1 Raja-raja 2:2

2:2 “I am about to die. ¹  Be strong and become a man!

1 Raja-raja 10:23

10:23 King Solomon was wealthier and wiser than any of the kings of the earth. ² 

1 Raja-raja 8:60

8:60 Then ³  all the nations of the earth will recognize that the Lord is the only genuine God. ⁴ 

1 Raja-raja 10:15

10:15 besides what he collected from the merchants, ⁵  traders, Arabian kings, and governors of the land.

1 Raja-raja 15:12

15:12 He removed the male cultic prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the disgusting idols ⁶  his ancestors ⁷  had made.

1 Raja-raja 22:46

22:46 He removed from the land any male cultic prostitutes who had managed to survive the reign of his father Asa. ⁸ 

1 Raja-raja 1:40

1:40 All the people followed him up, playing flutes and celebrating so loudly they made the ground shake. ⁹ 

1 Raja-raja 4:34

4:34 People from all nations came to hear Solomon’s display of wisdom; ¹⁰  they came from all the kings of the earth who heard about his wisdom.

1 Raja-raja 8:27

8:27 “God does not really live on the earth! ¹¹  Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built!

1 Raja-raja 10:24

10:24 Everyone ¹²  in the world wanted to visit Solomon to see him display his God-given wisdom. ¹³ 

1 Raja-raja 18:6

18:6 They divided up the land between them; Ahab went ¹⁴  one way and Obadiah went the other.

1 Raja-raja 20:27

20:27 When the Israelites had mustered and had received their supplies, they marched out to face them in battle. When the Israelites deployed opposite them, they were like two small flocks ¹⁵  of goats, but the Syrians filled the land.

1 Raja-raja 8:23

8:23 He prayed: ¹⁶  “O Lord, God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven above or on earth below! You maintain covenantal loyalty ¹⁷  to your servants who obey you with sincerity. ¹⁸ 

1 Raja-raja 8:53

8:53 After all, ¹⁹  you picked them out of all the nations of the earth to be your special possession, ²⁰  just as you, O sovereign Lord, announced through your servant Moses when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt.”

1 Raja-raja 20:7

20:7 The king of Israel summoned all the leaders ²¹  of the land and said, “Notice how this man is looking for trouble. ²²  Indeed, he demanded my wives, sons, silver, and gold, and I did not resist him.”

1 Raja-raja 8:43

8:43 Then listen from your heavenly dwelling place and answer all the prayers of the foreigners. ²³  Then all the nations of the earth will acknowledge your reputation, ²⁴  obey ²⁵  you like your people Israel do, and recognize that this temple I built belongs to you. ²⁶ 

[2:2]  ¹ tn Heb “going the way of all the earth.”

[10:23]  ² tn Heb “King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth with respect to wealth and with respect to wisdom.”

[8:60]  ³ tn Heb “so that.”

[8:60]  ⁴ tn Heb “the Lord, he is the God, there is no other.”

[10:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “traveling men.”

[15:12]  ⁶ tn The word used here, גִלּוּלִים [gillulim], is always used as a disdainful reference to idols. It is generally thought to have originally referred to “dung pellets” (cf. KBL 183 s.v. גִלּוּלִים). It is only one of several terms used in this way, such as “worthless things” (אֱלִילִים, ’elilim), “vanities” or “empty winds” (הֲבָלִים, havalim).

[15:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 24).

[22:46]  ⁸ tn Heb “and the rest of the male cultic prostitutes who were left in the days of Asa his father, he burned from the land.” Some understand the verb בִּעֵר (bi’er) to mean “sweep away” here rather than “burn.” See the note at 1 Kgs 14:10.

[22:46]  sn Despite Asa’s opposition to these male cultic prostitutes (see 1 Kgs 15:12) some of them had managed to remain in the land. Jehoshaphat finished what his father had started.

[1:40]  ⁹ tn Heb “and all the people went up after him, and the people were playing flutes and rejoicing with great joy and the ground split open at the sound of them.” The verb בָּקַע (baqa’, “to split open”), which elsewhere describes the effects of an earthquake, is obviously here an exaggeration for the sake of emphasis.

[4:34]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the wisdom of Solomon.”

[8:27]  ¹¹ tn Heb “Indeed, can God really live on the earth?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course not,” the force of which the translation above seeks to reflect.

[10:24]  ¹² tc The Old Greek translation and Syriac Peshitta have “all the kings of the earth.” See 2 Chr 9:23.

[10:24]  ¹³ tn Heb “and all the earth was seeking the face of Solomon to hear his wisdom which God had placed in his heart.”

[18:6]  ¹⁴ tn The Hebrew text has “alone” here and again in reference to Obadiah toward the end of the verse.

[20:27]  ¹⁵ tn The noun translated “small flocks” occurs only here. The common interpretation derives the word from the verbal root חשׂף, “to strip off; to make bare.” In this case the noun refers to something “stripped off” or “made bare.” HALOT 359 s.v. II חשׂף derives the noun from a proposed homonymic verbal root (which occurs only in Ps 29:9) meaning “cause a premature birth.” In this case the derived noun could refer to goats that are undersized because they are born prematurely.

[8:23]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “said.”

[8:23]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “one who keeps the covenant and the loyal love.” The expression is a hendiadys.

[8:23]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “who walk before you with all their heart.”

[8:53]  ¹⁹ tn Or “For.”

[8:53]  ²⁰ tn Heb “your inheritance.”

[20:7]  ²¹ tn Heb “elders.”

[20:7]  ²² tn Heb “Know and see that this [man] is seeking trouble.”

[8:43]  ²³ tn Heb “and do all which the foreigner calls to [i.e., “requests of”] you.”

[8:43]  ²⁴ tn Heb “your name.” See the note on the word “reputation” in v. 41.

[8:43]  ²⁵ tn Heb “fear.”

[8:43]  ²⁶ tn Heb “that your name is called over this house which I built.” The Hebrew idiom “to call the name over” indicates ownership. See 2 Sam 12:28.