1 Raja-raja 1:20

1:20 Now, ¹  my master, O king, all Israel is watching anxiously to see who is named to succeed my master the king on the throne. ² 

1 Raja-raja 2:27-28

2:27 Solomon dismissed Abiathar from his position as priest of the Lord, ³  fulfilling the decree of judgment the Lord made in Shiloh against the family of Eli. ⁴ 

2:28 When the news reached Joab (for Joab had supported ⁵  Adonijah, although he had not supported Absalom), he ⁶  ran to the tent of the Lord and grabbed hold of the horns of the altar. ⁷ 

1 Raja-raja 2:39

2:39 Three years later two of Shimei’s servants ran away to King Achish son of Maacah of Gath. Shimei was told, “Look, your servants are in Gath.”

1 Raja-raja 3:7

3:7 Now, O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in my father David’s place, even though I am only a young man and am inexperienced. ⁸ 

1 Raja-raja 5:8

5:8 Hiram then sent this message to Solomon: “I received ⁹  the message you sent to me. I will give you all the cedars and evergreens you need. ¹⁰ 

1 Raja-raja 11:27

11:27 This is what prompted him to rebel against the king: ¹¹  Solomon built a terrace and he closed up a gap in the wall of the city of his father David. ¹² 

1 Raja-raja 22:17

22:17 Micaiah ¹³  said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains like sheep that have no shepherd. Then the Lord said, ‘They have no master. They should go home in peace.’”

[1:20]  ¹ tc Many Hebrew mss have עַתָּה (’attah, “now”) rather than the similar sounding independent pronoun אַתָּה (’attah, “you”).

[1:20]  ² tn Heb “the eyes of all Israel are upon you to declare to them who will sit on the throne of my master the king after him.”

[2:27]  ³ tn Heb “Solomon drove out Abiathar from being a priest to the Lord.”

[2:27]  ⁴ tn Heb “fulfilling the word of the Lord which he spoke against the house of Eli in Shiloh.”

[2:28]  ⁵ tn Heb “turned after” (also later in this verse).

[2:28]  ⁶ tn Heb “Joab.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[2:28]  ⁷ sn Grabbed hold of the horns of the altar. The “horns” of the altar were the horn-shaped projections on the four corners of the altar (see Exod 27:2). By going to the holy place and grabbing hold of the horns of the altar, Joab was seeking asylum from Solomon.

[3:7]  ⁸ tn Heb “and I do not know going out or coming in.”

[5:8]  ⁹ tn Heb “heard.”

[5:8]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “I will satisfy all your desire with respect to cedar wood and with respect to the wood of evergreens.”

[11:27]  ¹¹ tn Heb “this is the matter concerning which he raised a hand against the king.”

[11:27]  ¹² sn The city of his father David. The phrase refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

[22:17]  ¹³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Micaiah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.