1 Raja-raja 1:21

1:21 If a decision is not made, ¹  when my master the king is buried with his ancestors, ²  my son Solomon and I ³  will be considered state criminals.” ⁴ 

1 Raja-raja 2:46

2:46 The king then gave the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada who went and executed Shimei. ⁵ 

So Solomon took firm control of the kingdom. ⁶ 

1 Raja-raja 13:16

13:16 But he replied, “I can’t go back with you ⁷  or eat and drink ⁸  with you in this place.

1 Raja-raja 14:31

14:31 Rehoboam passed away ⁹  and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David. His mother was an Ammonite named Naamah. His son Abijah ¹⁰  replaced him as king.

[1:21]  ¹ tn The words “if a decision is not made” are added for clarification.

[1:21]  ² tn Heb “lies down with his fathers.”

[1:21]  ³ tn Heb “I and my son Solomon.” The order has been reversed in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[1:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “will be guilty”; NASB “considered offenders”; TEV “treated as traitors.”

[2:46]  ⁵ tn “The king commanded Benaiah son of Jehoiada and he went out and struck him down and he died.”

[2:46]  ⁶ tn “And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.”

[13:16]  ⁷ tn Heb “I am unable to return with you or to go with you.”

[13:16]  ⁸ tn Heb “eat food and drink water.”

[14:31]  ⁹ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

[14:31]  ¹⁰ tn In the Hebrew text the name is spelled “Abijam” here and in 1 Kgs 15:1-8.