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 3:15

3:15 Solomon then woke up and realized it was a dream. ⁶  He went to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the Lord’s covenant, offered up burnt sacrifices, presented peace offerings, ⁷  and held a feast for all his servants.

1 Raja-raja 6:1

The Building of the Temple

6:1 In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites left Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, during the month Ziv ⁸  (the second month), he began building the Lord’s temple.

1 Raja-raja 8:20

8:20 The Lord has kept the promise he made. ⁹  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 ¹⁰  of the Lord God of Israel

1 Raja-raja 9:11

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

1 Raja-raja 10:13

10:13 King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba everything she requested, besides what he had freely offered her. ¹²  Then she left and returned ¹³  to her homeland with her attendants.

1 Raja-raja 13:33

A Prophet Announces the End of Jeroboam’s Dynasty

13:33 After this happened, Jeroboam still did not change his evil ways; ¹⁴  he continued to appoint common people ¹⁵  as priests at the high places. Anyone who wanted the job he consecrated as a priest. ¹⁶ 

1 Raja-raja 14:13

14:13 All Israel will mourn him and bury him. He is the only one in Jeroboam’s family ¹⁷  who will receive a decent burial, for he is the only one in whom the Lord God of Israel found anything good.

1 Raja-raja 18:13

18:13 Certainly my master is aware of what I did ¹⁸  when Jezebel was killing the Lord’s prophets. I hid one hundred of the Lord’s prophets in two caves in two groups of fifty and I brought them food and water.

1 Raja-raja 19:4

19:4 while he went a day’s journey into the desert. He went and sat down under a shrub ¹⁹  and asked the Lord to take his life: ²⁰  “I’ve had enough! Now, O Lord, take my life. After all, I’m no better than my ancestors.” ²¹ 

1 Raja-raja 19:10

19:10 He answered, “I have been absolutely loyal ²²  to the Lord, the sovereign God, ²³  even though the Israelites have abandoned the agreement they made with you, ²⁴  torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life.” ²⁵ 

1 Raja-raja 19:14

19:14 He answered, “I have been absolutely loyal ²⁶  to the Lord, the sovereign God, ²⁷  even though the Israelites have abandoned the agreement they made with you, ²⁸  torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life.” ²⁹ 

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. ³⁰  Your words must agree with theirs; you must predict success.” ³¹ 

[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.”

[3:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “and look, a dream.”

[3:15]  ⁷ tn Or “tokens of peace”; NIV, TEV “fellowship offerings.”

[6:1]  ⁸ sn During the month Ziv. This would be April-May, 966 b.c. by modern reckoning.

[8:20]  ⁹ tn Heb “his word that he spoke.”

[8:20]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “name.”

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

[10:13]  ¹² tn Heb “besides what he had given her according to the hand of King Solomon.”

[10:13]  ¹³ tn Heb “turned and went.”

[13:33]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “did not turn from his evil way.”

[13:33]  ¹⁵ sn The expression common people refers to people who were not Levites. See 1 Kgs 12:31.

[13:33]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and one who had the desire he was filling his hand so that he became [one of] the priests of the high places.”

[14:13]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “house.”

[18:13]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “Has it not been told to my master what I did…?” The rhetorical question expects an answer, “Of course it has!”

[19:4]  ¹⁹ tn Or “broom tree” (also in v. 5).

[19:4]  ²⁰ tn Heb “and asked with respect to his life to die.”

[19:4]  ²¹ tn Heb “fathers.”

[19:10]  ²² tn Or “very zealous.” The infinitive absolute preceding the finite verb emphasizes the degree of his zeal and allegiance.

[19:10]  ²³ tn Traditionally, “the God of hosts.”

[19:10]  ²⁴ tn Heb “abandoned your covenant.”

[19:10]  ²⁵ tn Heb “and they are seeking my life to take it.”

[19:14]  ²⁶ tn Or “very zealous.” The infinitive absolute preceding the finite verb emphasizes the degree of his zeal and allegiance.

[19:14]  ²⁷ tn Traditionally, “the God of hosts.”

[19:14]  ²⁸ tn Heb “abandoned your covenant.”

[19:14]  ²⁹ tn Heb “and they are seeking my life to take it.”

[22:13]  ³⁰ tn Heb “the words of the prophets are [with] one mouth good for the king.”

[22:13]  ³¹ tn Heb “let your words be like the word of each of them and speak good.”