1 Raja-raja 4:19

4:19 Geber son of Uri was in charge of the land of Gilead (the territory which had once belonged to King Sihon of the Amorites and to King Og of Bashan). He was sole governor of the area.

1 Raja-raja 4:34

4:34 People from all nations came to hear Solomon’s display of wisdom; ¹  they came from all the kings of the earth who heard about his wisdom.

1 Raja-raja 5:17

5:17 By royal order ²  they supplied large valuable stones in order to build the temple’s foundation with chiseled stone.

1 Raja-raja 6:5

6:5 He built an extension all around the walls of the temple’s main hall and holy place and constructed side rooms in it. ³ 

1 Raja-raja 6:33

6:33 In the same way he made doorposts of olive wood for the entrance to the main hall, only with four-sided pillars. ⁴ 

1 Raja-raja 14:19

Jeroboam’s Reign Ends

14:19 The rest of the events of Jeroboam’s reign, including the details of his battles and rule, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel. ⁵ 

1 Raja-raja 15:28

15:28 Baasha killed him in the third year of Asa’s reign over Judah and replaced him as king.

1 Raja-raja 17:17

17:17 After this ⁶  the son of the woman who owned the house got sick. His illness was so severe he could no longer breathe.

1 Raja-raja 21:1

Ahab Murders Naboth

21:1 After this the following episode took place. ⁷  Naboth the Jezreelite owned a vineyard in Jezreel adjacent to the palace of King Ahab of Samaria. ⁸ 

1 Raja-raja 22:46

22:46 He removed from the land any male cultic prostitutes who had managed to survive the reign of his father Asa. ⁹ 

[4:34]  ¹ tn Heb “the wisdom of Solomon.”

[5:17]  ² tn Heb “and the king commanded.”

[6:5]  ³ tn Heb “and he built on the wall of the temple an extension all around, the walls of the temple all around, for the main hall and for the holy place, and he made side rooms all around.”

[6:33]  ⁴ tn Heb “and so he did at the entrance of the main hall, doorposts of olive wood, from a fourth.”

[14:19]  ⁵ tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Jeroboam, how he fought and how he ruled, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel?”

[17:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “after these things.”

[21:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “after these things.” The words “the following episode took place” are added for stylistic reasons.

[21:1]  ⁸ sn King Ahab of Samaria. Samaria, as the capital of the northern kingdom, here stands for the nation of Israel.

[21:1]  map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[22:46]  ⁹ tn Heb “and the rest of the male cultic prostitutes who were left in the days of Asa his father, he burned from the land.” Some understand the verb בִּעֵר (bi’er) to mean “sweep away” here rather than “burn.” See the note at 1 Kgs 14:10.

[22:46]  sn Despite Asa’s opposition to these male cultic prostitutes (see 1 Kgs 15:12) some of them had managed to remain in the land. Jehoshaphat finished what his father had started.