1 Raja-raja 1:23

1:23 The king was told, “Nathan the prophet is here.” Nathan entered and bowed before the king with his face to the floor. ¹ 

1 Raja-raja 2:46

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

So Solomon took firm control of the kingdom. ³ 

1 Raja-raja 4:34

4:34 People from all nations came to hear Solomon’s display of wisdom; ⁴  they came from all the kings of the earth who heard about his wisdom.

1 Raja-raja 6:21

6:21 Solomon plated the inside of the temple with gold. ⁵  He hung golden chains in front of the inner sanctuary and plated the inner sanctuary ⁶  with gold.

1 Raja-raja 7:42

7:42 the four hundred pomegranate-shaped ornaments for the latticework of the two pillars (each latticework had two rows of these ornaments at the bowl-shaped top of the pillar),

1 Raja-raja 8:7

8:7 The cherubs’ wings extended over the place where the ark sat; the cherubs overshadowed the ark and its poles. ⁷ 

1 Raja-raja 10:15

10:15 besides what he collected from the merchants, ⁸  traders, Arabian kings, and governors of the land.

1 Raja-raja 12:31

12:31 He built temples ⁹  on the high places and appointed as priests people who were not Levites.

1 Raja-raja 13:5

13:5 The altar split open and the ashes ¹⁰  fell from the altar to the ground, ¹¹  in fulfillment of the sign the prophet had announced with the Lord’s authority. ¹² 

1 Raja-raja 13:17

13:17 For the Lord gave me strict orders, ¹³  ‘Do not eat or drink ¹⁴  there; do not go back the way you came.’”

1 Raja-raja 13:30

13:30 He put the corpse into his own tomb, and they ¹⁵  mourned over him, saying, “Ah, my brother!”

1 Raja-raja 15:1

Abijah’s Reign over Judah

15:1 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijah ¹⁶  became king over Judah.

1 Raja-raja 17:4

17:4 Drink from the stream; I have already told ¹⁷  the ravens to bring you food ¹⁸  there.”

1 Raja-raja 18:7

18:7 As Obadiah was traveling along, Elijah met him. ¹⁹  When he recognized him, he fell facedown to the ground and said, “Is it really you, my master, Elijah?”

1 Raja-raja 18:14

18:14 Now you say, ‘Go and say to your master, “Elijah is back,”’ ²⁰  but he will kill me.”

1 Raja-raja 21:9

21:9 This is what she wrote: ²¹  “Observe a time of fasting and seat Naboth in front of the people.

[1:23]  ¹ tn Heb “ground.” Since this was indoors, “floor” is more appropriate than “ground.”

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

[2:46]  ³ tn “And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.”

[4:34]  ⁴ tn Heb “the wisdom of Solomon.”

[6:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “with plated gold” (or perhaps, “with pure gold”).

[6:21]  ⁶ tn Heb “it.”

[8:7]  ⁷ sn And its poles. These poles were used to carry the ark. See Exod 25:13-15.

[10:15]  ⁸ tn Heb “traveling men.”

[12:31]  ⁹ tn The Hebrew text has the singular, but the plural is preferable here (see 1 Kgs 13:32). The Old Greek translation and the Vulgate have the plural.

[13:5]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the fat.” Reference is made to burnt wood mixed with fat. See HALOT 234 s.v. דשׁן.

[13:5]  ¹¹ tn Heb “were poured out from the altar.”

[13:5]  ¹² tn Heb “according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the Lord.”

[13:17]  ¹³ tn Heb “for a word to me by the word of the Lord.”

[13:17]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “eat food and drink water.”

[13:30]  ¹⁵ tn “They” is the reading of the Hebrew text here; perhaps this is meant to include not only the old prophet but his sons (cf. v. 31).

[15:1]  ¹⁶ tc The Old Greek also has the phrase “the son of Rehoboam.”

[17:4]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “commanded.”

[17:4]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “to provide for you.”

[18:7]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “look, Elijah [came] to meet him.”

[18:14]  ²⁰ tn Heb “Look, Elijah”; or “Elijah is here.”

[21:9]  ²¹ tn Heb “she wrote on the scrolls, saying.”