1 Raja-raja 1:9

1:9 Adonijah sacrificed sheep, cattle, and fattened steers at the Stone of Zoheleth near En Rogel. He invited all his brothers, the king’s sons, ¹  as well as all the men of Judah, the king’s servants.

1 Raja-raja 1:51

1:51 Solomon was told, “Look, Adonijah fears you; ²  see, he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying, ‘May King Solomon solemnly promise ³  me today that he will not kill his servant with the sword.’”

1 Raja-raja 2:42

2:42 the king summoned ⁴  Shimei and said to him, “You will recall ⁵  that I made you take an oath by the Lord, and I solemnly warned you, ‘If you ever leave and go anywhere, ⁶  know for sure that you will certainly die.’ You said to me, ‘The proposal is acceptable; I agree to it.’ ⁷ 

1 Raja-raja 3:26

3:26 The real mother ⁸  spoke up to the king, for her motherly instincts were aroused. ⁹  She said, “My master, give her the living child! Whatever you do, don’t kill him!” ¹⁰  But the other woman said, “Neither one of us will have him! Let them cut him in two!”

1 Raja-raja 8:15

8:15 He said, “The Lord God of Israel is worthy of praise because he has fulfilled ¹¹  what he promised ¹²  my father David.

1 Raja-raja 8:53

8:53 After all, ¹³  you picked them out of all the nations of the earth to be your special possession, ¹⁴  just as you, O sovereign Lord, announced through your servant Moses when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt.”

1 Raja-raja 9:11

9:11 King Solomon gave King Hiram of Tyre ¹⁵  twenty cities in the region of Galilee, because Hiram had supplied Solomon with cedars, evergreens, and all the gold he wanted.

1 Raja-raja 12:18

12:18 King Rehoboam sent Adoniram, ¹⁶  the supervisor of the work crews, ¹⁷  out after them, but all Israel stoned him to death. King Rehoboam managed to jump into his chariot and escape to Jerusalem. ¹⁸ 

1 Raja-raja 12:28

12:28 After the king had consulted with his advisers, ¹⁹  he made two golden calves. Then he said to the people, ²⁰  “It is too much trouble for you to go up to Jerusalem. Look, Israel, here are your gods who brought you up from the land of Egypt.”

1 Raja-raja 17:10

17:10 So he got up and went to Zarephath. When he went through the city gate, there was a widow gathering wood. He called out to her, “Please give me a cup ²¹  of water, so I can take a drink.”

1 Raja-raja 20:5

20:5 The messengers came again and said, “This is what Ben Hadad says, ‘I sent this message to you, “You must give me your silver, gold, wives, and sons.”

1 Raja-raja 20:28

20:28 The prophet ²²  visited the king of Israel and said, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Because the Syrians said, “The Lord is a god of the mountains and not a god of the valleys,” I will hand over to you this entire huge army. ²³  Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”

1 Raja-raja 22:13

22:13 Now the messenger who went to summon Micaiah said to him, “Look, the prophets are in complete agreement that the king will succeed. ²⁴  Your words must agree with theirs; you must predict success.” ²⁵ 

[1:9]  ¹ tc The ancient Greek version omits this appositional phrase.

[1:51]  ² tn Heb “King Solomon.” The name and title have been replaced by the pronoun (“you”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[1:51]  ³ tn Or “swear an oath to.”

[2:42]  ⁴ tn Heb “sent and summoned.”

[2:42]  ⁵ tn Heb “Is it not [true]…?” In the Hebrew text the statement is interrogative; the rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course it is.”

[2:42]  ⁶ tn Heb “here or there.”

[2:42]  ⁷ tn Heb “good is the word; I have heard.”

[3:26]  ⁸ tn Heb “the woman whose son was alive.”

[3:26]  ⁹ tn Heb “for her compassions grew warm for her son.”

[3:26]  ¹⁰ tn The infinitive absolute before the negated jussive emphasizes the main verb.

[8:15]  ¹¹ tn The Hebrew text reads, “by his hand.”

[8:15]  ¹² tn The Hebrew text reads, “by his mouth.”

[8:53]  ¹³ tn Or “For.”

[8:53]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “your inheritance.”

[9:11]  ¹⁵ map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[12:18]  ¹⁶ tc The MT has “Adoram” here, but the Old Greek translation and Syriac Peshitta have “Adoniram.” Cf. 1 Kgs 4:6.

[12:18]  ¹⁷ sn The work crews. See the note on this expression in 4:6.

[12:18]  ¹⁸ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[12:28]  ¹⁹ tn The words “with his advisers” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[12:28]  ²⁰ tn Heb “to them,” although this may be a corruption of “to the people.” Cf. the Old Greek translation.

[17:10]  ²¹ tn Heb “a little.”

[20:28]  ²² tn Heb “the man of God.”

[20:28]  ²³ tn Heb “I will place all this great horde in your hand.”

[22:13]  ²⁴ tn Heb “the words of the prophets are [with] one mouth good for the king.”

[22:13]  ²⁵ tn Heb “let your words be like the word of each of them and speak good.”