1 Raja-raja 1:3

1:3 So they looked through all Israel ¹  for a beautiful young woman and found Abishag, a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.

1 Raja-raja 2:9

2:9 But now ²  don’t treat him as if he were innocent. You are a wise man and you know how to handle him; ³  make sure he has a bloody death.” ⁴ 

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. ⁵ 

1 Raja-raja 4:7

4:7 Solomon had twelve district governors appointed throughout Israel who acquired supplies for the king and his palace. Each was responsible for one month in the year.

1 Raja-raja 4:27

4:27 The district governors acquired supplies for King Solomon and all who ate in his royal palace. ⁶  Each was responsible for one month in the year; they made sure nothing was lacking.

1 Raja-raja 6:38

6:38 In the eleventh year, in the month Bul ⁷  (the eighth month) the temple was completed in accordance with all its specifications and blueprints. It took seven years to build. ⁸ 

1 Raja-raja 11:9

11:9 The Lord was angry with Solomon because he had shifted his allegiance ⁹  away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him on two occasions ¹⁰ 

1 Raja-raja 20:14

20:14 Ahab asked, “By whom will this be accomplished?” ¹¹  He answered, “This is what the Lord says, ‘By the servants of the district governors.’” Ahab ¹²  asked, “Who will launch the attack?” He answered, “You will.”

[1:3]  ¹ tn Heb “through all the territory of Israel.”

[2:9]  ² tc The Lucianic recension of the Old Greek and the Vulgate have here “you” rather than “now.” The two words are homonyms in Hebrew.

[2:9]  ³ tn Heb “what you should do to him.”

[2:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “bring his grey hair down in blood [to] Sheol.”

[3:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “and I do not know going out or coming in.”

[4:27]  ⁶ tn Heb “everyone who drew near to the table of King Solomon.”

[6:38]  ⁷ sn In the month Bul. This would be October-November 959 b.c. in modern reckoning.

[6:38]  ⁸ tn Heb “he built it in seven years.”

[11:9]  ⁹ tn Heb “bent his heart.”

[11:9]  ¹⁰ sn These two occasions are mentioned in 1 Kgs 3:5 and 9:2.

[20:14]  ¹¹ tn The words “will this be accomplished” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[20:14]  ¹² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ahab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.