1 Kings 1:1
Adonijah Tries to Seize the Throne
1:1 King David was very old; 1 even when they covered him with blankets, 2 he could not get warm.
1 Kings 1:18
1:18 But now, look, Adonijah has become king! But you, 3 my master the king, are not even aware of it! 4
1 Kings 7:47
7:47 Solomon left all these items unweighed; there were so many of them they did not weigh the bronze. 5
1 Kings 8:11
8:11 The priests could not carry out their duties 6 because of the cloud; the Lord’s glory filled his temple. 7
1 Kings 8:19
8:19 But you will not build the temple; your very own son will build the temple for my honor.’ 8
1 Kings 8:41
8:41 “Foreigners, who do not belong to your people Israel, will come from a distant land because of your reputation. 9
1 Kings 9:12
9:12 When Hiram went out from Tyre to inspect the cities Solomon had given him, he was not pleased with them. 10
1 Kings 15:14
15:14 The high places were not eliminated, yet Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord throughout his lifetime. 11
1 Kings 20:8
20:8 All the leaders and people said to him, “Do not give in or agree to his demands.” 12
1 Kings 22:7
22:7 But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there not a prophet of the Lord still here, that we may ask him?”
1 Kings 22:33
22:33 When the chariot commanders realized he was not the king of Israel, they turned away from him.
1 tn Heb “was old, coming into the days” (i.e., advancing in years).
2 tn Or “garments.”
3 tc Instead of עַתָּה (’attah, “now”) many Hebrew mss, along with the Old Greek, Syriac Peshitta, and Latin Vulgate, have the similar sounding independent pronoun אַתָּה (’attah, “you”). This reading is followed in the present translation.
4 tn Heb “you do not know [about it].”
5 tn Heb “Solomon left all the items, due to their very great abundance; the weight of the bronze was not sought.”
6 tn Heb “were not able to stand to serve.”
7 tn Heb “the house of the Lord.”
8 tn Heb “your son, the one who came out of your body, he will build the temple for my name.”
9 tn Heb “your name.” In the OT the word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor. The “name” of the Lord sometimes designates the Lord himself, being indistinguishable from the proper name.
10 tn Heb “they were not agreeable in his eyes.”
11 tn Heb “yet the heart of Asa was complete with the Lord all his days.”
12 tn Heb “Do not listen and do not be willing.”