1 Raja-raja 1:4

1:4 The young woman was very beautiful; she became the king’s nurse and served him, but the king did not have sexual relations with her. ¹ 

1 Raja-raja 1:50

1:50 Adonijah feared Solomon, so he got up and went and grabbed hold of the horns of the altar. ² 

1 Raja-raja 4:3-5

4:3 Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, wrote down what happened. ³ 

Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was in charge of the records.

4:4 Benaiah son of Jehoiada was commander of ⁴  the army.

Zadok and Abiathar were priests.

4:5 Azariah son of Nathan was supervisor of ⁵  the district governors.

Zabud son of Nathan was a priest and adviser to ⁶  the king.

1 Raja-raja 4:9-11

4:9 Ben-Deker was in charge of Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh, and Elon Beth Hanan.

4:10 Ben-Hesed was in charge of Arubboth; he controlled Socoh and all the territory of Hepher.

4:11 Ben-Abinadab was in charge of Naphath Dor. (He was married to Solomon’s daughter Taphath.)

1 Raja-raja 4:15

4:15 Ahimaaz was in charge of Naphtali. (He married Solomon’s daughter Basemath.)

1 Raja-raja 6:25

6:25 The second cherub also had a wingspan of 15 feet; it was identical to the first in measurements and shape. ⁷ 

1 Raja-raja 7:19

7:19 The tops of the two pillars in the porch were shaped like lilies and were six feet high. ⁸ 

1 Raja-raja 7:22

7:22 The tops of the pillars were shaped like lilies. So the construction of the pillars was completed.

1 Raja-raja 7:28

7:28 The stands were constructed with frames between the joints.

1 Raja-raja 7:43-44

7:43 the ten movable stands with their ten basins, 7:44 the big bronze basin called “The Sea” with its twelve bulls underneath, ⁹ 

1 Raja-raja 8:55

8:55 When he stood up, he pronounced a blessing over the entire assembly of Israel, saying in a loud voice:

1 Raja-raja 9:18

9:18 Baalath, Tadmor in the wilderness, ¹⁰ 

1 Raja-raja 9:28

9:28 They sailed ¹¹  to Ophir, took from there four hundred twenty talents ¹²  of gold, and then brought them to King Solomon.

1 Raja-raja 12:17

12:17 (Rehoboam continued to rule over the Israelites who lived in the cities of Judah.)

1 Raja-raja 15:2

15:2 He ruled for three years in Jerusalem. ¹³  His mother was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom. ¹⁴ 

[1:4]  ¹ tn Heb “did not know her.”

[1:50]  ² 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, Adonijah was seeking asylum from Solomon.

[4:3]  ³ tn Heb “were scribes”; NASB, NIV, NRSV “secretaries”; TEV, NLT “court secretaries.”

[4:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “was over.”

[4:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “was over.”

[4:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “close associate of”; KJV, ASV, NASB “the king’s friend” (a title for an adviser, not just an acquaintance).

[6:25]  ⁷ tn Heb “and the second cherub was ten cubits, the two cherubs had one measurement and one shape.”

[7:19]  ⁸ tn Heb “the capitals which were on the top of the pillars were the work of lilies, in the porch, four cubits.” It is unclear exactly what dimension is being measured.

[7:44]  ⁹ tn Heb “underneath ‘The Sea.’”

[9:18]  ¹⁰ tn The Hebrew text has “in the wilderness, in the land.”

[9:28]  ¹¹ tn Heb “went.”

[9:28]  ¹² tn The Hebrew term כִּכָּר (kikkar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or to a standard unit of weight, generally regarded as a talent. Since the accepted weight for a talent of metal is about 75 pounds, this would have amounted to about 31,500 pounds of gold (cf. NCV); CEV, NLT “sixteen tons”; TEV “more than 14,000 kilogrammes.”

[15:2]  ¹³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[15:2]  ¹⁴ sn Abishalom (also in v. 10) is a variant of the name Absalom (cf. 2 Chr 11:20). The more common form is used by TEV, NLT.