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 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, ⁶  as well as all the men of Judah, the king’s servants.

1 Raja-raja 7:16

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

1 Raja-raja 10:9

10:9 May the Lord your God be praised because he favored ⁸  you by placing you on the throne of Israel! Because of the Lord’s eternal love for Israel, he made you king so you could make just and right decisions.” ⁹ 

1 Raja-raja 17:1

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17:1 Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As certainly as the Lord God of Israel lives (whom I serve), ¹⁰  there will be no dew or rain in the years ahead unless I give the command.” ¹¹ 

[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.”

[1:9]  ⁶ tc The ancient Greek version omits this appositional phrase.

[7:16]  ⁷ 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.”

[10:9]  ⁸ tn Or “delighted in.”

[10:9]  ⁹ tn Heb “to do justice and righteousness.”

[17:1]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “before whom I stand.”

[17:1]  ¹¹ tn Heb “except at the command of my word.”