1 Raja-raja 9:26

9:26 King Solomon also built ships ¹  in Ezion Geber, which is located near Elat in the land of Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.

1 Raja-raja 10:1

Solomon Entertains a Queen

10:1 When the queen of Sheba heard about Solomon, ²  she came to challenge ³  him with difficult questions. ⁴ 

1 Raja-raja 12:31

12:31 He built temples ⁵  on the high places and appointed as priests people who were not Levites.

1 Raja-raja 14:27

14:27 King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and assigned them to the officers of the royal guard ⁶  who protected the entrance to the royal palace.

[9:26]  ¹ tn Or “a fleet” (in which case “ships” would be implied).

[10:1]  ² tn Heb “the report about Solomon.” The Hebrew text also has, “to the name of the Lord,” which fits very awkwardly in the sentence. If retained, perhaps it should be translated, “because of the reputation of the Lord.” The phrase, which is omitted in the parallel passage in 2 Chr 9:1, may be an addition based on the queen’s declaration of praise to the Lord in v. 9.

[10:1]  ³ tn Or “test.”

[10:1]  ⁴ tn Or “riddles.”

[12:31]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew text has the singular, but the plural is preferable here (see 1 Kgs 13:32). The Old Greek translation and the Vulgate have the plural.

[14:27]  ⁶ tn Heb “runners.”