1 Raja-raja 1:25

1:25 For today he has gone down and sacrificed many cattle, steers, and sheep and has invited all the king’s sons, the army commanders, and Abiathar the priest. At this moment ¹  they are having a feast ²  in his presence, and they have declared, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’ ³ 

1 Raja-raja 6:6

6:6 The bottom floor of the extension was seven and a half feet ⁴  wide, the middle floor nine feet ⁵  wide, and the third floor ten and a half ⁶  feet wide. He made ledges ⁷  on the temple’s outer walls so the beams would not have to be inserted into the walls. ⁸ 

1 Raja-raja 8:39

8:39 then listen from your heavenly dwelling place, forgive their sin, ⁹  and act favorably toward each one based on your evaluation of his motives. ¹⁰  (Indeed you are the only one who can correctly evaluate the motives of all people.) ¹¹ 

1 Raja-raja 8:53

8:53 After all, ¹²  you picked them out of all the nations of the earth to be your special possession, ¹³  just as you, O sovereign Lord, announced through your servant Moses when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt.”

1 Raja-raja 11:34

11:34 I will not take the whole kingdom from his hand. I will allow him to be ruler for the rest of his life for the sake of my chosen servant David who kept my commandments and rules.

1 Raja-raja 14:5

14:5 But the Lord had told Ahijah, “Look, Jeroboam’s wife is coming to find out from you what will happen to her son, for he is sick. Tell her so-and-so. ¹⁴  When she comes, she will be in a disguise.”

1 Raja-raja 19:10

19:10 He answered, “I have been absolutely loyal ¹⁵  to the Lord, the sovereign God, ¹⁶  even though the Israelites have abandoned the agreement they made with you, ¹⁷  torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life.” ¹⁸ 

1 Raja-raja 19:14

19:14 He answered, “I have been absolutely loyal ¹⁹  to the Lord, the sovereign God, ²⁰  even though the Israelites have abandoned the agreement they made with you, ²¹  torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life.” ²² 

1 Raja-raja 22:34

22:34 Now an archer shot an arrow at random, ²³  and it struck the king of Israel between the plates of his armor. The king ²⁴  ordered his charioteer, “Turn around and take me from the battle line, ²⁵  because I’m wounded.”

[1:25]  ¹ tn Heb “look.”

[1:25]  ² tn Heb “eating and drinking.”

[1:25]  ³ tn Heb “let the king, Adonijah, live!”

[6:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “five cubits.”

[6:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “six cubits.”

[6:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “seven cubits.”

[6:6]  ⁷ tn Or “offsets” (ASV, NAB, NASB, NRSV); NIV “offset ledges.”

[6:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “so that [the beams] would not have a hold in the walls of the temple.”

[8:39]  ⁹ tn The words “their sin” are added for clarification.

[8:39]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and act and give to each one according to all his ways because you know his heart.” In the Hebrew text vv. 37-39a actually contain one lengthy conditional sentence, which the translation has divided up for stylistic reasons.

[8:39]  ¹¹ tn Heb “Indeed you know, you alone, the heart of all the sons of mankind.”

[8:53]  ¹² tn Or “For.”

[8:53]  ¹³ tn Heb “your inheritance.”

[14:5]  ¹⁴ sn Tell her so-and-so. Certainly the Lord gave Ahijah a specific message to give to Jeroboam’s wife (see vv. 6-16), but the author of Kings here condenses the Lord’s message with the words “so-and-so.” For dramatic effect he prefers to have us hear the message from Ahijah’s lips as he speaks to the king’s wife.

[19:10]  ¹⁵ tn Or “very zealous.” The infinitive absolute preceding the finite verb emphasizes the degree of his zeal and allegiance.

[19:10]  ¹⁶ tn Traditionally, “the God of hosts.”

[19:10]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “abandoned your covenant.”

[19:10]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “and they are seeking my life to take it.”

[19:14]  ¹⁹ tn Or “very zealous.” The infinitive absolute preceding the finite verb emphasizes the degree of his zeal and allegiance.

[19:14]  ²⁰ tn Traditionally, “the God of hosts.”

[19:14]  ²¹ tn Heb “abandoned your covenant.”

[19:14]  ²² tn Heb “and they are seeking my life to take it.”

[22:34]  ²³ tn Heb “now a man drew a bow in his innocence” (i.e., with no specific target in mind, or at least without realizing his target was the king of Israel).

[22:34]  ²⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:34]  ²⁵ tn Heb “camp.”