1 Raja-raja 1:40

1:40 All the people followed him up, playing flutes and celebrating so loudly they made the ground shake. ¹ 

1 Raja-raja 3:18

3:18 Then three days after I had my baby, this woman also had a baby. We were alone; there was no one else in the house except the two of us. ² 

1 Raja-raja 5:2

5:2 Solomon then sent this message to Hiram:

1 Raja-raja 10:3

10:3 Solomon answered all her questions; there was no question too complex for the king. ³ 

1 Raja-raja 11:25

11:25 He was Israel’s enemy throughout Solomon’s reign and, like Hadad, caused trouble. He loathed ⁴  Israel and ruled over Syria.

1 Raja-raja 12:13

12:13 The king responded to the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the older men

1 Raja-raja 15:12

15:12 He removed the male cultic prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the disgusting idols ⁵  his ancestors ⁶  had made.

1 Raja-raja 15:17

15:17 King Baasha of Israel attacked Judah and established Ramah as a military outpost to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the land of King Asa of Judah. ⁷ 

1 Raja-raja 17:4-5

17:4 Drink from the stream; I have already told ⁸  the ravens to bring you food ⁹  there.” 17:5 So he did ¹⁰  as the Lord told him; he went and lived in the Kerith Valley near the Jordan.

1 Raja-raja 21:3

21:3 But Naboth replied to Ahab, “The Lord forbid that I should sell you my ancestral inheritance.” ¹¹ 

1 Raja-raja 22:23

22:23 So now, look, the Lord has placed a lying spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours; but the Lord has decreed disaster for you.”

[1:40]  ¹ tn Heb “and all the people went up after him, and the people were playing flutes and rejoicing with great joy and the ground split open at the sound of them.” The verb בָּקַע (baqa’, “to split open”), which elsewhere describes the effects of an earthquake, is obviously here an exaggeration for the sake of emphasis.

[3:18]  ² sn There was no one else in the house except the two of us. In other words, there were no other witnesses to the births who could identify which child belonged to which mother.

[10:3]  ³ tn Heb “Solomon declared to her all her words; there was not a word hidden from the king which he did not declare to her.” If riddles are specifically in view (see v. 1), then one might translate, “Solomon explained to her all her riddles; there was no riddle too complex for the king.”

[11:25]  ⁴ tn The construction (Qal of קוּץ + בְּ [quts + bet] preposition) is rare, but not without parallel (see Lev 20:23).

[15:12]  ⁵ tn The word used here, גִלּוּלִים [gillulim], is always used as a disdainful reference to idols. It is generally thought to have originally referred to “dung pellets” (cf. KBL 183 s.v. גִלּוּלִים). It is only one of several terms used in this way, such as “worthless things” (אֱלִילִים, ’elilim), “vanities” or “empty winds” (הֲבָלִים, havalim).

[15:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 24).

[15:17]  ⁷ tn Heb “and he built up Ramah so as to not permit going out or coming in to Asa king of Judah.”

[17:4]  ⁸ tn Heb “commanded.”

[17:4]  ⁹ tn Heb “to provide for you.”

[17:5]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “So he went and did.”

[21:3]  ¹¹ tn Heb “Far be it from me, by the Lord, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you.”