1 Kings 1:10

1:10 But he did not invite Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, the elite warriors, ¹  or his brother Solomon.

1 Kings 1:43

1:43 Jonathan replied ²  to Adonijah: “No! ³  Our master ⁴  King David has made Solomon king.

1 Kings 2:1

David’s Final Words to Solomon

2:1 When David was close to death, ⁵  he told ⁶  Solomon his son:

1 Kings 2:12

Solomon Secures the Throne

2:12 Solomon sat on his father David’s throne, and his royal authority ⁷  was firmly solidified.

1 Kings 2:25

2:25 King Solomon then sent ⁸  Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he killed Adonijah. ⁹ 

1 Kings 2:41

2:41 When Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had then returned,

1 Kings 4:15

4:15 Ahimaaz was in charge of Naphtali. (He married Solomon’s daughter Basemath.)

1 Kings 4:26

4:26 Solomon had 4,000 ¹⁰  stalls for his chariot horses and 12,000 horses.

1 Kings 4:30

4:30 Solomon was wiser than all the men of the east and all the sages of Egypt. ¹¹ 

1 Kings 5:13

5:13 King Solomon conscripted ¹²  work crews ¹³  from throughout Israel, 30,000 men in all.

1 Kings 5:15

5:15 Solomon also had 70,000 common laborers ¹⁴  and 80,000 stonecutters ¹⁵  in the hills,

1 Kings 8:12

8:12 Then Solomon said, “The Lord has said that he lives in thick darkness.

1 Kings 9:10

Foreign Affairs and Building Projects

9:10 After twenty years, during which Solomon built the Lord’s temple and the royal palace, ¹⁶ 

1 Kings 10:1

Solomon Entertains a Queen

10:1 When the queen of Sheba heard about Solomon, ¹⁷  she came to challenge ¹⁸  him with difficult questions. ¹⁹ 

1 Kings 10:3

10:3 Solomon answered all her questions; there was no question too complex for the king. ²⁰ 

1 Kings 10:23

10:23 King Solomon was wealthier and wiser than any of the kings of the earth. ²¹ 

1 Kings 11:5

11:5 Solomon worshiped ²²  the Sidonian goddess Astarte and the detestable Ammonite god Milcom. ²³ 

1 Kings 11:14

11:14 The Lord brought ²⁴  against Solomon an enemy, Hadad the Edomite, a descendant of the Edomite king.

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¹ tn Or “bodyguard” (Heb “mighty men”).

² tn Heb “answered and said.”

³ tn For a similar use of אֲבָל (’aval), see Gen 17:19, where God rejects Abraham’s proposal and offers an alternative.

⁴ tn The plural form is used in the Hebrew text to indicate honor and authority.

⁵ tn Heb “and the days of David approached to die.”

⁶ tn Or “commanded.”

⁷ tn Or “kingship.”

⁸ tn The Hebrew text adds, “by the hand of.”

⁹ tn Heb “and he struck him and he died.”

¹⁰ tn The Hebrew text has “40,000,” but this is probably an inflated number (nevertheless it is followed by KJV, ASV, NASB, NRSV, TEV, CEV). Some Greek mss of the OT and the parallel in 2 Chr 9:25 read “4,000” (cf. NAB, NIV, NCV, NLT).

¹¹ tn Heb “the wisdom of Solomon was greater than the wisdom of all the sons of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.”

¹² tn Heb “raised up.”

¹³ sn Work crews. This Hebrew word (מַס, mas) refers to a group of laborers conscripted for royal or public service.

¹⁴ tn Heb “carriers of loads.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “cutters” (probably of stones).

¹⁶ tn Heb “the two houses, the house of the Lord and the house of the king.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “the report about Solomon.” The Hebrew text also has, “to the name of the Lord,” which fits very awkwardly in the sentence. If retained, perhaps it should be translated, “because of the reputation of the Lord.” The phrase, which is omitted in the parallel passage in 2 Chr 9:1, may be an addition based on the queen’s declaration of praise to the Lord in v. 9.

¹⁸ tn Or “test.”

¹⁹ tn Or “riddles.”

²⁰ tn Heb “Solomon declared to her all her words; there was not a word hidden from the king which he did not declare to her.” If riddles are specifically in view (see v. 1), then one might translate, “Solomon explained to her all her riddles; there was no riddle too complex for the king.”

²¹ tn Heb “King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth with respect to wealth and with respect to wisdom.”

²² tn Heb “walked after.”

²³ tn Heb “Milcom, the detestable thing of the Ammonites.”

²⁴ tn Or “raised up.”