1 Kings 1:12

1:12 Now¹ let me give you some advice as to how² you can save your life and your son Solomon’s life.

1 Kings 2:17

2:17 He said, “Please ask King Solomon if he would give me Abishag the Shunammite as a wife, for he won’t refuse you.”³

1 Kings 2:33

2:33 May Joab and his descendants be perpetually guilty of their shed blood, but may the Lord give perpetual peace to David, his descendants, his family,⁴ and his dynasty.”⁵

1 Kings 3:5

3:5 One night in Gibeon the Lord appeared⁶ to Solomon in a dream. God said, “Tell⁷ me what I should give you.”

1 Kings 3:12

3:12 I⁸ grant your request,⁹ and give¹⁰ you a wise and discerning mind¹¹ superior to that of anyone who has preceded or will succeed you.¹²

1 Kings 5:8

5:8 Hiram then sent this message to Solomon: “I received¹³ the message you sent to me. I will give you all the cedars and evergreens you need.¹⁴

1 Kings 8:32

8:32 Listen from heaven and make a just decision about your servants’ claims. Condemn the guilty party, declare the other innocent, and give both of them what they deserve.¹⁵

1 Kings 9:13

9:13 Hiram asked,¹⁶ “Why did you give me these cities, my friend¹⁷?” He called that area the region of Cabul, a name which it has retained to this day.¹⁸

1 Kings 11:22

11:22 Pharaoh said to him, “What do you lack here that makes you want to go to your homeland?”¹⁹ Hadad replied,²⁰ “Nothing, but please give me permission to leave.”²¹

1 Kings 20:5

20:5 The messengers came again and said, “This is what Ben Hadad says, ‘I sent this message to you, “You must give me your silver, gold, wives, and sons.”

1 Kings 22:27

22:27 Say, ‘This is what the king says, “Put this man in prison. Give him only a little bread and water²² until I safely return.”’”²³

¹tn Heb “now, come.” The imperative of הָלַךְ (halakh) is here used as an introductory interjection. See BDB 234 s.v. חָלַךְ.

²tn Or “so that.”

³tn Heb “Say to Solomon the king, for he will not turn back your face, that he might give to me Abishag the Shunammite for a wife.”

⁴tn Heb “house.”

⁵tn Heb “his throne.”

⁶tn Or “revealed himself.”

⁷tn Heb “ask.”

⁸tn This statement is introduced in the Hebrew text by the particle הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”) which draws attention to and emphasizes what follows.

⁹tn Heb “I am doing according to your words.” The perfect tense is sometimes used of actions occurring at the same time a statement is made.

¹⁰tn This statement is introduced by the particle הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”) which draws attention to and emphasizes what follows. The translation assumes that the perfect tense here indicates that the action occurs as the statement is made (i.e., “right now I give you”).

¹¹tn Heb “heart.” (The Hebrew term translated “heart” often refers to the mental faculties.)

¹²tn Heb “so that there has not been one like you prior to you, and after you one will not arise like you.”

¹³tn Heb “heard.”

¹⁴tn Heb “I will satisfy all your desire with respect to cedar wood and with respect to the wood of evergreens.”

¹⁵tn Heb “and you, hear [from] heaven and act and judge your servants by declaring the guilty to be guilty, to give his way on his head, and to declare the innocent to be innocent, to give to him according to his innocence.”

¹⁶tn Heb “and he said.”

¹⁷tn Heb “my brother.” Kings allied through a parity treaty would sometimes address each other as “my brother.” See 1 Kgs 20:32-33.

¹⁸tn Heb “he called them the land of Cabul to this day.” The significance of the name is unclear, though it appears to be disparaging. The name may be derived from a root, attested in Akkadian and Arabic, meaning “bound” or “restricted.” Some propose a wordplay, pointing out that the name “Cabul” sounds like a Hebrew phrase meaning, “like not,” or “as good as nothing.”

¹⁹tn Heb “Indeed what do you lack with me, that now you are seeking to go to your land?”

²⁰tn Heb “and he said.”

²¹sn So Hadad asked Pharaoh… This lengthy description of Hadad’s exile in Egypt explains why Hadad wanted to oppose Solomon and supports the author’s thesis that his hostility to Solomon found its ultimate source in divine providence. Though Hadad enjoyed a comfortable life in Egypt, when the Lord raised him up (apparently stirring up his desire for vengeance) he decided to leave the comforts of Egypt and return to Edom.

²²tn Heb “the bread of affliction and the water of affliction.”

²³tn Heb “come in peace.” So also in v. 28.