1 Raja-raja 3:11

3:11 God said to him, “Because you asked for the ability to make wise judicial decisions, and not for long life, or riches, or vengeance on your enemies, ¹ 

1 Raja-raja 7:16

7:16 He made two bronze tops for the pillars; each was seven-and-a-half feet high. ² 

1 Raja-raja 7:31

7:31 Inside the stand was a round opening that was a foot-and-a-half deep; it had a support that was two and one-quarter feet long. ³  On the edge of the opening were carvings in square frames. ⁴ 

1 Raja-raja 8:20

8:20 The Lord has kept the promise he made. ⁵  I have taken my father David’s place and have occupied the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised. I have built this temple for the honor ⁶  of the Lord God of Israel

1 Raja-raja 8:65

8:65 At that time Solomon and all Israel with him celebrated a festival before the Lord our God for two entire weeks. This great assembly included people from all over the land, from Lebo Hamath in the north to the Brook of Egypt ⁷  in the south. ⁸ 

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. ⁹  When she comes, she will be in a disguise.”

1 Raja-raja 18:12

18:12 But when I leave you, the Lord’s spirit will carry you away so I can’t find you. ¹⁰  If I go tell Ahab I’ve seen you, he won’t be able to find you and he will kill me. ¹¹  That would not be fair, ¹²  because your servant has been a loyal follower of ¹³  the Lord from my youth.

[3:11]  ¹ tn Heb “because you asked for this thing, and did not ask for yourself many days and did not ask for yourself riches and did not ask for the life of your enemies, but you asked for yourself understanding to hear judgment.”

[7:16]  ² tn Heb “two capitals he made to place on the tops of the pillars, cast in bronze; five cubits was the height of the first capital, and five cubits was the height of the second capital.”

[7:31]  ³ tn Heb “And its opening from the inside to the top and upwards [was] a cubit, and its opening was round, the work of a stand, a cubit-and-a-half.” The precise meaning of this description is uncertain.

[7:31]  ⁴ tn Heb “also over its opening were carvings and their frames [were] squared, not round.”

[8:20]  ⁵ tn Heb “his word that he spoke.”

[8:20]  ⁶ tn Heb “name.”

[8:65]  ⁷ tn Or “the Wadi of Egypt” (NAB, NIV, NRSV); CEV “the Egyptian Gorge.”

[8:65]  ⁸ tn Heb “Solomon held at that time the festival, and all Israel was with him, a great assembly from Lebo Hamath to the Brook of Egypt, before the Lord our God for seven days and seven days, fourteen days.”

[14:5]  ⁹ 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.

[18:12]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “to [a place] which I do not know.”

[18:12]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and I will go to inform Ahab and he will not find you and he will kill me.”

[18:12]  ¹² tn The words “that would not be fair” are added to clarify the logic of Obadiah’s argument.

[18:12]  ¹³ tn Heb “has feared the Lord” (also see the note at 1 Kgs 18:3).