1 Raja-raja 1:5

1:5 Now Adonijah, son of David and Haggith, ¹  was promoting himself, ²  boasting, ³  “I will be king!” He managed to acquire ⁴  chariots and horsemen, as well as fifty men to serve as his royal guard. ⁵ 

1 Raja-raja 3:26

3:26 The real mother ⁶  spoke up to the king, for her motherly instincts were aroused. ⁷  She said, “My master, give her the living child! Whatever you do, don’t kill him!” ⁸  But the other woman said, “Neither one of us will have him! Let them cut him in two!”

1 Raja-raja 6:7

6:7 As the temple was being built, only stones shaped at the quarry ⁹  were used; the sound of hammers, pickaxes, or any other iron tool was not heard at the temple while it was being built.

1 Raja-raja 16:34--17:1

16:34 During Ahab’s reign, ¹⁰  Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho. ¹¹  Abiram, his firstborn son, died when he laid the foundation; ¹²  Segub, his youngest son, died when he erected its gates, ¹³  just as the Lord had warned ¹⁴  through Joshua son of Nun. ¹⁵ 

Elijah Visits a Widow in Sidonian Territory

17:1 Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As certainly as the Lord God of Israel lives (whom I serve), ¹⁶  there will be no dew or rain in the years ahead unless I give the command.” ¹⁷ 

[1:5]  ¹ tn Heb “son of Haggith,” but since this formula usually designates the father (who in this case was David), the translation specifies that David was Adonijah’s father.

[1:5]  sn Haggith was one of David’s wives (2 Sam 3:4; 2 Chr 3:2).

[1:5]  ² tn Heb “lifting himself up.”

[1:5]  ³ tn Heb “saying.”

[1:5]  ⁴ tn Or “he acquired for himself.”

[1:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “to run ahead of him.”

[3:26]  ⁶ tn Heb “the woman whose son was alive.”

[3:26]  ⁷ tn Heb “for her compassions grew warm for her son.”

[3:26]  ⁸ tn The infinitive absolute before the negated jussive emphasizes the main verb.

[6:7]  ⁹ tn Heb “finished stone of the quarry,” i.e., stones chiseled and shaped at the time they were taken out of the quarry.

[16:34]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “in his days.”

[16:34]  ¹¹ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[16:34]  ¹² tn Heb “with Abiram, his firstborn, he founded it.”

[16:34]  ¹³ tn Heb “with Segub, his youngest, he set up its gates.”

[16:34]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “according to the word of the Lord which he spoke.”

[16:34]  ¹⁵ sn Warned through Joshua son of Nun. For the background to this statement, see Josh 6:26, where Joshua pronounces a curse on the one who dares to rebuild Jericho. Here that curse is viewed as a prophecy spoken by God through Joshua.

[17:1]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “before whom I stand.”

[17:1]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “except at the command of my word.”