During the month Ziv. This would be April-May, 966 b.c. by modern reckoning.

[6:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “five cubits.”

[6:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “six cubits.”

[6:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “seven cubits.”

[6:6]  ⁹ tn Or “offsets” (ASV, NAB, NASB, NRSV); NIV “offset ledges.”

[6:6]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “so that [the beams] would not have a hold in the walls of the temple.”

[8:1]  ¹¹ tc The Old Greek translation includes the following words at the beginning of ch. 8: “It so happened that when Solomon finished building the Lord’s temple and his own house, after twenty years.”

[8:1]  ¹² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[8:1]  ¹³ tn Heb “Then Solomon convened the elders of Israel, the heads of the tribes, the chiefs of the fathers belonging to the sons of Israel to King Solomon [in] Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the city of David (it is Zion).”

[10:13]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “besides what he had given her according to the hand of King Solomon.”

[10:13]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “turned and went.”

[12:21]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “he summoned all the house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, one hundred eighty thousand chosen men, accomplished in war.”

[13:33]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “did not turn from his evil way.”

[13:33]  ¹⁸ sn The expression common people refers to people who were not Levites. See 1 Kgs 12:31.

[13:33]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “and one who had the desire he was filling his hand so that he became [one of] the priests of the high places.”

[14:2]  ²⁰ tn Heb “Get up, change yourself.”

[14:2]  ²¹ tn Heb “look, Ahijah the prophet is there, he told me [I would be] king over this nation.”

[17:10]  ²² tn Heb “a little.”

[18:10]  ²³ tn Heb “he makes the kingdom or the nation swear an oath.”

[18:12]  ²⁴ tn Heb “to [a place] which I do not know.”

[18:12]  ²⁵ tn Heb “and I will go to inform Ahab and he will not find you and he will kill me.”

[18:12]  ²⁶ tn The words “that would not be fair” are added to clarify the logic of Obadiah’s argument.

[18:12]  ²⁷ tn Heb “has feared the Lord” (also see the note at 1 Kgs 18:3).

[20:7]  ²⁸ tn Heb “elders.”

[20:7]  ²⁹ tn Heb “Know and see that this [man] is seeking trouble.”

[21:6]  ³⁰ tn Heb “While I was talking…, I said…, he said….” Ahab’s explanation is one lengthy sentence in the Hebrew text, which is divided in the English translation for stylistic reasons.