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 8:11

8:11 The priests could not carry out their duties 3  because of the cloud; the Lord’s glory filled his temple. 4 

1 Kings 11:8

11:8 He built high places for all his foreign wives so they could burn incense and make sacrifices to their gods. 5 

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

2 tn Or “garments.”

3 tn Heb “were not able to stand to serve.”

4 tn Heb “the house of the Lord.”

5 tn Heb “and the same thing he did for all his foreign wives, [who] were burning incense and sacrificing to their gods.”