1 Raja-raja 2:19

2:19 So Bathsheba visited King Solomon to speak to him on Adonijah’s behalf. The king got up to greet ¹  her, bowed to her, and then sat on his throne. He ordered a throne to be brought for the king’s mother, ²  and she sat at his right hand.

1 Raja-raja 4:21

4:21 (5:1) ³  Solomon ruled all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River ⁴  to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms paid tribute as Solomon’s subjects throughout his lifetime. ⁵ 

1 Raja-raja 19:4

19:4 while he went a day’s journey into the desert. He went and sat down under a shrub ⁶  and asked the Lord to take his life: ⁷  “I’ve had enough! Now, O Lord, take my life. After all, I’m no better than my ancestors.” ⁸ 

1 Raja-raja 20:30

20:30 The remaining 27,000 ran to Aphek and went into the city, but the wall fell on them. ⁹  Now Ben Hadad ran into the city and hid in an inner room. ¹⁰ 

[2:19]  ¹ tn Or “meet.”

[2:19]  ² tn Heb “he set up a throne for the mother of the king.”

[4:21]  ³ sn Beginning with 4:21, the verse numbers through 5:18 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 4:21 ET = 5:1 HT, 4:22 ET = 5:2 HT, etc., through 5:18 ET = 5:32 HT. Beginning with 6:1 the numbering of verses in the English Bible and the Hebrew text is again the same.

[4:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “the River” (also in v. 24). This is the standard designation for the Euphrates River in biblical Hebrew.

[4:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “[They] were bringing tribute and were serving Solomon all the days of his life.”

[19:4]  ⁶ tn Or “broom tree” (also in v. 5).

[19:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “and asked with respect to his life to die.”

[19:4]  ⁸ tn Heb “fathers.”

[20:30]  ⁹ tn Heb “and the remaining ones fled to Aphek to the city and the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand men, the ones who remained.”

[20:30]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and Ben Hadad fled and went into the city, [into] an inner room in an inner room.”