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 1:32

1:32 King David said, “Summon Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet,³ and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” They came before the king,

1 Kings 2:11

2:11 David reigned over Israel forty years; he reigned in Hebron seven years, and in Jerusalem⁴ thirty-three years.

1 Kings 2:45

2:45 But King Solomon will be empowered⁵ and David’s dynasty⁶ will endure permanently before the Lord.”

1 Kings 8:17

8:17 Now my father David had a strong desire⁷ to build a temple to honor the Lord God of Israel.⁸

1 Kings 8:24

8:24 You have kept your word to your servant, my father David;⁹ this very day you have fulfilled what you promised.¹⁰

1 Kings 8:26

8:26 Now, O God of Israel, may the promise you made¹¹ to your servant, my father David, be realized.¹²

1 Kings 15:8

15:8 Abijah passed away¹³ and was buried¹⁴ in the city of David. His son Asa replaced him as king.

¹tn Heb “was old, coming into the days” (i.e., advancing in years).

²tn Or “garments.”

³sn Summon…Nathan. Nathan must have left the room when Bathsheba reentered.

⁴map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁵tn Or “blessed.”

⁶tn Heb “throne.”

⁷tn Heb “and it was with the heart of David my father.”

⁸tn Heb “to build a house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.” The word “name” in the OT sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor. The “name” of the Lord sometimes designates the Lord himself, being indistinguishable from the proper name.

⁹tn Heb “[you] who kept to your servant David my father that which you spoke to him.”

¹⁰tn Heb “you spoke by your mouth and by your hand you fulfilled, as this day.”

¹¹tn Heb “the words that you spoke.”

¹²tn Or “prove to be reliable.”

¹³tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.” The Old Greek also has these words: “in the twenty-eighth year of Jeroboam.”

¹⁴tn Heb “and they buried him.”